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Power chord. A power chord Play ⓘ, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes. Power chords are commonly played with an amp with intentionally added distortion or overdrive effects.
Writer Robert Palmer has cited Willie Johnson's electric guitar work on the track as the first use of the power chord. [12] T-Bone Burnett said of the recording: The first major breakthrough Sam [Phillips] made was with Howlin' Wolf. That's when he started bringing the bass and drums up loud.
Moanin' in the Moonlight is a compilation album and the first album by American blues artist Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1959. It contains songs previously issued as singles, including one of his best-known, "Smokestack Lightning". Rolling Stone ranked it number 477 on its 2020 list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist. He is best known as the principal guitarist in Howlin' Wolf 's band from 1948 to 1953. [ 2 ] His raucous, distorted guitar playing is prominent on Howlin' Wolf's Memphis recordings during 1951–1953, including the hit song " How Many More Years ...
Genre. Gospel blues. Length. 3:14. Label. Columbia. Songwriter (s) Unknown. " Trouble (in the Land) Will Soon Be Over " is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1929 by Blind Willie Johnson (voice and guitar) and Willis B. Harris (backing vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife.
Labels. Columbia. Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930—thirty songs in total—display a combination of powerful "chest voice" singing, slide guitar skills, and originality that has influenced generations of ...
3:21. Label. Columbia. Songwriter (s) Blind Willie Johnson. " Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground " [note 1] is a gospel blues song written and performed by American musician Blind Willie Johnson and recorded in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught bottleneck slide guitar and picking style accompanied ...
American gospel-blues musician Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" in 1930. Subsequently, a variety of artists, including the Golden Gate Quartet, Son House, Depeche Mode, Jerry Garcia Band, The White Stripes, The Forest Rangers, The Sword, have recorded their renditions of the song, often with variations in the verses and music.