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Urban vs. Rural Dichotomy Part 2: Blues Music

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1 Urban vs. Rural Dichotomy Part 2: Blues Music

2 What we’ll be looking at with The Blues…
Comparing and contrasting the urban vs rural issue with Blues vs. Country Rural migration from the South to urban centers like Chicago influenced the new sound Rise of the Black middle class Rise of the Black Blues music scene Country Blues vs. Urban Blues

3 African American Musicians During World War II
Keeping the party going… Not let into the party anymore… Black bandleaders and singers contd to record and perform successfully Two types of records developed Pop Music recorded by white performers…And… “Race Music”- music recorded by Black artists usually for Black audience With the rise of Frank Sinatra, Glen Miller, & Gene Autry… “Race Music” was not given that much attention anymore Younger Black jazz and blues performers were left out of the successes

4 Post War Segregation The U.S. for millions of African Americans was very different than the economic and cultural boom that Whites were enjoying Nationwide laws supporting segregationist communities and city planning produce a divided economy Enriching white suburban families and impoverishing black urban and rural families

5 The move from Mississippi to Chicago…
Returning black soldiers find it hard to adjust to new world post war. Many families in the South decide to move to urban centers like Chicago to work in factories as farms were going out of business

6 The New Black Economy… Neighborhoods in cities like Chicago now have loads of new rural immigrants from the South Some African American families find success and become the new Black Middle Class, filled with workers, merchants, etc These new consumers need entertainment…they have the money & time to consume But, at the same time the Ghettos are filled with struggling Black families…some have talented young black musicians, anxious to find a way out of poverty…

7 Birthplace of the Blues -The Mississippi Delta

8 Structure and Sound of the Blues
Basic Guitar Chords 12 Bar Blues

9 Some of the early Blues artists from the South…
Robert Johnson Muddy Waters "Crossroad" "Country Blues"

10 Rise of Record Row Chicago became the HQ of black, young talented musicians, itching to record African Americans needed entertainment that spoke to them culturally, not the white artists White music business folk saw a great opportunity

11 Chess Records People like Leonard Chess opened up a recording studio to cater to black musicians for black audiences “Race Music” now had its sound & audience All it needed was talent…

12 Chess Records Talent Writer & Composer: Willie Dixon Owner
Leonard Chess

13 Chess Records Talent Muddy Waters Little Walter "Hoochie Coochie Man"
"My Babe"

14 Grandfather of Rock N Roll…
Chuck Berry The Influence.. "Johnny B Goode" With these new set of young Black talent, Chess Records, along with many more record companies, established one of the most important musical eras in the U.S. This era produced some of the most influential artists on American music, as well as the rest of the world

15 Chess Records Talent Howlin Wolf Etta James “Smokestack Lightning"
"All I Could Was Cry"

16 Influences on Amer Pop Music
Examples of the Influence of Blues: Eric Clapton Stevie Ray Vaughn John Mayer Black Keys White Stripes Gary Clark Jr. Alabama Shakes

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