MUSIC103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sweet Home Chicago, Commodification, Count Basie
25 Aug 2016
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The carter family no depression in heaven . Rural (appalachia) areas during the great depression. Major influence in blue grass, country, rock, pop. Guitar in forefront, maybelle"s carter style thumb picking. Bessie smith put it right here (or keep it out there) Vocals are stronger, more accessible/relatable to others. Sounds more professional than down hearted blues. Released around his death, became a symbolic figure of loneliness. Patsy cline i fall to pieces . Propelled charles into mainstream, made a subgenre of soul. Split into three versions, removing some shouts of shake that thing , two 3. 5 minute sides of a record. Was banned from several radio stations because gospel + sexual innuendo was a controversy. Early influence towards the rock n" roll sound. Rockabilly, rhythm and blues, rock and roll. Credited with the sound of the birth of rock n" roll . A fast boogie-shuffle with many stop-time breaks and his trademark falsetto whoops .
