Blues Fest 2011
The 2011 New York State Blues Festival was a reminder to Syracuse why it collectively needs to hold close to its summertime institutions.
Roots of Blues — The Mississippi Sheiks „Sitting On Top Of T
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The Carter Family: 1927-1934 $21.81 Their setup was primitive enough–guitar, Autoharp, and vocals–but in the late ’20s the trio of A.P. Delaney Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle would change (chart?) the course of country music forever. They did it with haunting harmonies, incredible guitar playing (thanks to Maybelle’s driving strums on her Gibson L-5 guitar), and a vast repertoire that included murder ballads… |
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The Best of the Chicago Blues $11.28 … |
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Rider $10.99 … |
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The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation $10.00 Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture–the spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves and the children of slaves used this music to affirm their essential humanity in the face of oppression. The blues are shown to be a “this-worldly” expression of cultural and political rebellion. The spirituals tell about the “attempt to carve out a significant … |
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Lady Sings the Blues the 50th Anniversary Edition (Harlem Moon Classics) $15.95 With photosOriginally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’s unforgettable and timeless memoir. Updated with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David Ritz.Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Hol… |
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Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One $11.98 Funk: It’s the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro’d warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music. Funk hasn’t received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-until now. Colorful, intel… |
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Blues Guitar Songs (Mixed media product) $14.8 Standard notation and tablature for 10 complete songs by artists including Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Titles include: Boom Boom * Born Under a Bad Sign * I`m Your Hoochie Coochie Man * Killing Floor * Pride and Joy * Sweet Home Chi… |
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The Anthology of Country Blues Guitar $19.75 The Early Masters of American Blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Stefan Grossman, noted roots-blues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 14 songs, transcribed exactly… |
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Hal Leonard Guitar Method Blues Guitar (Mixed media product) $9.96 The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy W… |
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R&B Fake Book $21.64 Over 250 great songs in a convenient fake book format. You’ll find songs by the legends of Motown and other major R&B artists, including: Jackson 5; The Temptations; The Four Tops; The Commodores; The Supremes; Gladys Knight& The Pips; Jackie Wil… |
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Blues Ukulele (Mixed media product) $18.03 Blues Ukulele is a collection of 16 blues standards arranged for the ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with two arrangements: The first one gives you lyrics, melody and uke chord grids to strum while singing. The second is a uke chord/melody tab… |