4 Feb
2010
4 Feb
'10
10:34 p.m.
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 16:53 -0800, Stephen Stubbs wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply, Jack.
But was Elvis singing straight "Black" blues or "Rockabilly"? And
didn't they have to coin the phrase "Rockabilly" just to describe what
Elvis was doing?
Here's the link I was looking at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly#Elvis_Presley
It mentions the Sun Records and Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee,
under the Elvis section. It also refers to the "uptempo" beat of the
music. Would you consider such music as Blues? Or is it way too fast
to be Blues?
You mean like Boogie With The Hook by John Lee Hooker (later stolen
by ZZ Top and called La Grange)? There's jump blues, shuffle blues...
Speed has nothing to do with whether a song is blues or not.
Best,
Stephen.
______________________________________________________________________
From: Jack O'Quin <jack.oquin(a)gmail.com>
To: Stephen Stubbs <theother1510(a)sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Linux Audio Users List <linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 6:24:35 PM
Subject: Re: [LAU] Blues music trivia question
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Stephen Stubbs
<theother1510(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Question: Can you name any American White person
(male or female),
who grew
up within 100 miles of the Mississippi River, and
put out a record
in that
region (doing the recording in New York City for
example, doesn't
count),
before the signing of the Civil Rights Act of
1964?
Please name the artist, the record title, and the date of release.
Elvis Presley. Pick any of the Sun Records titles.
--
joq
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