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Gospel blues (or holy blues [1]) is a form of blues-based gospel music that has been around since the inception of blues music. It combines evangelistic lyrics with blues instrumentation, often blues guitar accompaniment. [1]
Gospel music. Preaching chords are blues / gospel -inspired chords played on a Hammond organ or piano, and many times with a drum set as well, near the end of a pastor or minister's sermon to accentuate, emphasize, and respond to them in a musical way. [1] [2] Like the related tradition of sermonic "whooping" (pronounced like " hooping ...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) [1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of ...
Blind Willie Johnson [1] " It's Nobody's Fault but Mine " or " Nobody's Fault but Mine " is a song first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It is a solo performance with Johnson singing and playing slide guitar. [2] The song has been interpreted and recorded by numerous musicians in a variety of styles, including Led ...
Doyle Wayne Lawson[ 1] (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. [ 2] He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. [ 3] Lawson was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
1930s–1970s. Gary D. Davis (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), [1] : 285–6 known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy, [2] Davis first performed professionally in the Piedmont blues scene of ...
Traditional black gospel [1] is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding African American Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. It is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of black gospel music .
On-line Guitar Archive. The On-line Guitar Archive ( OLGA) was the first Internet library of guitar and bass tablature, or "tabs". Born from a collection of guitarist internet-forum archives, it was a useful resource for musicians of all genres for over a decade.