Piano Blues
Matthew Ball plays his arrangement of a piece from Carl Sonny Leyland called blackwater risin’
Matthew Ball plays his arrangement of a piece from Carl Sonny Leyland called blackwater risin’
the question kinda says it all, im interested in getting into blues music but im not sure where to ‘start’
do you have any suggestions of well known/ popular blues songs?
i know very little about blues though i do know some of the big names (the 3 kings, stevie ray vaughan, eric clapton)
I am doing a project on composers and I got Louis Armstrong. I can’t find very much at all about how he composed. Can you give a few of the songs that he composed? I need three. Thank you VERY much!
I am going to fail this.
From “Live at the BBC”
I’m doing a music project on blues singers and i’m doing billie holiday. I can;t really find anything on how some of her music is blues.
thank you for the help.
New PRO SOUND version. This is a real funky piano version of the awesome tune “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb. Recorded May 14, 2009 in El Dorado Hills, CA by pianist Mark Chang. Hope you enjoy it. Recording process: stereo pair large diaphragm condenser microphones, Helpinstill magnetic induction pickup on bass strings. Mix EQ. SONG INFORMATION: “Sunny” is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates “Sunny” number 25 in its “Top 100 songs of the century”. Hebb wrote the song after 22 November 1963, the day after US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Hebb’s older brother Harold was killed in a knife fight outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events inspired the tune. Others claims Bobby wrote the song for God. Certainly, events influenced Bobby’s songwriting, but his timeless melody, crossing over into R&B (#3 on US R&B chart) Country and Pop (#2 on US Pop chart), together with the optimistic lyrics, came from the artist’s desire to express that one should always “look at the bright side” – a direct quote from the author. Hebb has said about “Sunny”: “All my intentions were just to think of happier times basically looking for a brighter day because times were at a low tide. After I wrote it, I thought “Sunny” just might be a different approach to what Johnny Bragg was talking about in ‘Just Walkin’ in the Rain’”. “Sunny” was …
I’ve been playing acoustic guitar for a little while now and I now want to learn blues style guitar . Problem is I don’t know any blues guitarists, or music because I’ve been listening to hip-hop, r’n'b most of my life although lately I’ve begun listening to almost any type of contemporary music. Can anyone please help me here? Thanks
btw is Sheryl Crow’s music linked to blues?
Bo Diddley performed by Bo Diddley Tweedle Dee written by Winfield Scott performed by LaVern Baker Ling Ting Tong written by Mable Godwin performed by The Five Keys Gator Tail performed by Willis “Gatortail” Jackson from The Toast of The Town (CBS-TV), 20 November 1955 Let’s put this clip into perspective. Elvis made his national network television debut, on CBS, 28 January 1956. This performance on Ed Sullivan’s top rated Sunday night variety show, The Toast of the Town, predates Elvis by 2 months! And, you thought Elvis was shocking. . . all I can say is wail, man, wail! Here it is – WWRL’s star disc jockey Tommy “Dr. Jive” Smalls presents rhythm & blues to a mass white audience, in prime time! For much more on Dr. Jive: www.nydailynews.com I have seen some of this on YouTube but, NEVER the whole clip, as presented here. There is, however, a couple of glitches in this video but, I felt that this clip needed to be presented. Not only is it entertaining, it is historic, as well.
Im doing a one page report on how Louis Armstrong affected the 20s
Where did Blues music begin? And why is it normally so simple?