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#506308 - 08/06/22 10:12 AM
Re: Singing the Blues
[Re: GlennT]
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Registered: 10/20/09
Posts: 3229
Loc: Dallas, Texas
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Hi Glen, I'm not much of a blues singer (or singer at all really) but when I have to sing a blues on solo gigs my go to is also Kansas City. I do it in Bb. I also sing Route 66 in F. I do a few old time rock n' roll and country songs that follows the basic 12 bar blues progression too, stuff like Jonny B Good, and Blue Suede shoes. I love to sing Folsom Prison Blues to. I haven't played at the senior homes for since COVID so I'm a little rusty on that material. These days I'm doing all Latin at bars, restaurants and parties.
Anyways, I do study on more jazz blues. Stuff like Bags Goove, Billies Bounce, Blues for Alice, Equinox, Sandu, Tenor Madness, West Coast Blues....
These are the types of tunes jazzers like to play on jam session, that most non musician don't know, but I am enjoying playing and studying this material for my own personal growth, if you dig.
I'd also like to get deeper into some early Chicago blues, Boogie Woogie.
I think all the great rock, country, funk, R&B, gospel, Latin , reggae, and of course jazz musicians, all have a very good foundation in the blues. It's our common language.
Edited by montunoman (08/06/22 10:15 AM)
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#506310 - 08/06/22 02:46 PM
Re: Singing the Blues
[Re: GlennT]
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Senior Member
Registered: 09/29/05
Posts: 6703
Loc: Roswell,GA/USA
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Paul, on a sidenote, I always thought 'Alice' (Blues for Alice) was Alice (McLeod) Coltrane. Reading your post made me do a little digging to see if I was right; apparently not. Alice was just 13 years old when the song was produced and although she was a jazz prodigy, it's unlikely she would have been traveling in those circles (Bird, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke, etc.). BTW, I think forums that are primarily oriented towards music should occasionally include some historical references, so thanks for that. For the record, our own Capt Russ is a fountain of information on music (especially jazz) of that period, having been involved in it and having met a lot of these legends personally.
chas
Edited by cgiles (08/06/22 02:52 PM)
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#506314 - 08/06/22 06:40 PM
Re: Singing the Blues
[Re: GlennT]
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Registered: 09/29/05
Posts: 6703
Loc: Roswell,GA/USA
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Glenn, if you're looking for material to perform, you have to give us more clues. There are so many sub-genres of 'blues' that it's hard to know what you might consider suitable material for you to perform. For instance, I never really considered 'Kansas City' a blues (in the traditional sense) but what might be considered 'blues' by some might be considered 'R&B by others, 'Rock&Roll' by others, and 'Pop" by others. If one were listing favorite blues singers, Joe Cocker's name probably wouldn't come up YET, he's definitely one of MY favorites, along with Janis Joplin, both of whom most people would consider 'Rockers'. See, that's the name of the game in music, SUBJECTIVITY, SUBJECTIVITY, SUBJECTIVITY. What makes it great (and loads of fun) is that NOBODY'S WRONG . chas
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#506321 - 08/08/22 09:05 AM
Re: Singing the Blues
[Re: organgrinder]
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7305
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
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