Tweet 13/06/2014 11:15 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll You've got rhythm and freedom of Rhythm - chord sequence 1, 4 and 5 dominated by those chords 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:17 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Most famous blues song was by WC Handy - St Louis Blues 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:23 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll With the blues you can use the three chords and play anything over the top. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:26 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll "Robert Johnson cool, hard, talented. Wrote arguably the greatest blues songs in history" He invented RnR riffs. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:30 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll What did they sing about?... suffering, suppression, things that we're happening to them in their lives. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:35 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll This type of music disappeared for almost 30 years because of suppression. They weren't recording black artists 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:36 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll after WWII, big things were happening. Gospel was a huge influence 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:37 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll The expression rock and roll almost certainly came from the church - as when singing they rocked and rolled 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:37 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Soul music combines blues and gospel. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:39 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Ray Charles - you believe everything he said. The first soul singer? 0 0 2014 13/06/2014
Tweet 13/06/2014 11:40 AM #LectureWeek2014 #RocknRoll Ray Charles changed rhythm to three times but still uses the same blues chords. This is why it's different. 0 0 2014 13/06/2014