Hi Pan,
Dock Boggs' version of "Roses While I'm Living" is also a waltz.
All best,
Johnm
Dock Boggs' version of "Roses While I'm Living" is also a waltz.
All best,
Johnm
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I would say that Boogie-Woogie was the bad little boy of the rag family who wouldn't study. I heard crude beginnings of it in the back streets of New Orleans, in those early years following 1904, but they were really back streets... such music never got played in 'gilded palaces' - Roy Carew, from Giles Oakley's The Devil's Music, BBC
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Hi Pan, Thanks John! I added it to the list. Cheers Pan more from what is essentially the Mississippi Sheiks: A very nice tune! Interesting, how they double the tempo, and switch to a 2/4 rhythm in middle of the song! Cheers Pan Hi all
Roosevelt Sykes' song "3-6, & 9" appears to be in 6/8 time. I guess this, along with Wesley Wallace's "No 29", which Johnm posted earlier, are the only boogie woogie type of tunes on this thread, so far. Cheers Pan Edited to add: as Johnm below points out, the songs time is irregular, not in 6/8. Hi Pan,
I had never heard Roosevelt Sykes' "3-6 & 9" before, and it's a wild one. Doesn't it seem like his meter is variable, especially in the last four bars, but also in his return to the I chord after the IV chord in the second phrase? He's also not the same from verse to verse. This one is eccentric, for sure, and probably inimitable, except to prove a point. All best, Johnm Hi Pan, Hi Johnm Re-listening the song I think you are right. I sure do have a hard time trying to keep track with the song! Someone suggested that it might be in waltz time, and I managed to hear it like this for a moment. Thanks for the correction. Cheers Pan
You and me, both, Pan! I didn't mean to correct you, but just to say that in addition to those clear measures of six, Roosevelt Sykes is mixing in a lot of stuff that is not nearly so clear. All best, Johnm Hi all
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee recorded Maurice Rogers' beautiful waltz "God and Man", on their 1973 studio album "Sonny & Brownie". Not exactly pre-war blues, maybe, but still nice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_&_Brownie Cheers Pan According to Dixon & Godrich, The Carver Boys were a white old time group, who did one record for the paramount's "race" series, and others on their "old time" series. Here's a nice little waltz they did, called "I'm Anchored In Love Divine".
On a side note, Josh White appeared as the guitarist, in their 1929 tune "Wang Wang Harmonica Blues", which I posted yesterday on the YouTube thread. http://www.yazoorecords.com/2014.htm Cheers Pan Hi all
Grayson and Whitter's "Rose Conley" is a nice murder ballad in waltz time. Can you say "nice" in the same sentence as "murder"? Maybe on a Halloween night you can? Cheers Pan Hi all
The North Carolina Hawaiians (a group of unknown musicians) recorded their "Wednesday Night Waltz" in 1928. The tune starts as a waltz, but turns to a double-tempo 4/4 halfway through. Cheers Pan Hi Pan,
Furry Lewis does "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" in 3/4 on the Blues Horizon double CD set he shares with Joe Callicott. All best, Johnm Hi Pan, Thank you John! I'll add him on the list! Cheers Pan |