Dealers Choice Records/Vizztone Label Group. The Best Musical Artists From Mississippi. Not for one second did they think they were about to make history. She recorded a song called Crazy Blues which is widely considered to be the first-ever recorded blues song. Bobby won the Grammy award this year. It sold two million copies across the US and brought her a new level of fame and recognition. They soon became one of the most popular bands in the state. Influenced by ragtime and white folk music, it is more melodic than the Texas and Mississippi styles. In 1947, they bought into the Aristocrat label, which concentrated on jazz and jump blues. Can you talk about your radio gig on B.B. During a similar timeframe, Columbia (who bought OKeh in 1929) recorded Peg Leg Howell, Barbecue Bob, Blind Willie Johnson, and Pink Anderson (the inspiration for half of Pink Floyds name; Floyd Council, who inspired the other half, recorded in New York for ARC Records). Im Dan and I run this website. In his early 20s, he moved north to Detroit and worked two jobs during the day. King was the recipient of numerous awards and honours. Simone died a legend and passed peacefully in her sleep in 2003. As far as blues, I like all of it. By 1960, he signed with Federal Records and found minor success. Its records were cheap and their quality was often poor, with high surface noise, and the label withdrew from recording in 1932, a victim of the Great Depression. He soon began playing the blues himself and eventually dropped out of college to pursue his musical dreams. Scott and plays guitar on her 1998 album Hard Act to Follow. In 1970, Joplin lost her battle with addiction and died of a drug overdose in early October. King was reared in the Mississippi Delta, and gospel music in church was the earliest influence on his . He had a hit with the song Caledonia. John William "Long John" Baldry was a 6ft 7in mover and shaker who helped ignite the British blues boom in the early 1960s. Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller were representative of this style. There is an investment. Hear a discussion of the origin of the blues and the Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi, This article was most recently revised and updated by. The 60s were not as productive for the label: its sound was being upstaged by the younger white rock bands who used much of the Chess template for their musical careers. Most guitar players thinking this way are not imaginative enough as players to hold my interest for any length of time. Through Speir they recorded Tommy Johnson and, most importantly, Charley Patton. The B.B. Also known as: Blues Boy King, Riley B. If the Depression was a punctuation mark in the history of recorded blues, then World War II was the end of a chapter. King, Academy of Achievement - Biography of B.B. However, all that quickly changed in 1948 and 49. Corrections? King, singer and guitarist B.B. King of the Delta Blues Singers, The Complete Recordings, King of the Delta Blues, I'll Play the Blues for You, Live at the Fox Venice Theatre, Collection, The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, The Genuine Article, Howlin' Wolf, Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, A Man & the Blues, Let the Good Times Roll, Live at the Regal, Ladies and Gentleman Mr. B.B. Many of the greatest blues-men, old blues singers, and female blues artists are sadly no longer with us, but their legacies live on, often in rock artists who sold millions more records with versions of classic blues songs written by these great blues legends. Required fields are marked *. Leadbelly's temper often landed him in trouble, however, and after killing a man in Texas, he was sentenced to the notorious state prison in Huntsville. As far as my influences for , What I dont like are guys that just want to play guitar solos for every single song and the song becomes secondary. All songs were written by the street poet Early Times. After his death in 1949, Leadbelly songs including "Midnight Special," "Goodnight, Irene," and "The Rock Island Line" became hits for artists as diverse as the Weavers, Frank Sinatra,Johnny CashandErnest Tubb.