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Who invented the talking blues?
Christopher Allen Bouchillon
Christopher Allen Bouchillon, billed as “The Talking Comedian of the South”, is credited with creating the “talking blues” form with the song “Talking Blues”, recorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1926, from which the style gets its name.
Who is famous for singing the blues?
Singing the Blues
| “Singing the Blues” | |
|---|---|
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Melvin Endsley |
| Producer(s) | Mitch Miller |
| Guy Mitchell singles chronology |
What genre was Woody Guthrie?
Country music
Folk
Woody Guthrie/Genres
Who was the most famous blues singer?
The main source being The All Music Guide To The Blues (Miller Freeman Books).
- Otis Spann (1930 – 1970)
- Albert Collins (1932 – 1993)
- John Mayall (1933 – )
- Freddie King (1934 – 1976)
- Paul Butterfield (1942 – 1987)
- Johnny Winter (1944 – )
- Eric Clapton (1945 – )
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954 – 1990)
What kind of music is the talking blues?
Talking blues. Talking blues is a form of folk music and country music. It is characterized by rhythmic speech or near-speech where the melody is free, but the rhythm is strict.
When did Bob Dylan record the talking blues?
Bob Dylan recorded “Talking World War III Blues” in 1963. “Give me a string bean, I’m a hungry man!” Dylan’s fame and his repeated use of the talking blues form contributed to the genre becoming a widely popular vehicle for the composition of songs with political content.
What’s the name of Woody Guthrie’s song Talking Blues?
Woody Guthrie and his song “Talking Hard Work” is a title-tribute to Bouchillon’s “Talking Blues” and “Born in Hard Luck”. The “Talking Blues” begins with the line:
Where did the blues music come from in the south?
Blues developed in the southern United States after the American Civil War (1861–65). It was influenced by work songs and field hollers, minstrel show music, ragtime, church music, and the folk and popular music of the white population. Blues derived from and was largely played by Southern black men,…