I Never Knew!
Mar 13, 2018 09:03:41 #
Back in the 60s I played my 1959 model Gibson Les Paul Jr. in a number of rock bands. My favorite tune was (and still is) Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison so today I asked ALEXA (Christmas present from my adult children) to play "songs by Wilbert Harrison" and the darned thing has been going strong for the last 45 minutes and doesn't seem to be stopping. I never knew Harrison put out so many songs! It just goes to show that even old folks can learn new (old) things. <G> Take care & ...
Mar 13, 2018 09:10:16 #
I just tuned my Alexa into Wilbert Harrison. Being a country music nut I never heard of him. Will be listening to him more as gets this old 80 year old dancing at 9 in the morning. Thanks. 
Mar 13, 2018 09:24:03 #
Mar 13, 2018 09:25:12 #
PRETENDER wrote:
I just tuned my Alexa into Wilbert Harrison. Being a country music nut I never heard of him. Will be listening to him more as gets this old 80 year old dancing at 9 in the morning. Thanks.
I just did the same thing!! Thanks...
Mar 13, 2018 10:02:08 #
That is interesting. I had not been familiar with Wilbert Harrison but I could easily see there being well over 45 minutes of cover versions of the song "Kansas City" alone! It has been popular for over a generation. I more or less became interested in rock music in 1967. Since then I am also interested in many styles of music and songs from 1925 (Jazz & Blues) to contemporary Alternative and Metal! I'll have to check out Wilbert Harrison further.
Mar 14, 2018 08:12:03 #
Did he ever decide if he was going to take a plane or a train? Great song, our folk group used to play it at gigs
Mar 14, 2018 10:14:49 #
Al,
Lots on Youtube, too. Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wilbert+Harrison. The audio files may also be downloaded to your computer. (FREE). Then, you might make a CD, if desired.
Mark
Lots on Youtube, too. Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wilbert+Harrison. The audio files may also be downloaded to your computer. (FREE). Then, you might make a CD, if desired.
Mark
Al Beatty wrote:
Back in the 60s I played my 1959 model Gibson Les ... (show quote)
Mar 14, 2018 15:08:58 #
That's Boogie-Woogie. I've always liked Boogie-Woogie. But I never knew 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll' was still out in 1954. I've known that song somewhere back in the forties.
Mar 14, 2018 16:23:30 #
Bill Haley and the Comets did it around that time
shelty wrote:
That's Boogie-Woogie. I've always liked Boogie-Woogie. But I never knew 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll' was still out in 1954. I've known that song somewhere back in the forties.
Mar 14, 2018 16:31:36 #
shelty wrote:
That's Boogie-Woogie. I've always liked Boogie-Woogie. But I never knew 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll' was still out in 1954. I've known that song somewhere back in the forties.
Here’s “Boogie Woogie”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUSlAVUDSI
Mark
Mar 14, 2018 16:37:12 #
That's the real thing. Shake Rattle and Roll doesn't strike me as boogie Woogie
markngolf wrote:
Mar 14, 2018 16:58:49 #
Mar 14, 2018 17:31:29 #
sodapop wrote:
That's the real thing. Shake Rattle and Roll doesn't strike me as boogie Woogie
It was not. It was at the early stages of Rock & Roll.
Mark
sodapop wrote:
That's the real thing. Shake Rattle and Roll doesn't strike me as boogie Woogie
From Wikipedia:
Rock and roll arrived at a time of considerable technological change, soon after the development of the electric guitar, amplifier and microphone, and the 45 rpm record.[19] There were also changes in the record industry, with the rise of independent labels like Atlantic, Sun and Chess servicing niche audiences and a similar rise of radio stations that played their music.[19] It was the realization that relatively affluent white teenagers were listening to this music that led to the development of what was to be defined as rock and roll as a distinct genre.[19] Because the development of rock and roll was an evolutionary process, no single record can be identified as unambiguously "the first" rock and roll record.[35] Contenders for the title of "first rock and roll record" include "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino (1949),[35] Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Strange Things Happening Everyday" (1944),[36] Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949),[37] Jimmy Preston's "Rock the Joint" (1949), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952,[38] "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.[39] In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock",[40] recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.[35][41][42]
Other artists with early rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.[39] Chuck Berry's 1955 classic "Maybellene" in particular features a distorted electric guitar solo with warm overtones created by his small valve amplifier.[43] However, the use of distortion was predated by electric blues guitarists such as Joe Hill Louis,[44] Guitar Slim,[45] Willie Johnson of Howlin' Wolf's band,[46] and Pat Hare; the latter two also made use of distorted power chords in the early 1950s.[47] Also in 1955, Bo Diddley introduced the "Bo Diddley beat" and a unique electric guitar style,[48] influenced by African and Afro-Cuban music and in turn influencing many later artists.
Mar 14, 2018 19:04:32 #
Now here's real Boogie: https://youtu.be/-y_YM1ikva0
Rock & Roll is different from Boogie. Real Boogie has a tune mixed in it. Rock & roll is just a bunch of hollering and sounding real loud.
Rock & Roll is different from Boogie. Real Boogie has a tune mixed in it. Rock & roll is just a bunch of hollering and sounding real loud.
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