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Atlanta blues refers to the local blues scene in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.According to AllMusic,"The Atlanta blues scene of the 1920s was among the most fertile in all the South, with a steady stream of rural musicians converging on the city hoping to gain exposure playing the local club circuit, with any luck rising to perform at Decatur ...
Blues standards come from different eras and styles, including ragtime-vaudeville, Delta blues, country blues, and urban blues from Chicago and the West Coast. [3] Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted:
Guitarist who released his only album, Blues of Baby Tate: See What You Done Done, in 1962, and twelve months later appeared in Samuel Charters's documentary film The Blues. [70] Sonny Terry (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986). Piedmont blues and folk harmonica player. [71] Too Tight Henry (1899 – August 16, 1971).
Savannah Music Festival and Victory North present George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners with Jontavious Willis, Nov. 21.
The New Georgia Project went on to register more than 200,000 new voters ahead of the 2018 state election and more than 800,000 before the 2020 presidential election.
"Statesboro Blues" is a Piedmont blues song written by Blind Willie McTell, who recorded it in 1928. The title refers to the town of Statesboro, Georgia . In 1968, Taj Mahal recorded a popular blues rock adaptation of the song with a prominent slide guitar part by Jesse Ed Davis .
Acclaimed blues-rock guitarist and singer Tinsley Ellis returns to Savannah for the first time in more than 10 years with a special performance at the Tybee Post Theater, Aug. 4.
This is a list of songs about the city of Atlanta, Georgia. "Preachin' the Blues" by Bessie Smith "Atlanta, G.A.", pop/big band song written by Sunny Skylar and Artie Shaftel 1945 "Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)" by Eartha Kitt from "St. Louis Blues" 1958 [1]