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How Long, How Long Blues
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How Long, How Long Blues is a traditional blues song made famous by Leroy Carr on his 1928 Vocalion Records recording with guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.[1]
Carr wrote the music for the song which is a sad tale of life gone wrong. He played an impressive blues piano and accompanied himself aided by Blackwell's single string jazz guitar lines in the role of a responsorial voice as well as providing chords. In contrast to the rural bluesmen of the time, Carr's vocals were emotionally detached, high-pitched and smooth, with clear diction.[2] [3]
This is the first successful recording reflecting the Northern urban blues style resulting from the black migration north. Carr's partnership with guitarist Blackwell combined his light bluesy piano with a melodic jazz guitar that attracted the sophisticated urban black audience in clubs. His vocal style moved blues singing toward an urban sophistican and influenced such singers as T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Jimmy Witherspoon, Ray Charles among others.[2] Blackwell's jazz single string guitar lines helped pave the way for the electric guitarists such as Eddie Durham and Charlie Christian.[3]The song has been covered by the Christian rock band Bride.
- ^ Leroy Carr - By Dave Penny. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b Shaw, Arnold (1978). Honkers and Shouters. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, p. 8-9. ISBN 0-02-061740-2.
- ^ a b Rowe, Mike (1973). Chicago Blues. New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, p. 12-13. ISBN 0-306-80145-0.
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