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Music plagiarism is the use or close imitation of another author's music while representing it as one's own original work. Plagiarism in music now occurs in two contexts—with a musical idea (that is, a melody or motif ) or sampling (taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in a different song).
Davy Knowles (born 30 April 1987) is a Manx blues guitarist and singer. Knowles currently tours as a solo artist, but is formerly of the blues-rock band Back Door Slam, as well as working under the name Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam for a short period of time. [2]
Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.
In 1978, The Blues Brothers recorded a cover of "Rubber Biscuit" on the album Briefcase Full of Blues; this version (with lead vocal by actor-singer Dan Aykroyd) was also released as a single. [2] The single peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and #44 in Canada. This led to royalties for the original Chips, and they briefly re-united to ...
17-year-old Eugene Martone has a fascination for blues music while studying classical guitar at the Juilliard School in New York City. Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his attention; especially intriguing are the legends surrounding exactly how Johnson became so talented – most notably the one claiming he "sold his soul to the ...
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, his sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues.
Stevens began playing guitar at age 11 and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, to pursue a career in the music business. . Stevens worked as a school teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District for ten years before signing a recording contract with the independent label, Eureka Recor
Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett): fiction on a blues-based theme; Godfathers and Sons : about Chicago blues and hip-hop; Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis): about British blues-influenced music (e.g., Tom Jones, Van Morrison) Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood): focuses on blues pianists such as Ray Charles and Dr. John; Ray (2004)