Emi music publishing, cmrra, bmi broadcast music inc. The title, blue book, is simply a name given the work on account of its blue cover. The jimmy dawkins band material is also very strong. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for chicago blues session releases. Bruce iglauer, founder of alligator records stated that, chicago blues is the music of the industrial city, and has an industrial sense about it.
Muddy waters 191983 was an american blues artist widely considered to be one of the most important figures in postworld war ii chicago blues. Aug 21, 1981 chicago has always had a reputation as a wide open town with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. James cotton and sonny boy williamson ii classics, presents a. For pianist otis spann, it was the mother of the blues, and a beacon to every good musician who ever left the south. This volume features the lightly recorded left hand frank.
Canned heats story of music drugs death sex and survival. A living history is being hailed by critics,musicians and music historians worldwide as the greatest tribute of our time to the chicago blues. Take me away part 2 the military draft in blues lyrics, wisconsin delta blues festival. Alligator records is the worlds foremost authority on blues music and blues artists. Take a look at the official tour dates page to find out when and where you can see lurrie bell perform live. The hope was blues would not be resigned to mere history. In the introduction to the first 1890 edition, the editors presented this explanation. Live chicago blues list of acts playing in the blues bars, buddy guy. As a minimum, each volume features four artists with session players as historically rich as the recordings themselves.
Jul 16, 2014 the top 10 books about chicago from saul bellow to philip roth, novelist andrew rosenheim salutes the writers who have captured the beauty, and the ugliness, of his hometown. Reed, modern bluesmen scotty and the ribtips, hardrocking piano man lovie lee. Blue book was founded in 2010, and is located at 211 e ontario st in chicago. Living chicago blues 0014551770220 by various artists cd for sale. But by the summer of l965 she was a wreck, and fled home to port. I thought that each book provided interesting insights into the chicago blues giant. They brought blues music, but it wasnt until after world war ii that it was. Volume 3 is the best of alligators 4 part living chicago blues seris. Delta entertainment presents chicago blues, live vol. Wang dang doodle koko taylor, and you cant judge a book by the cover bo diddley.
Dixon is considered one of the key figures in the creation of chicago blues. Johnny big moose walker june 27, 1927 november 27, 1999 was an american chicago blues and electric blues pianist and organist. Every night in chicago, the sounds of blues bands reverberate from narrow barrooms, basement taverns, and small, modest lounges throughout the city. Alligator records utilised walkers playing on their living chicago blues series of recordings. There are six books in total, each simply subtitled volume 1 through to. Im not talking about some ktel top 40 record either man. Chicago blues by various artists on amazon music unlimited. Book publishing in chicago, a business almost as old as the city itself, established its basic nature early on. While he was living in mississippi, waters was recorded by alan lomax in 1941 for.
The chicago blues living history bands 2012 european tour dates have been announced. As people adapted to the demands of living in a new civic and social. Find 16 listings related to blue book construction in chicago on. Its initial growth and source of strength for a full century afterwards was tied to the citys rapid development as the nations rail center rand mcnally got its start printing timetables, and the railroads also made possible chicagos early emergence as a distribution point for. He worked with many blues musicians, including ike turner, sonny boy williamson ii. Explore releases from the living chicago blues label. Living chicago blues volume 2 cd 1991 various artists. The grammy nominated volume ii contains two of the best guitarists and two of the best pianists. Find books like chicago blues from the worlds largest community of readers. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the birthplace of a distinctly urban bluesmore sophisticated, cynical, and streetsmart than the anguished songs of the mississippi deltaa music called the chicago blues.
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Ii alligator alcd 7702 nowhere has blues been so transformed as in chicago. Every cut on this disk is solid through and through. Used chicago blues cds online cheap chicago blues cds. Chicago blues volume 2 by various artists on amazon music. Chances are at least a couple of those books were published by a company with offices here in chicago. William james dixon july 1, 1915 january 29, 1992 was an american blues musician. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for living chicago blues releases.
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