The term is partly inspired by the Aeolian harp, a stringed instrument that is left outdoors to be played by the wind, whose name was taken from Aeolus the god of the wind. ... Early names for the harmonica were Aeolina, Aeolian and Mund-Aeoline, which stressed this link with the Ae...
A specimen of shawm was made byJohann Christoph Denner (1655-1707)of Nurenberg, who later invented the clarinet. His version didn't catch on. The shawm was the leading double-reed instrument until the 18thcentury when the Baroque taste for more expressive playing made it somewhat obsolete, as...
By the age of nine, he had taught himself to play the harmonica and had built a radio. He also learned to play the guitar and banjo. He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard. And he had a good sense of musical structure. Les Paul was soon performing in ...
credited as You Know Who). It was the sound and feel of this record, which took the blues to what was then the heaviest of places.Truthalso introduced Rod Stewart and Ron Wood to the world and to each other. So, seeds
Lewis was one of the few who saw things so simply. In the eyes of others, there were several issues. First, Myra Gale Brown had been just 13 years old when they got married on Dec. 12, 1957. Second, she was his cousin, and the daughter of his bassist J.W. Brown. She was also...