Avante
07-16-2013, 06:35 PM
Back in the day they had race records, records by blacks for blacks. Most white people wouldn't be caught dead listening to that.."jiggabo"..music. But not all whites.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys were huge in the south/southwest starting in the mid 30's, they covered a lot of old race records, obviously their audience had no clue.
The original "Cocaine Blues" was first recorded by Piedmont player Luke Jordan in 1927, fellow old timer Dick Justice (white hillbillie) covered the tune about a year later, once again....who knew?
House of the Rising Sun... has been done by tons as has Stack O' Lee,/Stagger Lee. Appalachian great Clarence Ashley the first to record.. House of the Rising Sun.. in 1933 (obviously it took The Animals to make it famous) There is some dispute over who first recorded Stack O' Lee. The Ma Rainey version in the early 20's will work.
Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers, Cream, and others covered tunes by old blues cats... Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Reynolds. Gov't Mule, John Mellencamp, Chris Thomas King just a few who have covered the 1927 Blind Wiilie Johnson tune...John the Revelator.
Elvis started off covering tunes by Lonnie Johnson, Big Boy Crudup, Big Mama Thornton and Junior Parker. But who knew, well actually a few did know, because by now things were a bit different.
If you've heard Nirvana do ...In The Pines..that's an old Lead Belly tune, and Kobain is up front about it making it a homage instead of a rip off.
It all goes back to influenses, this guy was listening to that guy who grew up listening to that guy who...... it will always end up way back in the day, back to the days long before recording contracts and MTV, Rolling Stone Magazine and...SOUL TRAIN.
The original (his wife also)
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John Mellencamp
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Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys were huge in the south/southwest starting in the mid 30's, they covered a lot of old race records, obviously their audience had no clue.
The original "Cocaine Blues" was first recorded by Piedmont player Luke Jordan in 1927, fellow old timer Dick Justice (white hillbillie) covered the tune about a year later, once again....who knew?
House of the Rising Sun... has been done by tons as has Stack O' Lee,/Stagger Lee. Appalachian great Clarence Ashley the first to record.. House of the Rising Sun.. in 1933 (obviously it took The Animals to make it famous) There is some dispute over who first recorded Stack O' Lee. The Ma Rainey version in the early 20's will work.
Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers, Cream, and others covered tunes by old blues cats... Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Reynolds. Gov't Mule, John Mellencamp, Chris Thomas King just a few who have covered the 1927 Blind Wiilie Johnson tune...John the Revelator.
Elvis started off covering tunes by Lonnie Johnson, Big Boy Crudup, Big Mama Thornton and Junior Parker. But who knew, well actually a few did know, because by now things were a bit different.
If you've heard Nirvana do ...In The Pines..that's an old Lead Belly tune, and Kobain is up front about it making it a homage instead of a rip off.
It all goes back to influenses, this guy was listening to that guy who grew up listening to that guy who...... it will always end up way back in the day, back to the days long before recording contracts and MTV, Rolling Stone Magazine and...SOUL TRAIN.
The original (his wife also)
5hucTDV1Fvo
John Mellencamp
m23HuLCT4Q8