Roll of Thunder

Sometimes I envy my parents, because they had the good fortune to live through the richest musical eras: the sixties’, seventies’ eighties’, and nineties’. During the time my parents were in college and dating, they went to Air Supply, Bee Gees and ABBA concerts together. I remember that the first music I ever heard was my mother’s collection of vinyl records and cd’s. I grew up listening to Robert Plant, Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury’s God-like vocals, Led Zeppelin’s head-scratching lyrics,…

engaged in a different strategy wherein 1965 he was engaged in a controversial experiment moving from acoustic to amplified recordings as well as performances. He did not abandon the rough and raw rock ‘n' roll and had initially stated that his…

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was one of the most determined rock ‘n’ roll performers in music history. He was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a contractor and deacon of the nearby church. Better known by his stage name, Chuck Berry, had many songs including “Maybellene” and “Johnny B.Goode”. His first hit was No. 1 hit in 1872 with “My Ding-A-Ling”. Berry had an interest in music at an early age, he gave his first performance…

The spectacular new album “Chuck” is filled with familiar and memorable guitar play and features reworked classics with new lyrics "Lady B. Goode" is a sequel to "Johnny B. Goode," and "Jamaica Moon" is a rewrite of "Havana Moon." The first single is “Big Boys.” It's his first new album in 38 years, and it's a classic already. It's a Berry record all through and there's no over produced garbage in this set. It's a refreshing new album that has that classic throwback feel. What's more it's a…

American is an amalgam of American folk music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influences. Americana as a radio format developed during the 1990s as a reaction to the highly polished sound that defined the mainstream music of that decade. The AMA grew out of the format as an effort to bring all…

These are three are the famous musicians in Mississippi as a child I heard my parents speak about and still can remember some of the music being played by a few. They seem to be household names and more places than St. Louis. These three people are BB King, Muddy Waters and Bessie Smith. All from the state of Mississippi. BB King, is still playing the blues even though he’s past the age of 87. His birth given name is Riley B. King. In 1949 he began to be a well know musician, although he got…

distinctive style was a mixture of influences from Chicago Blues, B.B King, Buddy Guy and others. Eric Clapton is ranked #2 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists" List is also the only guitarist to be entered 3 times into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. B.B King was born, Riley B. King, September 16, 1925 on the Belclair cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Missisipi. It was said that King learned his first three chords from his pastor at the local Pentacostal Church. His official…

Peace, war and rebellion. These three words that can sum up rock and roll in a whole. Starting in the 1950’s, rock has been known to break all the rules. Challenging racial barriers, family values, and teen rebellions, transitioning the decades and shaping society. From the beginning and its creation to its influence in America through the decades, shows how important rock and roll was important to history. Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said…

They used a style of Rock and Blues to create a style that was new to the public, it was known as the mixture of “Chicago blue and rock n’ roll” (Doyle) and that they always stayed true to this sound, “stayed true to their filthy, blues-based sound” (Williams). The band itself, did not really play together, they each had their own style. With each person relating to another artist, or style…

Among the formal, identifying musical traits of the blues are the familiar “blue notes,” a three-line AAB verse form, and a characteristic use of the familiar blues chord progression. Historically, the popularity of blues coincides with the rise of the commercial recording industry, the introduction of “race” records aimed at black record-buyers after 1920, and the emigration of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North. Many of the earliest black American recording stars were…