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Re: History of Music

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:08 pm
by Morley
MeDotOrg wrote:
Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:14 pm


When you hear about the song Strange Fruit, most people think of Billie Holiday. Nina Simone's live performance is the most unforgettable for me.

Give it a listen on YouTube.
Indeed. Her voice is like a bell. Thank you for sharing this, Me Dot.

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:01 am
by Binger
On the history of Music. Oh man.

I am not a historian. I am not a musician. I play guitars and I like to understand a bit about the past. I will never be an expert at music or history.

I love the Delta Blues. I like the music of Mississippi Fred McDowell more than Robert Johnson. I like the old slide players who wore picks on three fingers and their thumbs. I like the combination of the slide with fretted strings and chords, which is probably why I never really got into the lap steels and Hawaiian style slide guitars.

My kids learned to play BB King licks and learned the scales that he used. I think I learned to love those scales more because my kids played them and not so much because they were awesome or important to anything. What I have taken from those years of learning music with the kids is this.... the blues is everywhere and understanding the scales and bars of the blues makes all kinds of music more interesting. Particularly, The Stones and Black Sabbath and Jimmy Page. There was something respectful about those guys, even if it came off as a bit of a rip off to some historians. I think what Keith and Rhodes and others have done with the blues scales is a tribute and not a grift. I respect them for it and I think the world is a better place.

oh... and Malcolm and Angus too. Those guys got it. BOTH of them got it.

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:39 am
by doubtingthomas
Jersey Girl wrote:
Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:39 am

I had to use a different video of the same song. They're using the same instruments, Keith isn't using the same Telecaster that he used in the previous video I showed you. He's not using the fuzz pedal.

So the same drum set, guitars and no fuzz pedal or fuzz box.

I think the additional instruments I mentioned were used for Sympathy for the Devil only at Hyde Park '69. They aren't being used for Satisfaction.
Thank you Jersey Girl!

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:40 am
by huckelberry
Binger, I agree with you that white guys making the most they can of the material of the blues is a tribute and a respectable good use of good ideas.

A tough as nails portrait of Robert Johnson, ok, sounds like something to keep.

I do have a guitar and play some blues for my own fun and expression. I am not a musician, just have some love of the music.

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:53 am
by doubtingthomas

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:00 am
by doubtingthomas
Who is your favorite guitarist from one of the sub-genres?

Rockabilly
Early Rock
Blues
Hard Rock

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:05 am
by Binger
huckelberry wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:40 am
Binger, I agree with you that white guys making the most they can of the material of the blues is a tribute and a respectable good use of good ideas.

A tough as nails portrait of Robert Johnson, ok, sounds like something to keep.

I do have a guitar and play some blues for my own fun and expression. I am not a musician, just have some love of the music.
Hah. The Johnson sheetrock screw silhouette did not make the cut on one of the moves. Sadly. It was funny. Though, there was a lot of great art that came out of that experiment. Sister Mary Lisa turned one of those DAMU forum art challenges into a professional career. Her stuff is goddamn awesome!

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:15 am
by Binger
doubtingthomas wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:00 am
Who is your favorite guitarist from one of the sub-genres?

Rockabilly
Early Rock
Blues
Hard Rock
Blues - If I could play like anyone - Keith
Early Rock - (younger than the Stones) - Les Paul
Hard Rock - hmmmmm...... Angus? Is that hard enough? Or is that just the blues? Otherwise, Tony Iommi and Rhodes.
Rockabilly - Kid Rock, LOL.

Yeah, definitely this guy. Cuz, I ain't got mine either.
https://youtu.be/0DQup4hd1_o That starts out on St. Charles Avenue. I rode that goddamn streetcar with Equality and Lunar Quaker when we were hung over as crap and full of cash from the casino. I also rode that streetcar to my first job interview to be an investment banker and analyst for oilfield service companies. Good times. Good times.

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:39 am
by honorentheos
doubtingthomas wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:00 am
Who is your favorite guitarist from one of the sub-genres?

Rockabilly
Early Rock
Blues
Hard Rock
Who's your favorite guitarist from each of these subgenres?

Re: History of Music

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:07 am
by Jersey Girl
doubtingthomas wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:00 am
Who is your favorite guitarist from one of the sub-genres?
Rockabilly~Keith Richards
Early Rock~Keith Richards
Blues~Keith Richards
Hard Rock~Keith Richards