Mika and Nick tackle a musical genre close to the heart of every true American: the blues. What were they? How did they get started? And how exactly did Leadbelly get his name? Learn all of that and more in this episode.
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Videos in This Episode:
"Memphis Blues" written by W.C. Handy, performed by the Victor Military Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AxZ3P2NKgw
"St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpp75gQ-T6Y
"Jellybean Blues" by Ma Rainey with Louis Armstrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLkOJ3rhbg4
"Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaz4Ziw_CfQ
"Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3yd-c91ww8
"House of the Rising Son" by Leadbelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tOpyipNJs
Here is an interview with W.C. Handy: https://www.sacred-texts.com/ame/cig/cig12.htm
Check out this resource from Centuries of Sound - https://centuriesofsound.com/2017/02/15/1878-1885/
Episode 21: The Carter Family
Episode 20: Folk Music
Episode 19: Rudy Vallee
Episode 18: Crooners
BONUS: Al Jolson
Episode 17: Swing Kings
Episode 16: Swing
Episode 15: Ella Fitzgerald
Episode 14: Louis Armstrong
Episode 13: The Jazz Age
Episode 12: Early Jazz
Bonus Episode: John Philip Sousa
Episode 11: Robert Johnson
Episode 9: Ragtime's Big Three
Episode 8: Ragtime
Episode 7: End of the 1800s
Episode 6: Laura Keene
Episode 5: Broadway
Episode 4: The Orpheum Circuit
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