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BIRTH OF THE BLUES (Paramount, 1941), directed by Victor Schertzinger, stars Bing Crosby in an interesting production that's "Dedicated to the musical pioneers of Memphis and New Orleans who favored the "hot" over the "sweet" - those early jazz men who took American music out of the rut...
So she’d slip over to Galveston, Texas when I started taking music lessons and she was gonna try to teach me some of the songs like “Cross Patch, Honey Suckle Rose.” She said, “But there’s to much sharps and flats for me.” She said, “Ill take it to your teacher so when ...
As such, they’re a fitting living tribute to the spirits of the beloved elders in whose name, and memory, they continue to keep the music alive and growing. —David Whiteis ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Brighter Days Provogue – PRO 7585-2 Brighter Days have arrived for Robert ...
Huey has a great set of pipes and they always deliver a reliable fusion of roots music: blues, R’n’B, rock’n’roll, doo-wop and country, with some pop and soul hooks thrown in too. New album Weather is their first for ten years. Huey has had hearing problems due to a recent ...
The Japanese music mogul called him Reggae. I think Gibson has a similar shtick in maybe Neuromancer. Sterling is from the part of Texas that had intelligent inhabitants at some point. Austin I think. So, you are correct, sir. Why are you all named Vlad? JK, I almost got to date one...
Super Chikan: I never studied music-- or had any music classes. I hear it and it sound good to me. And then I play because of the love of it. Super Chikan: I make up my own sound, my own style. This is how the blues still lives in Clarksdale… ...
Waters, like many of his peers, subscribed to the belief that the blues stemmed from a deeply emotional center where pain, hardship and perseverance drove their music. "No one can duplicate the blues I create and play," he noted. "And neither can I imitate the ones who came after me. ...
After a wild 2020, 2021 was filled with inspired music for the blues rock genre. Once again, a record number of votes were cast for this year’s top 20 albums list. Blues Rock Review’s Top 20 Albums of 2021 was compiled with the fans counting for 50% of the vote and the Blues Ro...
” To this writer, who never met her in person, she just looks like a nice Irish young lady from next door. Good looks don’t hurt a career, especially in the music world today, when sex-appeal, appearance and image are seemingly as important as musical competence. The difference is ...