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Where is sylvester weaver from?
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louisville, ky
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Where is sylvester weaver from?
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louisville, ky
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Who was the 1st to record blues guitar and w/ whom?
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Sylvester weaver w/ sara martin called Guitar Rag
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Who wrote guitar rag and who has covered it?
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orginial= sylvester weaver
covers= Leon McAuliffe, Bob Wills, Peter Lang |
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What was the style of Peter Lang covering "Guitar Rag"
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AABA
gtr adaptations of ragtime simplified form but still more complex than blues |
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Who was the 3rd most popular blues guitarist of the 20s?
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Lonnie Johnson
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What kind of strings did Lonnie Johnson use and why were they better?
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steel strings; replace sheep entrails, could handle more tension so stronger guitar, req'd form amplication, he "blended" notes
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Lonnie Johnson was a ___ guitarist that resisted ____.
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blues guitarist, country/rural blues stereotypes
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Nick Lucas was a ___ and a ____ and first to
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TPA style crooner and guitarist
have a signature model guitar |
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Eddie Lang worked with ___ and played the ___
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Lonnie Johnson; jazz guitar
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Who first mass produced the guitar and what was it?
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Rickenbacker; "the frying pan" Hawaiian style lap gtr
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Who was Milton Brown?
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A steel guitar player in Milton Brown's swing band who made his own pickup assembly
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Who influenced Charlie Christian?
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Eddie Durham
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Where is Eddie Durham from and what is he famous for?
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San Marcos and for being the first to record the electric guitar
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Who first coined the name Rhythm and blues when? What did the name do?
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Jerry Wexler, the editor of Billboard, in 1949. Replaced racially laden labels
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What are the stylistic precedents of R & B?
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rhythmic dance music; urban/sophisticated black music; modern gospel (30s and 40s)
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What did jugband music do?
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added rhythm to string bands
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Where did most jug bands come from?
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Louisville, KY or Memphis
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What were some jug bands?
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MS sheiks, Memphis jug band, canon's jug stompers
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Who was part of the Jug Band revival of what era?
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The 60s; Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter (from gr. dead) in Mother McCree's uptown Champions; Even Dozen band; Jim Kweskin Band
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what were the 3 types of pop songs?
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sentimental, novelty, dance
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What was the primary form of entertainment for upper middle class? what did it lead to?
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parlor music; mass produced pianos; at same time in bars/brothels boogie-woogie piano style dominated
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Who was a popular boogie woogie pianist in chicago in the 1910s?
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Jimmy Yancy
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Who were the popular bw pianists of the 20s?
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Meade Lux Lewis, Keith Emerson, Pintop Smith, Cow Cow Davenport
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Where were Cow Cow Davenport and Pintop Smith from and what type of artists were they?
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Birmingham and BW pianist in the 1920s
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Roll 'em Pete
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1 of most important precursors to rock n roll (R&B) in 1930s by Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner; sold first as BW then rock n roll
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Who presented the From Spirituals to Swing Concerts? What were they part of? Who were some of the performers?
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John Hammond; folk revival alt. for w. auds; Big Bill Broonzy, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis
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What did the From Spirituals to Swing Concerts spark and become basis of?
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Launched BW craze and became bases of Jump Blues and Hillbilly Blues
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What is the basis for Jump Blues and Hillbilly Blues?
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From Spirituals to swing concerts
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Lerory Carr & Scrapper Blackwell Pops performed what?
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dance music w/ novelty content; blues pianists; often piano/guitar duets; part of double entendre/hokum blues
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What is double entendre who did it?
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saying potentially offensive things in a sort of hidden way; Leroy Carr
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What was the music of urbane afr amer pop?
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sentimental, romantic blues ballads
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Who was Georgia Tom Dorsey? What style? Nickname?
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Part of urbane afr amer pop.; blues pianist; hokum blues then gospel; Father of Modern Gospel
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What was Tampa Red's Style and whose was it similar to?
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Lonnie Johnson's and it was clean slide playing; more sophisticated than rural blues; and added ensemble; (blues guitarist)
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What were the afr am performance techniques of blues ballads?
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Some had TPA song form; long guitar lines
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Who did Bllues ballads influence?
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BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Blues Ballad Singers
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Paul Butterfield, Adam Lambert, Leroy Carr, Charles Brown, Percy Mayfield, Little Willie John, Bobby Bland
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Who was Big Bill Broonzy producer and what label was it?
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Lester Melrose of bluebird which was a race label of RCA
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What did the song "Taking a Chance on Love" perfd by Benny Goodman and Helen Forrest show?
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images of sophistication (attire); call and response of orchestra sections (notated & ltd improvisation); crooning
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What style was Jimmy Rushing?
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Blues Shouter/Jump Blues
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What was Louis Jordan's performance style reminiscent of?
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minstrelsy and it was Jump Blues
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What is another term for Urban Af Am Pop?
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"color blind music"
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Who are some Urban Af Am Pop artists?
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Nat King Cole; The Mills Brothers
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What influenced Romantic/Crooner blues?
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migration to urban centers
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Romantic/Crooner Blues Artists
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Cecil Grant,
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What was special about Cecil Grant's "I wonder"
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It was seen as more authentic than Nat King Coles; had a smooth style; covered by many white artists
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What was Jump Blues usually grouped with
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It was normally called R&B but it actually started before R&B (Black Swing Bands w/ "Blues Shouters" & Boogie Woogie Revival were too)
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What is Jump Blues?
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smaller black "combos" that combined Black swing bands along w/ blues shouters and boogie woogie revival
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What is the rhythm of Jump Blues?
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swung to shuffle (shuffle swing) to TRIPLETS
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What is the form of Jump blues?
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12, 8, 16, bar blues (not TPA 32 bar elab harmony)
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What is the tempo of jump blues?
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mid to up tempo w/ an upbeat mood
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What were the lyrical concerns of jump blues?
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southern images, barroom nightlife, adult content, dance instructions, humor
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How were the vocals of jump blues?
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shouted
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What did jump blues sound like
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shouted vocals, short horn riffs and honking solos, bw bass lines and backback (2 and 4)
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Who was the most successful jump blues artist?
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Louis Jordan
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Where were the majority of 1st generation r&b musicians born?
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the south
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Who sang "tympanie five" and what about it?
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Louis Jordan, 7-9 piece "combo"
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Who did Louis Johnson (Jump Blues artist) influence?
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BB King
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Who were some important blues shouters who headed jump blues combos
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Louis Johnson, Roy Brown, Wynonie Harris, Big Joe Turner
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What genre was Roy Brown and who was he?
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Jump Blues and New Orleans proto-R&B pianist/singer who wrote and first recorded “Good Rockin’ Tonight” (covered by Elvis at Sun Records)d
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Did Louis Johnson cross over from jump blues (r&b) to rock n' roll?
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no
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Who was Wynonie Harris and what genre is she
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She is a jump blues (r&B) blues shouter who covered "Good Rockin Tonight" by Roy Brown and couldn't cross into rock n roll
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What is combo jump blues?
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blues shouter w/ a big band
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Who was Big Joe Turner and what genre?
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Jump Blues(R&B)/BW Revival/blues shouter w/ swing band/R&B/RocknRoll
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What was one of Big Joe's Turners R&B hit and who made it RnR in 1955?
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"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" Bill Haley
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Who mainly made "Nightclub blues"?
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Southwestern af ams going to the w. coast
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Who were some important Nightclub Blues artists from TX?
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T Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Ivory Joe Hunter
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Who were some important nightclub blues artists from OK?
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Lowell Fulson who influenced the Beale Streeters (BB King, Johnny Ace, and Bobby Blue Bland)
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Who made up the Beale Streeters and who were they influenced by?
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BB King, Johnny Ace, and Bobby Blue Bland; they were influenced by Lowell Fulson of nightclub blues
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when was the second genereation of R&B?
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49-59
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Who was R&B marketed to?
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teens
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What were some technological advances that occurred during the 2nd gen of R&B? (1949-1959)
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Tape Recorder (drastically lowered production costs); 45 rpm singles (vinyl: less breakable than shellac 78s/easily transported);
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In the 20s when country was developing who played Fiddle Music?
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Fiddlin' John Carson
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In the 20s when country music was dev. who played stringband muisc?
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The Stoneman Family
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In the 20s when country was dev who played ballads and protestant hymns?
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The Carter Family
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What are AMALGAMS? and who are they?
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All-encompassing (incl. black inf) regional (southern sounding):
Jimmie Rodgers |
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In the 20s when country was dev who played urbane country?
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Vernon Dalhart
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In the 30s when country was dev what happened to stringband and who played these steps?
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It continued: Roy Acuff
Met the blues: (bluegrass) Bill Monroe Met swing jazz (w. swing): bob wills |
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What was gentle folk country? When was it popular?
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It was during the 30s when country was dev. and it was sweetened as w/ Brother HArmony Duos and Folk Revival
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Who were some brother harmony duos and what were they an example of when?
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Blue Sky Boys, Delmore Bros
Example of sweetened gentle folk country when country was dev in the 30s |
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When country was dev in the 30s who sang urbane country?
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Silver screen cowboys:
Gene Autry (solo) and vocal harmony groups like the sons of the Pioneers |
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what is rockabilly specifically?
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a clear style first recorded by elvis at Sun Recoreds that is hiccuppy with stuttering vocals, slapped upright bass, no drums, slap-back echo, dress and hair style
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What other 1950s musicians did rockabilly influence?
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Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Cliff RIchard, Billy Fury, Early Lennon
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Who are two rockabilly revival/punkabilly bands?
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stray cats and rev. horton heat
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What was Bill Haley's style?
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not rockabilly-- started w/ w. swing and moved thru hillbill boogie toward jump blues
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Where was Bill Haley born and raised?
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born Michigan; raised chester, pa
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What was Bill Haley's first band?
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w. swing band called the Saddlemen
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What producer did Bill Haley use to achieve what style?
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Milt Gabler (Louis Jordan's producer) to move his sound closer to jump blues
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Where was Elvis bon?
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Tupelo, MS (Hill Country)
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When did Elvis first go to record with sun and what type of songs did he choose?
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1953; TPA romantic ballads by the Ink Stops
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Who was Elvis' favorite singer?
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Dean Martin
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