TehLesPaulZorz Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Hello all! For school I'm doing a paper on how the blues musicians of the '40's and '50's, specifically B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf influenced later music and the big guitarists like Page, Hendrix, Clapton, Richards. Be as specific as possible please, scales, which ones, tone...?
davidg3333 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I assume if you are doing a paper you will need to cite references. If internet references will work then Google is your friend.
TehLesPaulZorz Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Ehh, I'm only a Freshman in High School so making up some bogus sources shouldn't be too hard. I tried Google and all it gives me is who was influenced by them, not how they were influenced.
Birddog415 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Better start around Robert Johnson and go from there. Better make sure you include SRV and T-Bone Walker somewhere. You got a specific length of paper to write? Lots of ground to cover. Keep your eyes open on the cable channels VH-1 Classic .- lately they've been showing the birth of certain genres of music - the blues were covered a week ago or so. You could be in for a long time of writing and get a bag of ice - your eventual writers cramp will need it. Hope its not due for a month or so...When you're done with the paper - please post it here. We'd like to read it too. Good luck. BTW- I think it was BB King himself that said something like "you don't need to have the blues to play it right , but it sure helps"
RSDx Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 RSDx - whats on yer mind? LOL .... not much, just decided to "undo" my original reply to the op, figuring they didn't necessarily deserve my diatribe. Wasn't meant towards you, by any means..... all is well !!!
dubstar Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 "Ehh, I'm only a Freshman in High School so making up some bogus sources shouldn't be too hard." bad start...go to a library and locate some books on the subject...since you live on Long Island, I know for a fact such books will be available...failing that, spend an afternoon in Barnes & Noble taking notes...
dubstar Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 http://www.americanguitarmuseum.com/agmmain.htm it's local...
TWANG Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Be sure to at least footnote Bo Diddley and Hubert Sumlin. Also google eric clapton howlin wolf those two names together.. you'll get a reference to a cool story about claptons first encounter with the wolf in a studio in england. In fact, you could sort of make that your approach.. skinny little white english kid in love with the blues in his tight pants and t shirt and long hair.. gigantic black man, in his huge baggy suit, a legend a king.. shoving the boys hands up and down the neck .. *S* TWANG
Rallye44 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Don't forget Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. :D/ Matt
epinder Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 To qoute Muddy Mississippi Waters "The blues had a baby and they named it rock n roll". Do a search on how The Rolling Stones got their name. The answer is just above. The obvious, there wouldn't be a lot of skinny little white boys (me included) playing the blues if it wasn't for these fantastic pioneers. PS: Don't forget to mention Chuck Berry. He was a part of the Chess Record scene too.
TehLesPaulZorz Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 Thanks everyone, that idea with the Howlin' Wolf and Clapton sounds great! I'm still having trouble finding EXACT SPECIFICS on later guitarists were influenced. Like specific scales, playing style...
brianh Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 This is about as good as it gets for a History of the Blues: http://www.pbs.org/theblues/
Bender 4 Life Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 as for your origional question.......I may well be off base here, but it seems that the "influence" laid down by the earlier "Blues Masters" was as much, if not more an influence in tones, alternate tunings,and cadence as it was chord progressions and scales. almost anybody can hit the chords, and-or repeat some simple scales, but darn few can/could make it sound "righteous", because they lack at least 1 of the first 3 things I mentioned.
voodoo Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Ehh' date=' I'm only a Freshman in High School so making up some bogus sources shouldn't be too hard. I tried Google and all it gives me is who was influenced by them, not how they were influenced.[/quote'] Each original artist has a talent of their own and most articles will highlight such specifics. The list of original talent given here on the forum is a good one to start with. If I may be so bold as to suggest something concerning your paper? Regardless of how many citations you make, they should be real citations. It may seem trivial to you and it may even seem lame (or whatever pejorative term is in use this instant) to go the extra yard, however, it is worth your time to learn the correct methodology of citation and to use genuine sources. In fact, your teacher will be as impressed by your correct methodology as he/she will be by anything you can research or write. As a further assist I give you the APA citation listings: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm As you can see APA even has a way to quote sources found on the internet so you don't even have to enter a library if you find an article online. Good luck with your studies. voodoo B.S., M.A., Spec.Ed. 8)
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