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08 May 16 - 12:00 AM (#3789106) Subject: Lyrics about fast and slow blues 1916 From: GUEST,Joseph Scott "... there's just one kind of music sweet and it has come to stay.... Lazy blues (sound so melancholy) Crazy blues (bound to make you jolly)... Take a good old tune of blues And get on your dancing shoes..." -- "Oh! Those Blues! Lazy Blues, Crazy Blues," lyrics by Isadore Murphy, copyright 4/3/1916 Example of blues played slow in 1917: http://www.dws.org/saxtette/recordings/item/all-blues-medley Example of blues played fast in 1917: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpP6j20NHxk |
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08 May 16 - 06:13 AM (#3789144) Subject: RE: Lyrics about fast and slow blues 1916 From: Leadfingers Not what I would call 'blues' - More Ragtime to my venerable ear . Worth a listen though ! |
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08 May 16 - 05:34 PM (#3789234) Subject: RE: Lyrics about fast and slow blues 1916 From: GUEST,Joseph Scott They're blues. Use of ragtime style was routine on blues material, including among first-generation rural blues musicians from John Hurt to Elizabeth Cotten and beyond. |