Blues Guitar Phenom AC Myles: Music Analysis

During the 1900s, passion of composing music arose and encouraged many young teens to create garage bands and elder to perceive music as career. Famous musicians like Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, and Elvis Presley were seeking the same. Although many were composing songs, most of them adapted their own versions from many which created a list of similarities and differences between them. Most commonly similar were themes or forms yet some differentiated in delivery style or instrumentation. Many artists got more creative and used similar instruments but give a twist into the sound play. This can be seen in the script or heard in the audio of the songs “Walkin’ Blues” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky” like many others.

The album begins with “Time of the Preacher” the story of a reverend marrying a woman who loved another. The reverend was in eternal love with the woman; he loved her more than life itself. The next song in the album “I couldn’t believe it’s true” explains that the preacher hears about his wife’s love with another man and goes home to find that she has left. So the preacher saddles up his horse and rides off. At this point the man is in a manic state although to what extent we don’t find out until the third song of the album. The third song “Blue Rock Montana” tells us the man rides into town and books a room and is having a lot of thoughts and temptations. The preacher finds his wife sitting and smiling in a bar with her new lover and overwhelmed with rage he blows their heads off. At this point in the album the man takes the horse his newly late wife was

The B-side of "Paperback Writer" was John's early psychedelic song and the first released Beatles song to feature f tape and tape manipulation when recorded fast and remixed slow. It is...

One of them would be when he hit number one with his song “eleven roses.”He also scored two top ten hits with his songs “women i’ve never had” and “old habits.” A lot of the music he sang was his father music. Williams Jr did make some of his own music.His music genre the he liked to play was country rock music. Which was a different genre than what his father use to play.

Even though poor and homeless now he has had a challenging past. “Yes, sir, Sweet Lemon Brown, They used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat.” Mr. Brown explains. Mr. Brown says he used to be a blues player but then hard times

The former bears a classic Siena Root summer vibe, complete with cool bass lines, crunchy guitar leads and "pocket" drumming. Sam leaves enough room for the instrumental to take off, but has a nice presence throughout. He knows when to keep it calm or soar over the riffs. 'The Piper Won't Let You Stay' is a classic blues number that borrows some of Billy Gibbons' prowess, only to be enhanced by Hammond organ touches. I really dig the bass' tone, being deep and powerful when needed. Moreover, closing track, 'The Echoes Unfold' is a sunny rocker, switching from airy verses to epic choruses without being cheesy. The powerful vocals shine here and towards the end, one final jam ends this journey really beautiful. I wish they kept it going, much like 'In My Kitchen' closed Pioneers on a high

On the opposite end of the spectrum within modern jazz critiques falls Everett R. Davis’s(an African American) review of Eddie Allen: Push. This critique uses metaphors as well as adjectives and verbs to best describe the journey Allen’s music whisks the listener away on. Davis describes fewer technicalities and provides more feeling in his critique. By describing the physical and emotional terms of jazz a reader is as close to the experience of the music as they can get without experiencing it first hand. Davis describes sounds in a trade off solo section; the scream of Allen’s trumpet shouting at the keyboard, the “lightly taunting” elements, and a bass solo that feels like a workout where all instruments “break loose.” Davis uses sensory images; “Sacred Ground" follows, beginning with flowing rhythms and a light swing tempo followed with smoothly galloping solos which complement each other. "Caress," "Who Can I Turn To" and "With Open Arms" are smoother, easily evoking images of easily slipping away and relaxing under a favorite tree on a quiet afternoon.”

In James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues he deals with a man trying to find his identity in a very hostile society. The blues in this story is used in a more emotional manner which recollects the past. It also repairs the relationship between the two brothers who have chosen two different ways of coping in their ghetto environment. The blues also serves as a communication devise between the two brothers. Baldwin uses the blues to state a fact; the ugliness and meanness inherent in the human condition. In order to really understand the message of the blues you have to be one that has suffered just like Sonny and the elder brother. The blues that they play also communicates to other sufferers who have had their own trials, so they know what this music is all about. Sonny's suffering are within himself, but deep suffering is common to all his listeners. Even his brother can attune himself to this suffering, which is brought on by the death of his little daughter Grace. When the brother is at the club listening to the blues he recalls his mother, the moonlit road on

Now focusing on two smaller songs you can still get a general grasp on the background of those associated with them. The

and beats. The guitars and drums that were used, give the song a dramatic rock vibe. According

The first song I will talk about is “ Speak to Me” in the opening of the song there is a heartbeat this was done with a heavy gated bass drum. Alan used Kepex noise gates, which were new technology at the time. The band also thought it was a nice idea to have some speech throughout the record. So they recorded people answering questions off a stack note cards. Then Alan placed the voices in later where the band felt it appropriate. (Classic Albums: The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon)

The first song is named “Your Everything”. This song was written by him. He had the company of Keith Cooper a dynamic tenor saxophonist. this song was an optical combination of guitar, piano, and saxophone where Brendan beside sing the song also played the piano and the guitar simultaneously. Another excellent song was “Take your time” This song was a mix of blue with rock. Also accompanied by his friend in the saxophone and he on the piano. you would able to see how O’Hara’s finger wildly danced across the key belting an original song also written by him. With his voice and the saxophone you could feel how your body vibrate with the rhythm taking you out of this world. Last but now least was “Thing are Happening all over the world”. A difference of the other two song that were most romantic this one was an acoustic hip hop about political. He explained that he wrote that song so many years ago under Bush presidential but it is still relevant today. He talk while he rap about commercialization of the media and our culture as a whole. It was such an interesting

As this was a cover version, King probably intended for there to be a specific focus on guitar improvisation, as there are 3 different solo sections in the song.

“Sonny’s Blues” is an emotional story written by an amazing author, James Baldwin, who has come to be one of my favorite writers. This particular piece talks about the troubles of African American freeing themselves from the mental bondages of their surroundings, the ghetto. The title is significant, and helped me to understand the underlining meaning of the story. The title can be divided into two main reasons, the first, “Sonny’s Blues, meaning the music he plays. Second is the reference to his life, his feelings, his style, and most importantly his way of life.

For many years, I didn’t really know Rahsaan Eldridge. In the same way that I don’t know much about whiskey. Besides the fact that it goes down like fire, or blues, except the fact that it’s something you live through, listen to, or both. I only knew of him, by way of our mutual friend. Thankfully, over the past few years, we’ve peeled back the layers and became friends, supporting one other’s projects and bonding over our love of words, music, good food, and laughter. After reading whiskey & blues, I felt…full. It was like a good meal, one that I didn’t even realize I needed. Maybe it was the nearly soul breaking year that I was coming out of that made me resonate with his words. Whatever it was, I felt his blues was mine.