Blues Roots
Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf where brought up in this type of Blues before moving north to sing Chicago Blues
What is Mississippi or Delta Blues
This High Energy rock and roll pioneer created guitar driven hits like "Maybelline" by adaption the old hillbilly tune "Ida Red."
Who is Chuck Berry?
1936, this person and his company introduced the ES-150 and 250 model which was the 1st commerically successful hollow-body guitar that included electric pick-ups.
Who is Gibson?
This group, led by a 13 year lead vocalist, combined traditional R&B with upbeat, pop-like tempos.
Who is Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers?
This is how many musicians got their music played on the Radio and out to audiences.
What is doing Personal Interviews and Playing live at the radio stations.
This harsh system of legal and social Segregation in the American South shaped the backdrop and experiences of early Blues musicians.
What is Jim Crow?
Famous for his wild, flamboyant piano playing and high-voltage delivery, he directly influenced generations of rock performers
Little Richard
What is Distortion?
A characteristic of Doo Wop is tight vocal ___________. It is taken from the Barbershop Quartets of old.
What are Vocal Harmonies?
These lists helped people know who had the top hits of the week?
What are the Billboard top 40, or Top 100 charts for Pop, Rock, R&B, etc.
This state and region are generally considered the birthplace of the Delta Blues tradition.
What is the Mississippi Delta?
Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley both recorded for this influential, independent Chicago-based record label.
What is Chess Records?
The Rickenbacker Electro A-22, famously known as this, is recognized as the world's first commercially successful electric guitar and the first solid-body electric instrument.
What is the "Frying Pan" guitar?
Doo Wop has a vary particular chord progression that appears in many Doo Wop songs and is call this.
What is the Doo Wop Progression?
Teen movies such as Blackboard Jungle, Rock Around the Clock, and Jailhouse Rock introduced the new rock and roll to a wider audience. However, it did tied the "image" of rock and roll to this idea.
The Rock and Roll was wild, something to be banned, controversial, would make teens become juvenile delinquents.
The electrification, design and amplification of the guitar led to the development of the Electric Blues, otherwise called...
Chicago Style Blues
Bo Diddley is famous for utilizing this distinct, driving rhythmic syncopation pattern in his signature songs
What is the Bo Diddley beat?
This guitar is considered the world's first mass-produced, solid-body electric guitar and was produced in 1951
What is the Fender Telecaster.
Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, said: "We had a little bit of a rough time trying to get our artists to do anything resembling the blues... What emerged was music with a blues feel, but a particularly Northern, urban influence." Tell us what new sound Ertegun's musicians developed.
Explain the role of a Disc Jockey and how did they help move the country toward racial integration in the the 1950's?
Disc Jockey - or DJ chose what records/songs/singles to play on the radio station. A DJ could make or break an artist/group. DJ's played music that teens and young adults, both black and white, like to hear.
Explain why Buddy Holly and the Crickets were famously booked to play New Your City's Apollo Theather in August of 1957 because people thought this about them.
What is a Black Band because of the Rhythm and Blues sound of their music.
Explain what Electrifing the Guitar did for ensemble playing and in the development of new groups.
What is make the guitar louder, make it stand out and become the lead instrument, can be heard over all the other instruments in a band.
Explain what the musical Roots of R&B are.
Rhythm and Blues developed out of Jazz and the Blues, with an increasing use of electric guitar as lead, as well as piano and saxophone.
This Cleveland disc jockey popularized the term "rock and roll" on his WJW radio show in the 1950s and championed R&B records for a multi-racial teen audience. Later he also is seen taking rock and roll into the movies just as Rock Around the Clock.
Who is Alan Freed?