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Bird changes. The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"), which is a variation of the twelve-bar blues. The progression uses a series of sequential ii–V or secondary ii–V progressions, and has been used in pieces such as Parker's "Blues ...
Hook (Blues Traveler song) " Hook " is a song by American rock band Blues Traveler, from their fourth studio album, Four (1994). The title of the song is a reference to the term hook: "A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". [2]
In 1969, Ten Years After included some lyrics from "Baby, Please Don't Go" during their performance of "I'm Going Home" at the Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York. [61] Alvin Lee 's 10-minute guitar workout was a highlight of the event's 1970 documentary film , [ 62 ] which "would cement their reputation for decades to come".
Jimmie Cox. " Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out " is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style in the aftermath of the 1920–1921 U.S. economic depression. A later 1929 recording by Bessie Smith became popular during the early years of the Great Depression due to the ...
Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins. " Ain't Nobody's Business " (originally " Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do ") is a 1920s blues song that became one of the first blues standards. [ 1 ] It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins. [ 1 ] The song features a lyrical theme of freedom of choice and a vaudeville jazz –style ...
1893–1948. William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. [1][2] He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. [3] One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the ...
A March 1971 performance of the song at the Fillmore East concert hall in New York City was recorded and released on their At Fillmore East album in 1971. [37] Their version is based on Bobby Bland's 1961 recording, [35] but expanded to over eight minutes with improvised soloing. In the bottom of bar 8, they substituted the â™III 7 chord.
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was the first to record it on October 16, 1924, at Paramount Records in New York. [2] The song uses mostly traditional blues lyrics to tell the story of an unfaithful lover, commonly called an "easy rider": "See see rider, see what you have done", making a play on the word "see" and the sound of "easy".