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Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes
Neo-Classic Blues
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2. Pigmeat on the Line
3. Crazy Blues
4. Yonder Come the Blues
5. The Dirty Dozens
6. Prove It On Me Blues
7. It's Alright for a Man to Cry
8. See See Rider Blues
9. Twisted Mind Blues
10. Black Eyed Blues
11. Up the Country Blues
12. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
13. Careless Love Blues
14. Down Hearted Blues
15. Nothing in Rambling
16. Sloppy Drunk
17. How Can I Say I Miss You?
18. BD Woman's Blues
19. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
20. Summer Sky

CD Details

All Artists: Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes
Title: Neo-Classic Blues
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hot Toddy Music
Original Release Date: 5/13/2004
Release Date: 5/13/2004
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 061432329824

Synopsis

Album Description

CLASSIC BLUES was the first blues ~ the first blues to be recorded for popular consumption. It was immensely popular in the 1920s. Grounded in folk blues combined with vaudeville stylings, it was almost exclusively performed by women. These were often fiercely independent "wild women" ~ unashamed to lay their souls bare, unafraid to give advice. Oftimes they were the comediennes, finding humor in the pain. CLASSIC BLUES WOMEN were the first to chronicle topics like domestic abuse, alcoholism, prostitution, homosexuality, gender politics, racism and other social conditions, and, of course, sex ~ its joy and its pain. Musically, these women introduced vocal techniques that gave drama and immediacy to their performances. They would cry, growl, moan, syncopate, slide & slur, bend & break notes, improvise and rephrase to bring their stories to life. In 2004, Adegbalola & Barnes embrace and redefine this style as NEO-CLASSIC BLUES ...

CD Reviews

Incredible music, incredible blues

B. L. Braden | 07/03/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Worthy tribute to women in the blues. Somehow Gaye captures that old time blues today. The piano artistry of Roddy Barnes is amazing. Together they have created something about the blues that is immediate yet classical. Selecting a favorite is virtually impossible. This CD should be at the top of the list."