战后芝加哥城市蓝调的核心组合是吉他和口琴,这其实是传统的弦乐队组合。这一期我们以一对重要的吉他和口琴蓝调组合,Sonny Boy Williamson 和 Robert Lockwood Jr 为中心,聊聊弦乐队。
南方电台最早的黑人音乐节目 King Biscuit Time 和关于黑人的一些刻板印像
弦乐队,和关于弦乐队的刻板印像
口琴,简单易用而且便宜的入门乐器
弦乐队的节奏部,和鼓
另外,节目中有两首曲子当时没有找到完整的演奏者信息,现在已经查到,并在相关录音信息中补全。其中,Sonny Boy Williamson 1965 年在 King Biscuit Time 里的演出,合作者是吉他手 Houston Stackhouse 和鼓手 James Curtis。Curtis 就是在一开始加盟 King Biscuit 的那位鼓手。
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相关录音:
I don't know),Sonny Boy Williams II 词曲, Sonny Boy Williams II/Robert Lockwood Jr/Luther Tucker/Willie Dixon/Fred Below 演奏, 1957,Checker
Love Me Do), Lennon–McCartney 词曲, the Beatles 演奏, 1962, Parlophone
Black and Tan Fantasy ), Duke Ellington/Bubber Miley 作曲,Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians 演奏,1927, Victor
The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane),Will S. Hays 作曲,Fiddlin' John Carson 演奏,1923,Okeh
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues), Norman Woodlieff 词曲,Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers 演奏,1925,Columbia
Sitting On Top Of The World),Walter Vinson/Lonnie Chatmon 词曲, Mississippi Sheiks 演奏, 1930, Okeh
A Fiddler's Convention in Georgia, Pt. 1),Clayton McMichen/Gid Tanner/Riley Puckett/Bob Nichols/Fate Norris/Bert Layne 演奏,1927,
Peg O' My Heart), Alfred Bryan 词/Fred Fisher 曲,Harmonicats 演奏,1947,Vitacoustic Records
Train Kept A-Rollin'), Tiny Bradshaw/Lois Mann/Howard Kay 词曲, the YardBirds 演奏, 1966, Reelin’ In The Years Productions
Bye Bye Bird), Willie Dixon/Sonny Boy Williamson II 词曲, Sonny Boy Williamson II/the Yardbirds, 1966, Fontana
Pot Licker Blues), El Watson 作曲, El Watson/Charles Johnson 演奏, 1927, Victor
John Henry), 传统民谣,De Ford Bailey 演奏,1932, Victor
The Wreck of the Old 97), G. B. Grayson/Henry Whitter 词曲,Vernon Dalhart/Carson Robison 演奏, 1924, Victor
It's King Biscuit Time), Sonny Boy Williamson II/Houston Stackhouse/James Curtis 演奏, John William “Sonny” Payne 主持, 1965, Arhoolie
Take A Little Walk with Me),Robert Lockwood Jr 词曲, Robert Lockwood Jr/Alfred Elkins 演奏, 1941, Bluebird
Hot Dogs), George Perkins 词曲, Blind Lemon Jefferson 演奏, 1927, Paramount
That's All Right), Arthur Crudup 词曲,Elvis Presley/Scotty Moore/Bill Black 演奏, 1954, Sun
Heartbreak Hotel), Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley 词曲, Elvis Presley/Scotty Moore/Bill Black/Chet Atkins/Floyd Cramer 演奏, 1956, Victor
Eyesight to the Blind), Sonny Boy Williamson II 词曲, Sonny Boy Williamson II/Elmore James/Joe Willie Wilkins/Willie Love/Joe Dyson 演奏, 1951, Trumpet
Eyesight to the Blind(The Hawker)), Sonny Boy Williamson II 词曲, The Who 演奏, 1969, Polydor
Dust My Broom), Robert Johnson 词曲,Robert Lockwood Jr/Sunnyland Slim/Ernest 'Big' Crawford/Alfred Wallace 演奏, 1951, Mercury
Dust My Broom), Robert Johnson/Elmore James 词曲, Elmore James/Sonny Boy Williamson II/Leonard Ware/Frock O'Dell 演奏, 1951, Trumpet
Dust My Broom), Robert Johnson/Elmore James 词曲, Elmore James and His Broom Dusters 演奏, 1963, Fire