Charter 6:
Bluesmen/Blueswomem
important
influence; Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues
singer that ever lived." Johnson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame as an "Early Influence" in their first induction ceremony in
1986. In 2003, David Fricke ranked Johnson fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100
Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Women also make the Blues
Not only
the male talent lives Blues. The female vocal and genius have always been part
of the genre. Of course, in many cases, not with the same emphasis, but
certainly always present, ready to show it can do great Blues. I'll talk about
the two most important and controversial women of the scenario:
Bessie Smith
Bessie, like most black musicians of Blues and
Jazz, had a very painful life. Born on April 15, 1894 in Tennessee, since
childhood has helped support his family by working as a street performer and
then singing in brothels. In 1923 he went to New York for his first recording,
signing with Columbia Records. After that, Bessie was consecrated as Blues
singer due to his rhythmic sense and his ability to improvise, adding to it
all, a perfect voice. She became known forever as the "Empress of the
Blues." There are several stories involving his name. At the beginning of
the last century (between 1910 and 1930) the repression of blacks in the United
States was very strong, which caused Bessie to get involved in conflicts in
defense of thousands of black people. A famous story is that alone would have
put Bessie to run a group of Ku Klux Klan wanted to prevent the occurrence of
an event with jazz musicians and black audience. This was absurd prejudice that
led the singer to death. After suffering a car accident in Mississippi on
September 26, 1937, she died at age 43, because he had immediate medical
attention, as the hospitals in the region did not meet black people.
Bessie
Smith was known as the most influential singer of his time, not only in the
Blues, but also in jazz and later on Rock and Roll. A famous story is that of
singer Janis Joplin in honor of the Blues Diva, erected a tombstone for her,
because when Bessie Smith died, her ex-husband Jack Gee stole all the money for
his funeral and she was buried in a grave with no name. The "Empress of
the Blues" was also famous for another reason: The sexual equality. Bessie
advocated gender equality and women's rights. Many say that Bessie was bisexual
assumed, which for the time must have caused many problems and prejudices to
the singer.
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