Blues

be denied that Elvis Presley’s principal importance as a musical influence and an innovator – like that of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Fats Domino – during the early years of rock ‘n’ roll. Presley was influenced by such a variety of R&B, C&W, Blues, Gospel, Pop, European, Broadway, Hollywood and even Mexican musicians, from the age of 12. The legend of Elvis Presley continues to exist until now. After he passed away, we are still talking about…

Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said to have been created by early slavery. Deep south in the mid to late 1800’s, blues is known to be deeply rooted with African American culture and history originating from 19th century while in the southern plantations (Kopp). As Ed Kobb explains in the…

astonished that the books are real. He sees the truth The color blue is present around Gatsby more than any other character. His gardens are blue, his chauffeur wears blue, the water separating him from Daisy is his "blue lawn" (9.150), mingled with the "blue smoke of brittle leaves" in his yard. His transformation into Jay Gatsby is sparked by Cody, who buys him a "blue coat"—and he sends a woman who comes to his house a "gas blue" dress (3.25). Before you tie this up under one simple label,…

this painting are brown and the sky and ocean are blue with some…

“Relationship between Color and Emotion: A Study of College Students” by Naz Kaya and Helen Epps, ninety-eight students were asked to express their emotional responses to five principal hues (red, yellow, green, blue, purple), five intermediate hues (yellow-red, green-yellow, blue-green, purple-blue, and red-purple), and three achromatic colors (white, gray, and black) and the reasons for the emotion they felt. The color green reminds the students the color of nature which gave them positive…

the Blues, written by one of its formative figures, Son House. The opening lyric “Woke up this morning…” would be considered trite today, but its 1930 recording date makes it more iconic than anything. With its simple but insistent guitar rhythm and mournful lyrics, “Walkin’ Blues” is a virtual blueprint for Delta Blues, and a powerful influence on the development of modern blues. Son House’s influence was felt profoundly by Robert Johnson, whose handful of recordings did more to propel Blues…

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 signed to a company by the name of RPM records. So anxious and excited about music and entertainment, BB King…

style reminiscent of the Chicago electric blues. Other hard rock entries include “Rock & Roll”, a song born from an improvised riff off of another song on the album, “Four Sticks”. “Rock & Roll” is based on the 12 bar blues progression and is a testament to the progression’s continued impact on rock and a testament to the blues-based…

a famous blues and folk singer from the late 1950’s up until 1999 during that time she used her music to address the inequality that African Americans were facing at the time. Many of her songs in the mid-1960’s was addressing the attacks and inequalities that African Americans were facing giving her the title voice of the Civil Rights Movement. After having enough of this countries racial politics she ended up moving to the south of France, but not before making a lasting impact on blues and…

Jazz is sometimes referred to as "America's classical music". It has become a diverse genre with its roots in native American and African music; in particular, the blues, spirituals and rag time. Jazz first became a defined music form in the early 1920 springing from the US cities of New Orleans and later Chicago. Early Jazz was characterized by traditional rhythms and melodies being taken and improvised upon, giving a combination of swing and syncopation. Early Jazz performers of note included…