W.C. Handy - Memphis Blues

[middermike90]

is there singing?

[warholsoup100]

"Memphis Blues", written 1909, published 1912. Although usually subtitled "Boss Crump", it is a distinct song from Handy's campaign satire, "Boss Crump don't 'low no easy riders around here", which was based on the good-time song "Mamma Don't Allow It."

[arineido]

This does not sound like "blues" if I can say so myself..

[neobiki]

@arineido Play the score slower on a piano, you will here blues.

[olifantgamer]

well, it sounds kinda funny but i can't call this no blues

[imajeepster]

very cool, so hard to find...i was also looking for the Jogo blues.

[MagoMinelli]

@imajeepster Hard indeed x.x

[HarborGuy]

Enjoyed this mostly Rag time is just on piano........

[neobiki]

I can't stop listening to this song on my CD.

[kimranchik]

he is not the father of the blues. if you read his wiki page, you will find that he overheard a black vagabond artist plucking on his guitar with a blade of the jackknife producing a kind of sound that struck him as haunting and obsessive, which was to influence his music. so to say that he is father is a stretch. i would even go further to say that even the vagabond black artist wc had overheard was not the inventor himself. if you want to trace the roots you should go further back.

[webusecom]

@kimranchik we did that you'd be surprised

[htes]

@kimranchik

He definitely was not the father of blues but a pioneer. A very important icon in the evolution from blues to jazz.

[MyQuestForFame]

This makes me proud to be from Memphis.

[robchalfen]

Handy certainly did not perform in the Victor Military Band, which was an all-white studio organization. He did record for Columbia in 1917 with an orchestra of black Memphis & Chicago musicians, check Handy's Orchestra of Memphis on youtube

[MagoMinelli]

@robchalfen

You are correct. I made a mistake, the mp3 was recorded by the Victor Military Band though.

Sorry about that everyone!

[Neptunemetallica]

@MagoMinelli haha i think noone else was worried except that guy bro

[sweetGingieMazza]

Heyy! (PLEASE REPLY TO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE)

I need a little bit of help with a school music project. I've found out that W.C.Handy founded blues music. However, please could you tell me what year this piece came out? (THAT'S MEMPHIS BLUES)

Thanks x

[Toletheking]

@sweetGingieMazza Wikipedia: "1909 enstand der Memphis Blues, der 1912 veröffentlicht wurde und als das erste je veröffentlichte Bluesstück gilt."

[arjhendrix]

1 post that does it! thank you for sharing.

best wishes n regards

[MagoMinelli]

@arjhendrix

your welcome!

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Pretty good audio quality! I can actually make out a number of the instruments.

[Dadiydo]

ya he is my great, great, great, grandpa for real my last name is handy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jupperna]

Just like in real life, it's not always easy to determine 'who the father is' :p

Thanks for the vid! Great to hear the original!

[BrosephJacobs]

thanks for sharing!

[Dennispokemon1]

i like it :)

[Zachdudeio2]

He wasn't the "Father of Blues" but certainly a populaizer.

[jcast18k]

i have this in 5.1

[OBGillis]

Great!

[Rasta19856]

this is to happy to be the blues he might have been the first person to come close but i think son house is the father of the blues

[cubsplayre]

wow this is a good instrumental

[katieluvsthewanted13]

what instruments are used in this?

[MagoMinelli]

Mostly wind and percussion.

[sartanko]

Isn't this a bit too jolly to be blues?

[bir90]

@sartanko thats what i thought

[Rasta19856]

@sartanko yeah i thinks so to :/

[CornFlake37]

The light makes him look white in this picture.

[Islander971]

Thanks for posting this. I am now reading his autobiography "Father of the Blues". A great novel. Listening to his famous music adds to the enjoyment of learning about this man's lfe. Thank you.

[MagoMinelli]

@Islander971

I'm glad that you liked it, he has a very interesting story.

[revnasteewaters57]

@Islander971 WC. Handy wasn't the father of the Blues. Charlie Patton was the father of the blues. Handy heard Patton  at a train depot in the south and claimed the music for himself. he popularized it. The blues has been here long befor handy discoverd it.

[MBproduction100]

voiloi de la bonne musique

[AK1292]

finally! the original.

[MagoMinelli]

@AK1292

yeah I know exactly how you feel haha =)

[audreysrk]

Awesome.. thank you it was very helpful!!! ;) oh and your very hot too :p can I lick you?