Chess Records and Chicago Blues History Fair Documentary
January 20, 2010 by
Filed under blues history
This is a documentary produced with a friend for the Chicago History Fair. It outlines the blues’ roots and how it changed in Chicago to become what blues is known as today.
that song sweet home chicago is really aw aw baby by Robert Lockwood jr. Recorded for JOB records, the owner of JOB was a black man , he helped the Chess brothers to start chess records, Chess first hit record was leased to him , all of the JB LENOIR we own , Joe Brown ,owned five record companies ,and the first black publishing co. He had the best house band it was back then , I cant say to much now but soon the legacy of Joe Brown will be told
Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) Is a smart man tbh, what ever he said it turned into a smart guide into ur lifes
these guys don’t know the blues!
its all a fuck it really is. Thank the Jews for that. Think about it a video about black music by white guys. Only Jews trying to make a silver. Flip a silver coin in the dark they will show there true colors.
Chess was like the first motown up north.Singers became more known up north.
Yeah! a great movie!
Keep the blues alive!
cadillac records!!
OmriLahavComposer – not that many people were actually recording at that time.
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Are you kidding??? That’s total nonsense! There were thousands of blues recordings made starting at least 20 years before Johnson recorded. Just because no one mentioned Charley Patton or remembers Sylvester Weaver doesn’t mean they didn’t influence practically every blues player who followed them! Robert Johnson was only a blip on the blues radar screen until the late 60’s!!!!
I agree, but they never said he was first – just one of the “realy recording artists” – which is true, not that many people were actually recording at that time.
Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson.
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Jimmy Reed took a demo tape to Chess in 1952/53. They wanted to record him but only with their musicians Little Walter, Dixon & Co..
Reed said he had his own sound and wanted it that way on record so he went to Veejay/Chance.
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malmsteen was on there smokin those so called” blues guys “thats what he was doin
Them Brother’s look like they was enjoying themselves for real man!
@7:22 dixion is holding a 78…
any one know what it is?
You guys did a great job covering Chess Records and Rock ‘N’ Roll and the Brits, but you can’t just jump from slavery to Robert Johnson. There were so many Country Blues artists just as good as Robert. When Robert was alive, he was far from famous or influential. Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red and Memphis Minnie were far better known.
Robert Johnson was not the beginning. This is the typical nonsense we hear about Country Blues. No offense, by Johnson was a synthesis of the styles of men like Kokomo Arnold, Skip James, Son House, Leroy Carr, etc.
100% correct. Hair metal idiocy.
Yngwie is laughably awful.
the song malmsteen is playing is a cover of Jimi Hendrix (Red House), Jimi hendrix is a blues guitar player, who inspired modern guitarists like Yngwie, Satriani and vai among others =]
what the hell is that malmsteen guy doing in this?
I could be wrong on that, I haven’t really researched it a lot.
More of an observation…..
I was just thinking it may help to explain why the Africans who ended up in North America adapted thier music a little different over time than the Africans in South America. Partly because they may have came from diferent parts of Africa, partly because they ended up in different surroundings.
I was thinking how of some of the Folk Music and old “Minstrel” performances seemed to have a little influence on the Songsters like Leadbelly. Songs like “Gallis Pole” and “Old Time Religion” come to mind.
I think Mississippi John Hurt also started out as a bit of a “folk” singer and he learned guitar playing Old time Folk music.
I know the Songsters weren’t the same as the “Bluesmen”, but there seems to be some influence?
I have never heard of that but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. If you ever research that some more and find somthing out let me know.
I think there may be some influence from old folk songs both Celtic and English too?