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Il y a 3 jours · In 1912, the sheet music for "The Memphis Blues" by W.C. Handy was published, enabling musicians everywhere to emulate the city's signature sound. Other significant composers worked in gospel ...
Il y a 22 heures · What Handy composed—in songs such as “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues”—was a particular type of the blues that coupled a 12-bar blues structure to a more uniform dance beat with a strong melody. Not the music of rural Mississippi, but a form that was still quite flexible in terms of form and format. What Handy helped craft was a stylized and more ...
Il y a 2 jours · Memphis’ “Blues” fame is due largely to the presence since 1841 of Beale Street, a major center of Black commerce and culture that continues to showcase blues musicians in restaurants and nightclubs. Beale Street positioned Memphis as a big-city mecca for blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta and other neighboring regions, and provided exposure for such artists as Memphis ...
Il y a 5 jours · The Hi Records Era. In the 1960s and 70s, Royal Studios rose to prominence as the home of Hi Records. Under Willie Mitchell’s leadership, the studio developed a signature sound characterized by lush, soulful arrangements and a deep, groovy rhythm section.
Il y a 4 jours · Even the least committed soul fan knows about Stax Records and its gutsy, down-home Memphis sound. This music lit up the 60s and early 70s thanks to singers such as Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor...
Il y a 22 heures · The Reverend Shawn Amos has returned with Soul Brother No. 1, an exciting new 10-track album that feels at once new and familiar.For his latest album, Amos spent some time reflecting on the soul, funk and blues music that inspired him in his youth, a study evident in the 1970s-era styles that reverberate throughout the album and the nod to James Brown included in its title.
Il y a 2 jours · On this day in 1939, Jack Kelly recorded “Joe Louis Special” and “Flower Blues” in Memphis for Vocalion. On this day in 1956, “I’m In Love Again” by Fats Domino peaked at #3 on the pop singles chart.
