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Playlist & links 25th Nov

CRUISIN’ FOR A BLUISIN’

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25.11.10

 

WE START WITH SOME AUSSIE STUFF AND THEN SOME TRACKS FROM LOCAL BAND PETER C & THE SOULSHAKERS WHO PLAY THE MULLUM MUSIC FEST THIS WEEKEND. THEN COURTESY OF BLUES-ezine; WE POSE THE QUESTION THEY HAVE IN THEIR LATEST ISSUE “WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK’N’ROLL SONG? HAVE FUN.

 

www.marshallandthefro.com  www.guysebastian.com.au  www.bluesfestivalguide.com  www.buddyguy.com   www.jiverecords.com  www.severnrecords.com  www.jaygaunt.com   www.stonyplainrecords.com  www.petecornelius.com   www.onlybluesmusic.com        

 

·      3. Nappy Head Blues. C.W. Stoneking. Mississippi & Piedmont Blues. 1927-1941.

·      5. Blues & Roots Music. Slim Pickens & Dr Baz. Next Time. Black Albert Records. ’08.

·      4. I Can’t Stand the Rain. Guy Sebastian. The Memphis Album.  Sony/BMG. 2007.

·      4. 300lbs of Joy. The Stumblers.  You Got to Move. Sandstock. 1989. Features local quiet gentleman Rob Danes on Bass.

·      2. We’ve All Got Something to Say. Marshall & the Fro. Friends for Life. 2010.

 

·      1. I Think I’m In Trouble.

·      3. Framed.

·      5. Mother-in-law Blues.

·      6. Feeling Blue.

·      7. Smelly Old Dog.

·      10. Nasty Habits.

Peter C and The Soul Shakers. Parachute Jump. Peter C [voc], Geoff Wright [guitar, vocals], Ric Crothelle [bass], Alan Park [keyboards], Mark Coffee [drums], Don Rafaelle [sax]. See them at the Mullum Music festival.

 

WHAT WAS THE FIRST ROCK’N’ROLL SONG?

Bill Haley and the Comets

 

Newswise — Ask 12 people what was the first rock ‘n’ roll song and you’re likely to get a dozen different answers.

 

Southeastern Louisiana University Professor of Communication and rock historian Joseph Burns says he has wondered about this for some time, but there are no absolute answers.

 

He said the first rock ‘n’ roll song should be music that draws heavily from blues and country in a danceable, hit form. There should be hints of jazz, gospel, or folk influence, as well as technological influence.

 

“It’s a lot to ask of one song,” he said. “Few fit the bill.”

 

Candidates considered for the honor include “How High the Moon” by Les Paul and Mary Ford; “The Honey Dripper” by Joe Liggins; “Boogie Chillen’” by John Lee Hooker; “Saturday Night Fish Fry” by Louis Jordan; “The Fat Man” by Fats Domino; “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets; and “Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.

 

“An argument can be made for and against every song mentioned, but there’s one that fits better than all of those noted: ‘That’s All Right Mama,’ by Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup,” said Burns, who hosts the weekly program “Rock School” on Southeastern’s KSLU 90.9 FM radio station.

 

He said the song came out in September 1946 as a great rockabilly piece with blues melody line over top. “It’s sung with power, may contain the first guitar solo break, and, as a remake, became one of Elvis’ first singles,” he added.

 

 

 

·      12. The Honeydripper. Joe Liggins. Johnny Otis Blues Brothers. Johnny Otis. 1996.

·      1. Boogie Chillen. John Lee Hooker. Classics. Aim. 1998.

·      4. Saturday Night Fish Fry. Louis Jordan. The Best of. MCA.1975.

·       29. The Fat Man. Fats Domino. Rock’n’Roll Legend. 2008.

·      15. Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley and his Comets. The Beginning of Rock & Roll.

·      1. Rocket 88. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats. [Ike Turner piano]. Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm. Ace. 1995.

·      10. That’s All Right Mama. Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup. The Father of Rock’n’Roll. Blues Encore. 1992.

For more information and the full article go to www.bluesfestivalguide.com

 

·      12. Skanky. Buddy Guy. Living Proof. Jive Records. 2010.

·      11. I Don’t Like half the Folks I Love. Paul Thorn. Pimps and Preachers. Perpetual Obscurity Records. 2010.

·      7. Everybody’s Got to Cry Sometime. Johnny Moeller. BloogaLoo. Severn Records. ’10.

·      6. Why Are People Like That? Jay Gaunt. Harmonicopia. JBG Music. 2010.

·      5. Rhode Island Red Rooster. Duke Robillard. Passport to the Blues. Stony Plain.2010.

·      4. Tumbleweed. Pete Cornelius. Tumbleweed. Only Blues Music. 2010.

 

Lets return to the artists responsible for early Rock’n’Roll.

·      28. Going to the River. Fats Domino.

·      8. So Long.

·      14. The Big Beat.

·      2. My Mama Don’t Allow Me.

·      3. Look On Yonder Wall.

·      8. My Baby Left Me.

·      6. All the Blues, All the Time [Medley]. Ike Turner. 1963.

·      13. I Ain’t Drunk. Lonnie “The Cat’

·      14. The Road I Travel. Lonnie “The Cat”

 

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