MUS111H1 Lecture Notes - Race Record, Marlon Brando, Ida Red
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Country and city blues coexisting in the early history of the blues then when the blues really moves through the migration, then we get the urban blues. All of these genres have a relative intelligibility (standard north american english) Country has some artists who you can hardly understand what they re saying a black , City is much more intelligible meant to be heard and appreciated in the metropolitan cities. How it went from being mainstream in the united states (bing crosby, frank sinatra, nat king. Idea of mainstream is real and exerts a powerful influence on people. Most central productive of most of the kinds of music we listen to today. How do we get from the soft, gentle crooning of bing crosby to johnny burnette s crazy sounding rocking music. Before elvis there was nothing quote attributed to john lennon: comes out of nowhere, revolutionary concoction of social elements legacy of great men who create great music.
