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The Blues

The Blues. The Blues. Mississippi Delta Blues tradition WC Handy. The Blues. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out By Bessie Smith. The Blues. Bessie Smith’s autobiographical confession sensitive interpretation and broad phrasing perfect intonation and blue-note inflections

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The Blues

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  1. The Blues

  2. The Blues • Mississippi Delta Blues tradition • WC Handy The Blues

  3. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and OutBy Bessie Smith The Blues • Bessie Smith’s autobiographical confession • sensitive interpretation and broad phrasing • perfect intonation and blue-note inflections • wide, expressive range

  4. Come on In My KitchenBy Robert Johnson The Blues • bottle neck slide technique • 12 bar structure and I IV V chords • lyrics have double entendres

  5. Walkin’ BluesBy Robert Johnson The Blues • slide • striking to keep the beat • accenting beat 2 or half off beat • "I got up this morning..." clichéd text

  6. Terraplane BluesBy Robert Johnson The Blues • most famous and influential songs • more chord changes • strumming • car = woman = sexual metaphor?

  7. I Got My Mojo WorkingBy Muddy Waters The Blues • small band, electric guitar, and harmonica • small amplifier distorts sound; sometimes smooth, sometimes raucous • Muddy’s voice slides up and down notes like the slide guitar • very sexual

  8. Smokestack LightningBy Muddy Waters The Blues • originally by Howlin’ Wolf • covered by many including: The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Grateful Dead, and George Thorgood • the rhyming scheme is mostly abandoned • consequently, the lyrics are often re-worked

  9. One Bourbon, One Scotch and One BeerBy John Lee Hooker The Blues • boogie woogie guitar style • up-tempo shuffle rhythm • electric guitar • classic Chicago style blues

  10. Smokestack LightningBy The Yardbirds The Blues • recurring riff • groove on a single rhythm • declamatory style of singing • strong bass support • imitation • traditional symbols (train, woman, another man)

  11. CrossroadsBy Cream The Blues • Eric Clapton singing; best vocalist of the group • the band sounds young and tentative • slavish but earnest imitation of traditional blues • Clapton’s guitar hints at the instrumental aggressiveness/virtuosity to come • beginning of “psychedelic blues”

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