Thursday, September 16, 2010

Blank and Blues: Delta Blues

Robert Johnson, front


Blind Lemon Jefferson: Matchbox Blues
[purchase]

Robert Johnson: Stop Breaking Down Blues
[purchase]

Henry Thomas: Bull Doze Blues
[purchase]

Tom Clarence Ashley & Gwen Foster: Rising Sun Blues
[purchase]

Robert Johnson: Crossroads Blues
[purchase]

Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues
[purchase]

We haven't had a quiz lately, have we? Put on your thinking caps, my little Starmakers, and match the original Delta blues song (circa 1920-1930) with the British/U.S. group (circa 1960-1970) that made real money off it covered it. (And Canned Heat not only recorded the song, they also managed to wrangle the copyright to it as well, shame on them).

1. Matchbox Blues (1927)
2. Stop Breaking Down Blues (1937)
3. Bull Doze Blues (1928)
4. Rising Sun Blues (1933)
5. Crossroad Blues (1936)
6. Statesboro Blues (1928)

A. The Animals (1964)
B. Canned Heat (1968)
C. The Beatles (1964)
D. The Rolling Stones (1972)
E. The Allman Brothers (1971)
F. Cream (1968)


highlight for answers: 1=C, 2=D, 3=B, 4=A, 5=F, 6=E

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