Early Blues and Country
Marketing labels attached to Southern Folk music used to market to two different groups of races.
What are Race and Hillbilly?
A technique used by the upright bass in big bands.
What is Walking Bass?
The music technology development that lead to the intimate singing style of crooning.
What is the microphone?
Urban Folk was inspired by which early country artist?
Indpendant record companies that helped popularized R&B.
Decca, Chess, ect.
The instruments typically used in folk music.
banjo, guitar, fiddle, slide guitar
What is call and response?
Because of allowances this group of Americans became the target audience for music sales.
What is the American teenager in the Postwar era?
An important Urban Folk artist was apart of a group called The Weavers.
What is Pete Seeger?
Most of Chess Records hits were written by a musician who played bass in house band.
What is Willie Dixon?
An early artist of country blues with a name that includes the name of a fruit in it. Hint: He sang Matchbox Blues.
What is Blind Lemon Jefferson?
An important arranger of big band songs.
The name of a crooner who did not like the label.
What is Frank Sinatra?
The Weavers most popular song orginially sung by a black blues artist names Leed Belly.
What is Goodnight Irene?
A popular R&B song recorded by Muddy Waters.
What is "Hoochie coochie man"?
A harmonic form that usually includes 3-4 chords.
What are the 12 Bar Blues?
The most popular big band song of the swing era that topped the charts for 12 weeks.
What is "In The Mood"?
Todd Storz, a DJ in Omaha, in the early ‘50s "invented" what popular format for FM radio by observing teenagers listening to their favorite songs over and over again.
What is Woody Guthrie?
Names of popular big band leaders/big bands during the swing era. (up to 5)
What is Count Basie Orchestra, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm?
This crooner created an unlikely instrumental group with only three musicians called...
What is the Nat King Cole Trio?
What is "Shake, Rattle, and Roll", and "Hound Dog"?