B.B. King, The Beale Avenue Blues Boy
Mississippi is the Birthplace of American Music – whether it’s Charley Patton and Son Home’s interpretations of the Delta Blues, Elvis Presley and Rock ‘n’ Roll from Tupelo or Jimmie Rodgers the Father of Country Music from Meridian – America’s musical custom was born and refined within the tradition and struggles of Mississippi.
In northern cities like Chicago and Detroit, throughout the later forties and early fifties, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, and Elmore James among others, played what was basically Mississippi Delta blues, backed by bass, drums, piano and infrequently harmonica, and began scoring national hits with blues songs. At about the identical time, T-Bone Walker in Houston and B.B. King in Memphis were pioneering a style of guitar playing that mixed jazz approach with the blues tonality and repertoire. It is also necessary to say that the roots of Jazz started with the Blues. …
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Our room was above CJ’s, the bar downstairs and I can see how this is likely to be a problem when you’ve got travelled with young kids or are older and like quieter resorts nevertheless it was supreme for us and CJ’s made our holiday as the lads down there have been fab and so friendly- we ended up there every evening and the odd evening we were actually drained and could not be bothered to enterprise out we just sat on our balcony and still joined in with the fun! You must purchase a cocktail in this bar- they sing the perfect music ever when it arrives!
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