MUSC 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maybelline, Alan Freed, Travelling Riverside Blues
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African: rhythm- more about how you feel, was used to show life- marriage, puberty, etc. Rock music since the mid-60s- notes: (2 exams- 1 final) Wrote porgy and bess, the first great american opera. Jump- swing + rhythm and blues (rock n roll) Mid 30-40s in the mood - (glen miller, swing music) Electric blues- i"m your hoochie coochie man - muddy waters. As blues moved north, it became more electric. 50s-60s- black men particularly in blues were ripped off by record labels. African american music was more explicit than songs written by white americans. White americans sang african american songs- cover song. Shake, rattle, & roll - joe turner (african american)- sings it more complementary. The rolling stones took him on their tour which helped resurrect his career. Bill harley and the comets (white americans)- sings it in more of an insulting way. The first lead instrument was saxophone not guitar!
