Bessie Smith Tag Page
February 19th, 2008
By Mike
“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” was originally sung by Bessie Smith, and has been covered by a great many artists including Nina Simone and Eric Clapton.
But I’ve never heard this version by the Spencer Davis Group until now. The treatment Steve Winwood gives the song in this video almost reminds me [...]
C'mon. Surely you know about The Crust Brothers, right? A band formed by Stephen Malkmus and members of Silkworm (Michael Dahlquist, Tim Midgett, and Andy Cohen)? They played a bunch of shows in the Pacific Northwest and someone recorded one and made it into an album called Marquee Mark? It was a benefit show for the Washington Wilderness Coalition. The band stuck exclusively to covers (Malkmus sang lead on Silkworm's "Never met a man I didn't like"), refusing to play any Pavement songs -- notab
I have picked up so many Fats Waller CD's and LP's over the years and they are all fantastic. He really could have a whole blog to himself he was so prolific. Lots still available on cheap compilations so go out and find them."Thomas "Fats" Waller is one of the more important of the modern pianist-composers. Born in New York on May 21, 1904, the son of a minister, "Fats" played the organ and sang in the choir of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where his father preached until he was fift
Three of the actresses playing the Mitchell Sisters, the three main characters of the new musical Rivets, are (from left) Molly Lewis, Erica Maier (the understudy for Shawn Creighton) and Monica Lenk. Rivets is performed on the SS Red Oak Victory in the former Kaiser Richmond Shipyards in the Rosie the Riveter National Park. Photos by Brett D’Ambrosio There’s something about Rosie the Riveter – the collective name given to the women who joined the shipbuilding workforce while the men w
I'm just undone about this article on a first-year teacher's experience in New Orleans through the lens of Lil Wayne from The Oxford American (link from Sasha Frere-Jones' blog): 3. My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition Lil Wayne slurs, hollers, sings, sighs, bellows, whines, croons, wheezes, coughs, stutters, shouts. He reminds me, in different moments, of two dozen other rappers. In a genre that often demands keeping it real via being repetitive, Lil Way
:love: :love: :love: "Easy Come, Easy Go", The new album from Marianne Faithfull Naive confirms the album release for November 2008 "Easy come Easy go" was produced by Hal Willner and recorded in NYC at the Sear Sound studio with Marianne Faithfull's new band: Barry Reynolds, Greg Cohen, Marc Ribot, Jim White and Rob Burger. It includes covers of standards (Billie Holliday "Solitude", Bessie Smith "Easy come Easy go", Dolly Parton "Down from Dover" and other more recent titles: Espers "
In "St. Louis Blues," blues great Bessie Smith sang: I hate to see the evening sun go down I hate to see the evening sun go down It makes me think I’m on my last go-round Sarah Palin was on her last go-round last night. With growing skepticism about her readiness to be Vice President, Palin had to deliver a solid performance in the vice presidential debate. From the moment Palin walked onstage at Washington University in St. Louis looking like a million dollars and radiating charm, you kn
"Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey", foi lançado pelo diretor de cinema Martin Scorsese, em 2003. O box é composto de 5 álbuns, reunindo músicas de estrelas do blues, tais como: Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keb' Mo', The Allman Brothers, B.B. King, J.B. Lenoir, Taj Mahal e Bessie Smith.(2003) Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical JourneyDisco 11. Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Shortnin' /
Truly one of of the greatest African-American female vocalists of the 20th century Nina Simone (1933-2003) holds a special position of honor for the fearless role she played as an uncompromising ambassador of cultural pride at the height of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements from the late 1950s to the 1970s. Underpinning her status as one of the outspoken voices of that tumultuous period in history was Nina Simone’s fascinating and wide-ranging musical taste. Her palette ranged fro
Everyone's fave folk genius Sam Amidon blew by ALL OVER THE SHOP with his fiddle and young mate Juniper Jones to perform what ended up being a music/art piece. Kick back and check out Sam's intuitive interpretation of the age-old folk song Saro along with Bessie Smith's Daniel And The Lion's Den as Juniper unravels the script and brings his abstract drawings to the fore. While you're at it have a gander at the outrageously fab video Sam had an Icelandic friend of his make for Wedding Dress from
The Spark: "That Guy's Gotta Stop... He'll See Us." By Dave Sikula Tue, September 30, 2008, 12:01 am PDT James Dean Memorial Junction in California, off HWY 46 and 41 Fifty-three years ago today, James Dean uttered those words just moments before his fatal automobile crash near Cholame, California. Obviously, he was wrong, and the improbably named Donald Turnupseed ended one of Hollywood's most promising careers. Dean was hardly the first person to be killed in a car crash (that "honor" bel
"That Guy's Gotta Stop... He'll See Us."By Dave Sikula Tue, September 30, 2008, 12:01 am PDT James Dean Memorial Junction in California, off HWY 46 and 41 Fifty-three years ago today, James Dean uttered those words just moments before his fatal automobile crash near Cholame, California. Obviously, he was wrong, and the improbably named Donald Turnupseed ended one of Hollywood's most promising careers. Dean was hardly the first person to be killed in a car crash (that "honor" belongs to Henr
[Voter Registration] [Miracle@St. Anna Review] [VIBE Election Article] [AsianAmericans4Obama] [Funny Debate Video] Cornel West is the Usain Bolt of Democracy. Here's a couple excerpts from his book "Democracy Matters". "Democracy matters require that we keep track of the intimate link between domestic issues and foreign policies. Like the empires of old-especially the Roman and British ones-what we do abroad affects what we can do here and what we do here shapes what we can do abroad."
A little help from Bessie Smith, with Louis Armstrong accompanying her on cornet, in the naming of this book. Charlie Resnick is back! And nobody writes English police procedurals better than John Harvey. What you’re getting when you buy Cold In Hand is the double whammy: the archetypal English cop, paired with the archetypal English cop writer. Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bringing Sherlock Holmes back to life after the Reichenbach Falls incident,...
This is the week that was in matters musical … 1963, “She Loves You” is played on the radio by influential DJ Murray “The K” Kaufman on WINS in New York … it is the first time a Beatles song is played on U.S. airwaves … Murray later becomes a staunch Beatles advocate and supporter, helping to break them in New York and America … 1966, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers go into Decca studios in London to record with their new guitarist Peter Green, who replaced Eric Clapton in July … Clapton had l
Posted by themusicsover on September 26, 2008 Bessie Smith July 9, 1892 or April 15, 1894 - September 26, 1937 Bessie Smith earned the title of “Empress of the Blues” by virtue of her forceful vocal delivery and command of the genre. Her singing displayed a soulfully phrased, boldly delivered and nearly definitive grasp of the blues. In addition, she was an all-around entertainer who danced, acted and performed comedy routines with her touring company. She was the highest-paid black performer o
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Ruth Evelyn Hegg was born April 6, 1928 in Petersburg, Virginia to Eddie and Bessie Smith. She graduated from Petersburg High School in 1945 and went to work as a receptionist at Camp Lee. A few years later she, her husband and son moved to California, where she worked first at Northrop Aircraft and later at North American Aviation, which subsequently became Rockwell International. During that time she completed courses towards her BA degree. The arrival of a daughter, and a divorce some yea
Win a 4 CD box set of the new Nina Simone release, "To Be Free-the Nina Simone Story." If you want a chance to win this, leave a comment on this post and we'll choose a winner by random on release date Tuesday Sept. 30. See all the album information below. YOUNG, GIFTED - AND FOREVER NINA SIMONE TO BE FREE: THE NINA SIMONE STORY, DELUXE 3-CD+DVD BOX SET ??? MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND WIDE-RANGING COLLECTION OF NINA SIMONE???S MUSIC EVER COMPILED 51 TRACKS SPANNING
‘My narrative is that I exist’. Reem Kelani, singer and jazz musician, talks about her music | Music | guardian.co.uk The above comment reminded me of a photograph I took 2 years ago as we headed out of the check-point from the Palestinian side towards Jerusalem: “To exist is to resist” in red. ‘My narrative is that I exist’ Natalie Hanman talks to the Manchester-born Palestinian singer and jazz musician about her eclectic influences and connecting with her roots ‘As a human being, as a wom
From wikipedia: Lovie Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 10, 1972) was an American popular Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period. Mary Lou Williams cites Lovie Austin as her greatest influence. Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Nashvil
