Blues Cards

Front 1

Name the four main New Orleans Guitar players.

Back 1

Guitar Slim, Earl King, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

New Orleans had mostly piano and horn players

Front 2

Who did Guitar Slim record with and what were his hits?

Back 2

Atantic Records

"The things that I used to do"

Front 3

This man was close to Guitar Slim and played "No City Like New Orleans"

Back 3

Earl King

Front 4

Name the famous clubs in New Orleans

Back 4

The Lions Den, The Dew Drop In, and Tipitinas

Front 5

Who founded J&M records?

Back 5

Matassa Cosimo

Front 6

Arranger who discovered Lloyd Price and who was also a trumpet player

Back 6

Dave Bartholomew

Front 7

This man was a composer, arranger, and keyboard player

Back 7

Allen Toussaint

Front 8

Sang "Laughty Ms. Claudie" and had fats domino on piano

"Personaliy" was biggest hit

Back 8

Lloyd Price

Front 9

In compound meter the beat is divided up into __ parts.

Back 9

3

Front 10

Considered the founder of New Orleans piano playing.

Back 10

Tuts Washington

Front 11

Known was the Bach of Rock & Roll, and had hits with "Big Chief" and "Tipitina" recorded with Atlantic

Back 11

Professor Longhair

Front 12

Had a group with the Clowns, and a hit called "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"

Back 12

Huey "Piano" Smith

Front 13

First great white player who was a child prodigy growing up in a black neighborhood, played "Iko Iko"

Back 13

Dr John (Mac Rabinak)

Front 14

Who discoverd Little Richard?

Back 14

Lloyd Price

Front 15

Name 3 of Little Richards hits

Back 15

"Tutti Frutti", "Ready Teddy", and "Lucille"

Front 16

What was Fats Domino's first hit, and name the players in his band?

Back 16

"The Fat Man"
Bartholomew on trumpet
Earl Palmer on drums
Lee Allen on sax

Front 17

"I hear you knocking" and "Blue Monday" were written by whom?

Back 17

Smiley Lewis but sang by Fats Domino

Front 18

Name a couple of hits by Fats Domino and who did he record for?

Back 18

"Aint that a shame", "Blueberry Hill", "Walking to New Orleans"

Recorded for Imperial Records

Front 19

Who was the singer/songwriter who was born in New Orleans, but moved to California at age 10. Later met Lloyd Price

Back 19

Larry Williams

Front 20

Name some Larry Williams hits

Back 20

"Boney Maronie"
"Short Fat Fannie"
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
"Bad Boy"

Front 21

First hit for the Mint Label was "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"

Back 21

Jesse Hill

Front 22

Who was the pioneer of funk?

Back 22

James Brown

Front 23

Influenced Booker T. and the MG's along with the Meters from New Orleans

Back 23

James Brown

Front 24

Had hits with "Just Kissed My Baby" and "Hookey Pookey a Way". Example of layering music

Back 24

The Meters

Front 25

Explain New Orleans during this time.

Back 25

many parades, saturday night fish fry, jazz funerals, mardi gras indians, "second line" jazz band made up of family and friends

Front 26

biggest hit was "mother in law" recorded with Mint Records.

Back 26

Ernie K. Doe (other hit was "A certain girl")

Front 27

Who sang in the low voice in Ernie Doe's #1 song "mother in law"

Back 27

Benny Spellman

Front 28

Wrote "Land of 1000 Danes" also first hit was "I like it like that"

Back 28

Chris Kenner (more of a songwriter)

Front 29

Who was childhood friends with Fats Domino and had a hit with "Ya Ya" and others like "Ride your Pony" and "Workin in Coal Mine"

Back 29

Lee Dorsey

Front 30

Sang "Lipstick Traces (on a cigarette)

Back 30

Benny Spellman (deep voice)

Front 31

This man sang "Aint got no home", "I Dont Wanna Know Why I love you", and You always hurt the one you love" also he opened for the Beatles

Back 31

Clarence "Frogman" Henry

Front 32

The soul queen of New Orleans, second only to Aretha

Back 32

Irma Thomas

Front 33

Sang "Time is on my side", "It's Raining", and "Ruler of my heart"

Back 33

Irma Thomas

Front 34

Named the King of Zydeco

Back 34

Clifton Chenier

Front 35

Zydeco is cross polinization between of __ and __ music.

Back 35

LA and Texas, charecterized by rub board and the accordian

Front 36

He was the first person Antone booked in his club, had a hit with "I'm Coming Home"

Back 36

Clifton Chenier

Front 37

Solo Career and hit with "Tell her like it Is"

Back 37

Aaron Neville

Front 38

What was the name of James Brown's backup singers and group

Back 38

The Famous Flames

Front 39

The "Godfather of Soul" and pioneer in Funk Music

Back 39

James Brown

Front 40

Name some James Brown hits:

Back 40

"Say it loud, Im black and im proud"
"Papas Got a brand new bag"
"Cold Sweat"
Famous Albums: Outta Sight, and live at the apollo

Front 41

Had a hit with "You Send Me"

Back 41

Sam Cooke

Front 42

Born in Indianola Mississippi

Back 42

BB King

Front 43

What does the "BB" in BB King stand for

Back 43

Blues Boy

Front 44

Where did BB King go after moving to Memphis and who discovered him.

Back 44

He went to WDIA and was discovered by Ike Turner

Front 45

His first hit was "3 oclock blues" recorded at _____ records.

Back 45

BB King recorded at Sun Records

Front 46

In 1954 he toured and did 342 one night stands. His biggest hit was "The Thrill is Gone"

Back 46

BB King

Front 47

Who was BB King's long time drummer?

Back 47

Sunny Friedman

Front 48

Name other BB King hits

Back 48

"How Blue can you get"
"Sweet Sixteen"
"Darling You Know I love You"

Front 49

This man was born in Vinton, LA but grew up in Orange, Texas

Back 49

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Front 50

This man picked up T Bone Walkers guitar and began to play in Houston

Back 50

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Front 51

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was the leader of what group?

Back 51

The Beat Boys

Front 52

Plays American music, Texas Style and played both the guitar and the fiddle. Hits with "okey dokey stomp" and "guitar in my hand"

Back 52

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Front 53

Performed alot at Armadillo World Headquarters and played "Hideaway" along with "Im Tore Down"
Born in Gilmer TX

Back 53

Freddie King

Front 54

This man has a very distinct Texas guitar style, and hung out with T Bone Walker in California. Had a hit with "blues after hours" and the "texas hop"

Back 54

Pee Wee Crayton (played antones right before he died)

Front 55

Started as a piano player but then swithced to guitar. Had a hit with "Gangster of Love" along with "Three Hours past midnight"

Back 55

Johnny Guitar Watson

Front 56

This man was a sideman for Little Richard

Back 56

Johnny Guitar Watson

Front 57

This man was very influential in the Dallas area, and had hit with "Why dont you eat where you slept last night"

Back 57

Zuzu Bollin

Front 58

Antone put together a recording session with Doyle Bramhall, David “Fathead” Newman (sax), Doug Brom (Texas Tornadoes) along with this man

Back 58

Zuzu Bollin

Front 59

Known as the Master of the Telecaster, The Iceman, and Frosty

Back 59

Albert Collins

Front 60

Had an album called Ice Pickin, and had a song dedicated to him by SRV called "Collins Shuffle"

Back 60

Albert Collins

Front 61

This man started as a sideman for Sunny Boy Williamson and Big Momma Thornton. Benefited from SRV's success with hits like "Down on Bending Knees" and "Look at Little Sister"

Back 61

Johnny Copeland

Front 62

According to Clifford Antone, who were the most influential guitarists?

Back 62

Wayne Bennett and Eddie Taylor

Front 63

Played with Bobby Blue Bland, had hits with "Stormy Monday Blues" and "I pity the fool"

Back 63

Wayne Bennett

Front 64

Born in Port Arthur had hits with "Ball and Chain" (Monterey Pop Festival) and "Me and Bobby Mcgee"
Played with Waller Creek Boys at Thredgills

Back 64

Janis Joplin

Front 65

Who wrote "Me and Bobby Mcgee"

Back 65

Kris Kristoferson