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"Key to the Highway" is a blues standard that has been performed and recorded by several blues and other artists. Blues pianist Charlie Segar first recorded the song in 1940. Jazz Gillum and Big Bill Broonzy followed with recordings in 1940 and 1941, using an arrangement that has become the standard.
"Key to the Highway" (Big Bill Broonzy, 1941) [6] "Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo, 1941) [7] One variant using this progression is to couple one eight-bar blues melody with a different eight-bar blues bridge to create a blues variant of the standard 32-bar song: [8] "I Want a Little Girl" (T-Bone Walker) and "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee ...
Charlie Segar was an American blues pianist and occasional singer, who is best known for being the first to record the blues standard, "Key to the Highway" (1940). Originally from Pensacola, Florida , Segar has been dubbed the "Keyboard Wizard Supreme". [ 1 ]
Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1893 [1] [2] or 1903 [3] [4] – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African-American audiences.
Common Ground: Dave & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy is a studio album by rock musicians Dave and Phil Alvin, released in 2014. [6] [7] The album is a tribute to the songs of Big Bill Broonzy; the brothers credit him with writing the first rockabilly song.
Labor Day traffic in the Florida Keys came to a halt Monday afternoon because of a busted sewer line underneath U.S. 1, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
On Sunday around 8:45 p.m., a 55-year-old man from Summerland Key died after walking into the path of a 2023 Ford SUV as he crossed U.S. 1 at mile marker 25, the FHP said.
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 [1] or 1917 [4] [5] – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit.