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Called "a classic Texas shuffle", [2] it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E [2] (although with Vaughan's guitar tuned one-half step lower, [3] resulting in the pitch of E ♭) in 4 4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like ...
Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
The album marked Scaggs's commercial zenith, a mix of pop rock ("Jump Street" and "Lido Shuffle"), soul ("What Can I Say" and "Lowdown"), and ballads ("Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone", which became a hit for Rita Coolidge). Scaggs wrote "Jump Street" 10 minutes before recording it, only having a rough idea of the lyrics.
"Farther Up the Road" or "Further on Up the Road" is a blues song first recorded in 1957 by Bobby "Blue" Bland. It is an early influential Texas shuffle and features guitar playing that represents the transition from the 1940s blues style to the 1960s blues-rock style.
The album was a mix of new original compositions and new recordings of Scaggs' classic hits. 1996 release track list ... backing vocals (4) Robben Ford – guitars (7)
Showdown! is a collaborative blues album by guitarists Albert Collins, Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland, [1] released in 1985 through Alligator Records. [4] The album is mostly original material, with cover versions of songs like T-Bone Walker's "T-Bone Shuffle", Muddy Waters' "She's into Something" and Ray Charles' "Blackjack".
It is a mix of blues, blues rock, country, rock and roll and swamp pop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Artists considered to have pioneered the Tulsa sound include J. J. Cale , [ 2 ] Leon Russell , [ 3 ] Roger Tillison [ 4 ] and Elvin Bishop . [ 5 ]
Boz Scaggs is the second studio album by American musician Boz Scaggs, released in 1969 by Atlantic Records. [a] A stylistically diverse album, Boz Scaggs incorporates several genres, including Americana, blue-eyed soul, country, and rhythm and blues.