When the Beatles first came to America they told everyone they wanted to see Muddy Waters; one reporter asked: "Muddy Waters … Where’s that?" Paul McCartney laughed and said, "Don’t you know who your own famous people are here?" McKinley Morganfield was born in April of 1913. The world knows him a little better by... Continue Reading →
A Snapshot of 1929
The twentieth century in music brought in a modern world that was fragmented in many directions at once. Thanks to recording technology, it was a musical world that was preserved for us to still hear today. Before the twentieth century, the only ways to preserve music was to write it down as best as possible,... Continue Reading →
Something Blue and Borrowed
Well the podcasting bug struck again. This time I was inspired by all the places you hear the chord progression that makes up the twelve bar blues. The blues is a sound that has been borrowed and incorporated into a variety of genres of music. I try to point out and follow a few examples... Continue Reading →