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In this classic work of American music writing, renowned critic Albert Murray argues beautifully and authoritatively that "the blues as such are synonymous with low spirits. Not only is its express purpose to make people feel good, which is to say in high spirits, but in the process of doing so it is actually expected to generate a disposition that is both elegantly playful and heroic in its nonchalance." In Stomping the Blues Murray explores its history, influences, development, and meaning as only he can. More than two hundred vintage photographs capture the ambiance Murray evokes in lyrical prose. Only the sounds are missing from this lyrical, sensual tribute to the blues.

An exciting lineage of women singers-originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith-shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin, they injected a dose of reality into the often trivial world of popular song, bringing their message of higher expectations and broader horizons to their audiences. These women passed their image, their rhythms, and their toughness on to the next generation of blues women, which has its contemporary incarnation in singers like Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams (with whom the author has done an in-depth interview). Buzzy Jackson combines biography, an appreciation of music, and a sweeping view of American history to illuminate the pivotal role of blues women in a powerful musical tradition. Musician Thomas Dorsey said, "The blues is a good woman feeling bad." But these women show by their style that he had it backward: The blues is a bad woman feeling good.

"Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog"--

Seit dem Frühjahr 2018 gestaltet der in Halle (Saale) lebende Literaturwissenschaftler, Autor und Liedermacher Paul Bartsch die monatliche Rundfunksendung "LiveRillen" auf Radio Corax, in der er ausgewählte Ausschnitte aus Konzert-LPs und Live-Alben direkt vom Plattenteller serviert und kommentiert.Die mit viel Liebe zum Detail ausgearbeiteten Sendemanuskripte bilden die Grundlage für diese originelle Publikationsreihe, deren vierter Band hiermit erscheint. Ein unterhaltsames Lesevergnügen für alle, die Freude an guter Musik haben und mehr über deren Hintergründe und Protagonisten erfahren wollen.Themen dieses Bandes sind unter anderem:* Rockmuziek uit Nederland* Live from Canada - So steppt der Grizzly* Krautrock* Abschied von The Band* Male Guitars And Female Voices* Glam Rock* Joe Bonamassa* Markante Riffs der Rockmusik

B.B. KING THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME

In this jaunty and intimate collection, Kevin Young invents a language as shimmying and comic, as low-down and high-hearted, as the music from which he draws inspiration. With titles such as "Stride Piano,” "Gutbucket,” and "Can-Can,” these poems have the sharp completeness of vocalized songs and follow a classic blues trajectory: praising and professing undying devotion ("To watch you walk / cross the room in your black / corduroys is to see / civilization start”), only to end up lamenting the loss of love ("No use driving / like rain, past / where you at”). As Young conquers the sorrow left on his doorstep, the poems broaden to embrace not just the wisdom that comes with heartbreak but the bittersweet wonder of triumphing over adversity at all. Sexy and tart, playfully blending an African American idiom with traditional lyric diction, Young's voice is pure American: joyous in its individualism and singing of the self at its strongest.

ELWOOD'S BLUES INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLUES LEGENDS AND STARS

Learn lead guitar in the styles of Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and T-Bone Walker! This unique book/CD pack examines the solo concepts of each of these masters. The CD features full demos and rhythm-only tracks, and the book includes phrase-by-phrase performance notes and tips on bending strings, vibrato, tone, note selection and much more. Includes notes and tablature. A must for any blues guitarist!

With John Lee Hooker's death in June 2001 the world lost one of the last great Mississippi Delta bluesmen. Acclaimed writer Charles Schaar Murray's Boogie Man is the authorized and authoritative biography of this musician whose extraordinary career spanned over fifty years and included over one-hundred albums and five Grammy Awards. Murray was given unparalleled access to Hooker, and lets him tell his own story in his own words, from life in the Deep South to San Francisco, from the 1948 blues anthem "Boogie Chillen" to the Grammy-winning album The Healer nearly a half-century later. Boogie Man is far more than merely a brilliant biography of one man; it also gives the story of the music that inspired him. "When I die," Hooker said, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die." Here is the book that does him and his music full justice.

(Berklee Labs). Learn to play the blues in several styles jazz, Latin, fusion, rock and funk in all keys with step-by-step instructions, practice tips and play-along audio tracks. Even if you are a complete beginner, this easy-to-understand instructional guide will help you develop essential reading, technique, rhythmic syncopation, performance and composing skills, and get you improvising in no time! The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Jeff Harrington is an assistant professor in the Woodwind Department at Berklee College of Music. He received his B.M. from Berklee and his M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. Harrington is a tenor saxophonist and recording artist, and has performed internationally with artists including Ricky Ford, Milt Hinton, Toots Thielemans and Makoto Ozone.

ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN' - THE POSTWAR BLUES GUITARISTS

"A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music." ? Langston Hughes"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music?through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of American culture, this certainly should be revealed by his characteristic music."So says Amiri Baraka (previously known as LeRoi Jones) in the Introduction to Blues People, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, Baraka traces the influence of what he calls "negro music" on white America?not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history.

"Die Not hat ein Ende!!" Das umfassende Buch über die Kultbühne von WeltrangDie Adresse war Programm: Große Freiheit 39Hamburg in den Sechzigerjahren: Es herrschte Aufbruchsstimmung in der Musikwelt, und die Beatmusik eroberte von der weltoffenen Hafenstadt aus ganz Deutschland. Eines der wichtigsten Zentren der neuen Musikszene war der Star-Club, der am 13. April 1962 im Hamburger Stadtteil St. Pauli eröffnete.Im Star-Club gastierten Künstler wie The Searchers, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Gene Vincent, Black Sabbath, Cream, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Remo Four, The Everly Brothers und vor allem schon 1962 die Beatles. Das Ende der Beatles und der Beat-Ära bedeutete auch das Ende für den Star-Club. Übrig blieben viele Geschichten und Legenden, der Star-Club wurde zu einer weltweiten Berühmtheit.Mit geradezu wissenschaftlicher Sorgfalt hat Autor Ulf Krüger Fakten, Dokumente, Augenzeugenberichte und rund 500 Fotos zusammengetragen, die nun teilweise erstmals publiziert werden. Das Ergebnis ist ein sorgfältig recherchiertes, umfassendes, reich bebildertes Buch, das mit viel Liebe für Details die Sechzigerjahre wieder lebendig werden lässt.

En samling af lyriske tekster, der er skrevet og fortalt af Marianne Christensen gennem fem år til utallige koncertaftener med Blues Jam i SmallStars, et rytmisk spillested i Vordingborg.Teksterne er fyldt med humor, alvor og dyb indsigt i menneskets natur og hverdagsliv om alt fra ensomhed til længsel, dating og eventyrlyst. Som indledning fortælles historien om, hvordan det gik til, at Marianne Christensen begyndte at skrive tekster til bluesmusik.Hun skriver personligt og generelt på samme tid og altid fortalt med et glimt i øjet.