N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 1 Well, what I posted so far just about exhausted my limited knowledge
about the Blues and the Bluesmen who are/were Mississippian natives.
I actually Googled around extensively in the misguided hope of compiling
a comprehensive list of all influential Bluesmen from Mississippi until I
finally came upon this quote: "It could very well be easier to come up
with a list of legendary Blues artists that aren't from Mississippi than to
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发帖数: 25759 | 2 Many thanks, y'all!
Blues pretty much originated from the so-called Mississippi Delta
(the region along the Mississippi River between Memphis and
Vicksburg, not to be confused with the actual river delta in
neighboring Louisiana), and the Bluesmen of early fame are so
predominantly from Mississippi that it makes my self-appointed
task in this series almost too ambitious to accomplish. It appears
that Blues is one art form that remains somewhat lagging behind
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Y*******y
发帖数: 5293 | 8 好的，多谢了。
狼兄喜欢的都是最棒的。
等俺去YouTube慢慢搜罗视频。 |
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a********e
发帖数: 3771 | 10 狼兄来点中文的文字介绍怎样？对我这样只听音乐不理解深层含义的人是个教育呵呵。 |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 12 惭愧，麦兄，文字介绍却是难煞我也！“只听音乐不理解深层含义”，呵呵，
正是彼此彼此。俺对音乐也没有高深研究，只是信奉那一条cliché而已：
“I may not know much about art, but I know what I like.” 对于Blues
更是如此。对古典音乐、民间音乐，因为追“饭”多年，还有几分道道而言；
“饭”Blues其实只是近几年的事，初次听说John Lee Hooker的大名大概只
在三四个月前，只是一听而顿时不可自拔。
说来奇怪，俺来美多年，Rock and Roll、Country等等，甚至Hip-hop，
都曾“饭”过，唯独一向对Jazz／Blues敬而远之。直到几年前某次在俺家老
大的钢琴课上旁听，那位教头当场弹了几首Blues经典，顿时让俺一听钟
情。听了教头介绍的独特Blues scale，回家一试，果然无论如何组合，总
是Blues风味。To check out the Blues scale, go to:
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s******e
发帖数: 16668 | 14 太经典了。
狼兄也爱看《O brother where art thou》吧？ |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 17 惭愧，这几年对好莱坞关注太少，许多好片至今还在“to-watch list”上
蹉跎光阴。跑去Amazon试听了一回soundtrack，感觉其中确有Blues
成分，但还是以Blue Grass为主——another musically form that has
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发帖数: 49669 | 18 狼兄天文地理音乐历史哲学书法文学诗词歌赋骈文造诣如此之深，让人无法不崇拜。 |
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G*********o
发帖数: 49669 | 20 狼兄过谦狼兄过谦
耶兄又来捧杀！:-D 还是让俺多活几年为好。 |
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y*******g
发帖数: 3677 | 21 赞赞赞，好听！！
曾经一度很不喜欢BLUE，因为我觉得我是个悲伤的人，不喜欢再听悲伤的东西。有一次
在新奥尔良一家路边小餐馆，听一个黑人大叔安静的在边上BLUE，也不知道为什么，就
会听到泪流满面。但是现在还是不太敢听，所有的伤心事全冒出来了。。。 |
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发帖数: 3677 | 22 Blue Grass和Blue是完全不搭边的吧。。。Blue Grass太乡土了，乐器主要是BANJO，
就是那种弦子，哈哈，听起来很欢乐。密西西比很多Blue Grass，经常去乡亲们家里，
几个人就凑一堆儿吹拉弹唱，没什么技巧，就是个热闹，呵呵。 |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 23 Bluegrass诞生比Blues捎晚，多少受到一些影响，不过其渊源主要还是来自欧洲，
尤其是Celtic music。Bluegrass发祥地在Appalachian山中，基本上是hillbilly
的创造，不同于Blues的African American背景。虽然同是出于穷困潦倒人群之
手，Bluegrass风格大不同于Blues的melancholy，只要一份热闹——诚如Yoyo
所说。Yoyo当年在New Orleans如果遇上几位白大叔在街头演奏Bluegrass，大
概只会手舞足蹈，不会泪流满面。 |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 29 Um...it's the same guy, 麦兄。:-) |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 33 Famous quite from the introduction in the third video:
"When you ain't got no money, you've got the blues." |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 35 Here's another interesting quote, this one not from Howlin'
Wolf but about him:
"Howlin' Wolf's voice has been compared to 'the sound of
heavy machinery operating on a gravel road.'"
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发帖数: 25759 | 36 When you talk about Howlin' Wolf, it's impossible not to
mention his long-time professional rival, Muddy Waters
(McKinley Morganfield, 1915-1983). Deeply rooted in the
Delta Blues tradition, he is nevertheless best remembered
today as "the Father of Chicago Blues," which is distinguished
from the pure acoustic sounds of Delta Blues by its electrical
enhancement on the instruments. To get a sense of Muddy
Waters' far-reaching musical influence, one needs only to
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 38 呵呵，Blues似乎在版上影响有限；不过得三五知音足矣，尤其是有黑猫
警长领衔挂帅。 |
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z***s
发帖数: 3241 | 39 嗯 muddy water 前两天自来水都不能喝了。。。。 |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 40 Now we are getting to the Blues royalties. Any story of the Blues
will have to start with Robert Johnson (1911-1938), "King of the
Delta Blues," and the main character in the well-known crossroads
legend featured in the VOA program (see Andyzzdlee's original
post). He was dead, allegedly from poisoning, at the age of 27,
and one can only imagine what else he could have accomplished
in a legendary musical career had he lived to a ripe old age as so
many of the other famed Blues musicians did.
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 44 假面之下，不知是那位故人偷笑？Think think think... |
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发帖数: 25759 | 46 Still thinking in the most thoughtful kind of way... |
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发帖数: 25759 | 48 The music videos for "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Me and the Devil"
are particularly well made; I highly recommend those two. |
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发帖数: 25759 | 49 One simply cannot talk about the Blues without dedicating a large
part of the story to B.B. King (b. 1925), the undisputed reigning
King of the Blues, and arguably the most exciting Blues guitarist
ever. A few quick chords on his beloved electric guitar—which he
calls Lucille—are all one needs to identify the unique, unmistakable
B.B. King sound. At the age of 85, he is still going pretty strong.
At the concert I went to last year, he came out on stage around
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