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8 Cards in this Set
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Where is Muddy Waters from?
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MS Delta
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What is a rent party?
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a party in which they play music and party in order to get enough money to pay their rent
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Who is Muddy Waters mentor from MS?
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Son House
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Describe his style
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passionate vocals, simple guitar playing; big rich voice; smooth timbre, controlled use of falsetto, not original or complex, subtle use of sliding pitches
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Who was Muddy Waters harmonica player?
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Little Walter
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What is Little Walter known for?
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his influential harmonica playing; green bullet and fender bassman amp--create distorted pitches, make harmonica sound like a saxophone.
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Description of Little Walters music
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sparse phrasing, rough and fat timbre, vocal control
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Aspects of Deep Blues
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Believability, connection to the past, deeply rooted in musical traditions (style, form, subject matter), deeply emotional, deeply rooted in southern culture, use of control and precision; all about confronting joys, sorrows, lust, mortality, and impermanence, (location and life)
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