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1. Beginners' Guide To Playing The Harmonica What image comes to mind when you think of the harmonica?  Maybe you picture a scene from an old movie with a hobo or convict slumped against a wall playing a sad, lonely tune or you see a blues musician on stage giving it all he's got to produc...
2. Ray Charles "Georgia On My Mind" - Lyrics, Sheet Music, and Renditions Music lovers around the world know Ray Charles, and one of his most famous songs is "Georgia On My Mind", written by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael. Although the song was actually written for a woman named Georgia, Ray Charles' rendition of the...
3. Jazz up your Washboard Do-it yourself bells and whistles for your musical washboard. This lens is for folks who have just picked up their first washboard, and tries to be the webpage I would have wanted to find when I started playing a few years ago. I truly love this very...
4. Etta James Etta James is an American blues, soul, R&B, and jazz singer and songwriter.
5. Scat Singing and Nonsense Songs: Playing with Words Folks have been doing the verbal two-step with scat singing for a hundred years. The creativity and virtuosity that scat allows a singer to display within the confines of any song make it a popular medium. And some of the most fun songs take scat to...
6. Little Walter In any conversation about blues harp music or playing the harmonica, one name is sure to come up as the musician all others are compared to...Little Walter. During his short life, this blues legend revolutionized how the harmonica is played and impact...
7. Eva Cassidy -- SongBird "By the time the pure, powerful voice of Eva Cassidy hit the airwaves, she had already passed away at the far-too-young age of 33. Early on she drew the attention of the "Godfather of Go-Go," Chuck Brown, who invited her to collaborat...
8. Sweet Home Chicago: A Blues Standard Like many blues songs, Sweet Home Chicago has shadowy origins based in borrowed riffs and rhythms from older songs. The first recording under that name, however, came from legendary blues-man Robert Johnson and was released in 1937. Most sources sugg...
9. Stagger Lee: A Murderous Blues Standard It seems that folk and blues songs about otherwise minor historical characters, like Frankie and Johnny and Stagger Lee, make for lasting standards. The history of Stack O'Lee or Stagger Lee dates back to at least 1895, but the song may predate the m...
10. Play Blues Lead Guitar - Solos - Learn To Solo! Play Blues Lead Guitar - How To Play The Blues On Guitar - Lead Guitar Solos - Learn To Solo - Play Guitar Solos. Are You Ready to Discover the Secrets of Killer Blues Lead Guitar and Play The Blues Like Eric Clapton, BB King, SRV, And Many More? Lea...
11. Janis Joplin Janis Joplin was an American blues and rock singer, songwriter, and music arranger. Her most well known song is certainly 'Me and Bobby McGee' (Freedom is just an other word for nothing else to loose...)
12. Frankie and Johnny: A Murderous Folk Music Standard Frankie and Johnny has been covered and recorded for a hundred years. While the music for Frankie and Johnny was copyrighted to Hughie Cannon in 1904, there have been various claims regarding the authorship of the lyrics. Some claim that the song goe...
13. Ain't Nobody's Business Would you believe that there are three songs, all having been recorded for decades, expressing identical sentiments that it "ain't nobody's business" what the performer does? While Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do and Ain't Nobody's Business But My Ow...
14. Pat Boone Pat Boone is a singer, actor, motivational speaker and television personality.
15. Alan Jackson Alan Jackson is an American country music singer.
16. Rock Me, Baby: A Blues Crossover Standard Rock Me, Baby has been bouncing around the blues world since its first recording in 1940 by Big Bill Broonzy, and has been covered and reimagined by dozens of musicians of both blues and rock-and-roll fame. The song has crossed genre boundaries and h...
17. Joliet Prison Joliet Prison, also known as the Collins Street Prison and the Joliet Correctional Center, is located along historic Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois. Made famous in the opening scenes of the movie The Blues Brothers when Elwood Blues greets brother Joli...
18. Learn Blues Guitar I've put together this page to give a few of the basics to help learn blues guitar. I've assumed you have some experience with guitar, mainly are able to play a few chords, can read tab and have some ability to get you fingers around the instrument....
19. Robert Cray Robert Cray is one of the few blues artists who has managed to achieve a mainstream following. In a career that began in the 1970s, he has successfully blended elements of traditional blues, pop, and rhythm & blues. While achieving critical acclaim,...
20. Ray Charles Biography Ray Charles Biography (1930-2004)... we still miss you!!!! Ray Charles Robinson was born September. 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia. Ray Charles died June 11, 2004 (At his home in Beverly Hills, California.He was 73) His parents were simple but hard worki...