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  1. www.liveabout.com › early-blues-artists-413432310 Early Artists Who Defined the Blues - LiveAbout

    Jan 21, 2019 · House had virtually disappeared by 1943 but was rediscovered by a trio of blues researchers in 1964 in Rochester, New York. Re-taught his signature guitar licks by fan and future Canned Heat founder Al Wilson, House became part of the decade's folk-blues revival, performing live into the early 1970s and even returning to recording.

  2. rootsnbluesnbbq.com › the-story-behind-the-bluesThe Story Behind the Blues Revival - Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival

    In the 1960s, a new generation of musicians and music lovers began to rediscover the power and beauty of this timeless genre, sparking a cultural renaissance that would come to be known as the Blues Revival. The driving force behind this revival was a deep fascination and appreciation for the music’s rich history and cultural significance.

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  4. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsMastery and Masquerade in the Transatlantic Blues Revival

    Footnote 140 For the more adventurous ‘blues freaks’ entranced by sounds emanating from the American Forces Network and the early pirate station Radio Luxembourg, he recalls, ‘folk blues was too tame – it was the urban electric blues, the tougher rhythm and blues that was more exciting’, particularly when compared with middle-of-the-road programming on the BBC.

  5. www.academia.edu › 38576531 › Reconstructing_theReconstructing the Blues: Reflections on the 1960s Blues ...

    The blues revival was a white, middle-class love affair with the music and lifestyle of marginal blacks. The romantic strain projected a kind of primitivism on the blues singer and located him in a culture of natural license. On the other hand, the blues revival was remarkably oriented to records and the record-listening experience.

  6. news.harvard.edu › 02 › the-evolution-of-the-bluesThe evolution of the blues — Harvard Gazette

    Feb 22, 2007 · Paul Oliver, probably the world's foremost scholar of the blues, first heard African-American vernacular music during World War II when a friend brought him to listen to black servicemen stationed in England singing work songs they had brought with them from the fields and lumber camps of the Deep South. Oliver was enthralled by the rhythm and drive of the music and the spontaneous ...

  7. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionThe Incomparable Legacy of Lead Belly | Smithsonian

    Feb 23, 2015 · Chief among them: “Goodnight Irene,” an American standard made a No. 1 hit by The Weavers in 1950, one year after the death of the blues man who was first to record it, Huddie Ledbetter ...

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  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rikers_IslandRikers Island - Wikipedia

    Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City's largest jail. [4] [5]Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).