On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 16:53 -0800, Stephen Stubbs wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply, Jack. > > But was Elvis singing straight "Black" blues or "Rockabilly"? And > didn't they have to coin the phrase "Rockabilly" just to describe what > Elvis was doing? > > Here's the link I was looking at: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly#Elvis_Presley > > It mentions the Sun Records and Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee, > under the Elvis section. It also refers to the "uptempo" beat of the > music. Would you consider such music as Blues? Or is it way too fast > to be Blues? > You mean like Boogie With The Hook by John Lee Hooker (later stolen by ZZ Top and called La Grange)? There's jump blues, shuffle blues... Speed has nothing to do with whether a song is blues or not. > Best, > Stephen. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > From: Jack O'Quin <jack.oquin@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Stephen Stubbs <theother1510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linux Audio Users List <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 6:24:35 PM > Subject: Re: Blues music trivia question > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Stephen Stubbs > <theother1510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Question: Can you name any American White person (male or female), > who grew > > up within 100 miles of the Mississippi River, and put out a record > in that > > region (doing the recording in New York City for example, doesn't > count), > > before the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? > > > > Please name the artist, the record title, and the date of release. > > Elvis Presley. Pick any of the Sun Records titles. > -- > joq > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
