When Willie Mae Thornton left home to tour the Southern States of the USA as a singer in the Hot Harlem Revue in 1941 she was just 14. Just like Big Joe Turner, who'd started his career only a couple of years before ( ABON 0138 ), she could shout the Blues louder than most of her rivals, who were twice her age. And also like Big Joe Turner, even as a teenager, she had the physique to gain access to the bars, clubs and theatres of the South years before she should legally have been allowed to. By the beginning of [...]
BLUES SYNDICATE Nº 13 1- Sintonia 2- S 100 Bill. Anson Funderburgh. 03.52 3- Chicken sack boogie. Amos Milburn. 02.29 4- Flip, fly and flop. Big Joe Turner. 02.46 5- Members only. Bobby Blue Bland. 04.07 6- Twist of the knife. Fabolous Thunderbirds. 04.20 7- Walk you walk. Deborah Coleman. 04.16 8- Power of the blues. Rod Piazza. 05.15 9- Black nights. James Cotton. 05.18 10- High blood pressure. Joe Louis Walker. 04.39 11- Shame, shame, shame. Jimmy Reed. 02.49 12- Who´s been talkin´. Lucky Peterson. 04.57 El archivo se encuentra en: [...]
Known as 'The Boss of the Blues'
Johnny Paycheck - I'm The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised Bill Haley & The Comets - Real Rock Drive Tani Allen - Tennesse Jive Little Junior Parker - Barefoot Rock The Rockin' R's - Crazy Baby Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - Never No More Blues The Hollywood Flames - Buzz Buzz Buzz Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 Bo Diddley - I Love [...]
Considering the wealth of music that's been made about chickens I'm a little surprised that Bob Dylan hasn't yet devoted a Theme Time Radio Hour to them. I've now emailed XM Radio with my suggested playlist so maybe we'll hear a rockin' rooster show in the next series. All of these songs would be perfect for the programme. MP3: Big Joe Turner - The Chicken and the Hawk Theme Time Radio Hour introduced me to the wonders of Big Joe Turner and [...]
Considering the wealth of music that's been made about chickens I'm a little surprised that Bob Dylan hasn't yet devoted a Theme Time Radio Hour to them. I've now emailed XM Radio with my suggested playlist so maybe we'll hear a rockin' rooster show in the next series. All of these songs would be perfect for the programme. MP3: Big Joe Turner - The Chicken and the Hawk Theme Time Radio Hour introduced me to the wonders of Big Joe Turner and [...]
Terminó el mes de Enero, mes que he empleado para repasar de manera subjetiva como casi siempre, a los pioneros del rock and roll, aquellos tipos que hicieron que el rock sea hoy lo que es. Lo normal es que falten algunos nombres, pero considero que a grandes rasgos están los que deben estar, pero, nunca llueve a gusto de todos. En cualquier caso, y a modo de repaso fotográfico, como me gusta hacer últimamente, aquí queda el mes de Enero de 2009, un mes de rock and roll: [...]
Terminó el mes de Enero, mes que he empleado para repasar de manera subjetiva como casi siempre, a los pioneros del rock and roll, aquellos tipos que hicieron que el rock sea hoy lo que es. Lo normal es que falten algunos nombres, pero considero que a grandes rasgos están los que deben estar, pero, nunca llueve a gusto de todos. En cualquier caso, y a modo de repaso fotográfico, como me gusta hacer últimamente, aquí queda el mes de Enero de 2009, un mes de rock and roll: [...]
Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. , a menudo conocido como Big Joe Turner , fue uno más de los cientos de muchachos negros que forjaron su talento musical en la iglesia. El que fuese uno de los grandes blues shouters de todos los tiempos había nacido en 1911 en Kansas City. Un chico negro en los Estados Unidos de la época debía ganarse la vida de la manera más ingeniosa, dadas las nulas oportunidades que se les ofrecían. La música era, además de una escapatoria, una inminente solución a los problemas raciales. [...]
Artwork by Andy Parrish Nothing says good times like songs with handclaps. And boy, are there a lot of good times to be had out there. So to start, here are some favorites from a time when people were so much cooler than today. I'll follow up with some favorites from more recent eras. Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Turner is the man. He's always ordering his women around and threatening them with [...]
Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City The breadth of influence Atlantic Studios has had during the years since it was founded in the late 1940's carries enough weight to warrant an entire book. Originally located at 234 West 56th, above Patsy's Restaurant, it was the place where Ray Charles cut What'd I Say and Big Joe Turner made history with Shake Rattle and Roll. It was the place where, after hours, performers would simply 'drop in,' push back the furniture and start making recordings, often under the eye of the [...]
Who is Joe The Plumber ? Apparently he's a registered GOP voter who won't pay his taxes whose real name is actually Sam... He blames America for destroying his American Dream... He is a bald beefy white guy in Ohio...his name is actually... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
Who is Joe The Plumber ? He is a bald beefy white guy in Toledo Ohio...his last name is actually Wurzelbacher, and that means he doesn't likely hang out with many elite black guys, or any Harvard law school graduates...but might work for a few...... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
1917–2008 The Adios Lounge would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the passing of Jerry Wexler, who died Friday at the age of 91. I've often said that if I could live anyone else's life in history, I'd live Jerry Wexler's. He coined the phrase "rhythm and blues" while writing for Billboard, and when he was at Atlantic, he not only helped create rock 'n' roll, but later proved crucial in popularizing soul music. He worked with Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin at their peak, worked with Dusty Springfield and Wilson Pickett at [...]
Muxtape is a new fun site for sharing music. It's very simple to use and seems to exist in the same magical legal precinct that most mp3 blogs and music podcasts reside. Since becoming aware of it, I've enjoyed rifling through a variety of trendsetters' muxtapes and it was certainly only a matter of time before I made my own. Most of the tunes I've chosen come from CDs I acquired over five years ago but the roots-of-rock pre-soul rhythm & blues jiving sound is one I'm digging right now. If you've made a muxtape or know of one I [...]
Comin' atcha first thing every Monday morning, it's The Pony Track, a super-fantastic short distance dedication to BadmintonStamps Collective founding member and internationally renowned symbol for musical excellence Aaron "Pony" Child. No fancy links, no clever write-ups, 'cause these awesome songs don't need no splainin'. So c'mon, ride the pony!
Big Joe Turner: Midnight Special Train [ purchase ] Big Joe Turner from Kansas City is a member of both The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Blues Hall of Fame. His "blue shouting" style bridges the gap between Leadbelly's blues and the early rockers like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. A highlight is the rhyming of "Santa Fe" with "me." Discuss...
Stax Marquee You can't take two proverbial steps around the blog-o-sphere without running into a Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings song. And to be truthful, I've got nothing bad to say about that. Their music doesn't just sound retro - I'm convinced that somehow Sharon is channeling genuine soul music from the 60's that was mistakenly unreleased by Stax Records and is manifesting itself through her. I'm sure of it. That being said, if you've been groovin' to Sharon, [...]
An excerpt from Naomi Klein's latest book, The Shock Doctrine: The erasing of Iraq It's hard to believe - but then again, that was pretty much Washington's game plan for Iraq: shock and terrorize the entire country, deliberately ruin its infrastructure, do nothing while its culture and history are ransacked, then make it all OK with an unlimited supply of cheap household appliances and imported junk food. In Iraq, this cycle of culture erasing and culture replacing was not theoretical; it all unfolded in a matter of weeks. Like the prisoners [...]
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A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
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Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
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