@randomandrare I spoke too soon. Youtube will do that. I have The Color Purple Vinyl and did not think to look ( again) to see who did her voice.Tata Vega was Margaret's singing voices. Thank you for replying and keep them spinning !
I could listen to this until I die. This kind of sound is incredibly difficult to download. If you up load it, i'll love you forever. Whoever you are.
"Tight" in this context meant "very good; excellent" in the black American slang of the 1920s. There was no sexual meaning or reference at all, despite what many people (among the few who are aware of the term) think. It could mean anything good: "Man, that solo you just played was too tight, Jim!" and so on. I had this confirmed by asking an old black musician who was there, BTW.
@sedaray it has a double meaning. Jesus. she is talking about how good she can be for a man. she would have to be mentally retarded not to see the double meaning of the words she is singing. the whole song is dripping with sex. So much blues is. And thank god for it. Also, congratulations on finding ""an old black musician that was there" to confirm it. Tomorrow I am going to find an old white musician to confirm my thoughts about some Woody Guthrie lyrics.
He (Bill Johnson) played tenor banjo on the Oliver records he was on because the string bass wouldn't record on the pre-mic acoustical process (but he did sneak in some bass lines on the banjo in a few spots).
Fortunately for posterity, he made a good number of records in the late 20s, most of them on Victor (including this one), which along with Columbia had the best sound at the time, and he's usually well forward in the balance (not "mix" because everything was cut live, direct- to-disc).
Another Oliver alumnus here is the great N.O. bassist Bill Johnson, who I believe was the earliest-born (1872) jazzman to record. (I've seen a death date for him of 1975(!), and that was with a ?.) He's also believed to have been the first jazz bassist to play pizzicato, c. 1907. Before that, they all used the bow.
TAH TAH VEGA PERFORMED SHUG AVERY VOCALS!!!!!
SISTEREDNA 6 months ago
im 17 and colombian. AND THIS IS MY JAM!!
carolinenicolle 8 months ago
great job on your site. LOTS of insight. My favs are women blues and rock singers. I should have been jamming in the 30's. thank you aain .
FeatherCl 8 months ago
@FeatherCl You're very welcome
randomandrare 8 months ago
Was Sippie also Shugs voice in the Color Purple? And thank you for passing this on . I love it.
FeatherCl 8 months ago
@FeatherCl As far as I know, Margaret Avery performed her own vocals for that role.
randomandrare 8 months ago
@randomandrare I spoke too soon. Youtube will do that. I have The Color Purple Vinyl and did not think to look ( again) to see who did her voice.Tata Vega was Margaret's singing voices. Thank you for replying and keep them spinning !
FeatherCl 8 months ago
I have not heard Sippie in years. Thank you .
FeatherCl 8 months ago
@FeatherCl You're very welcome
randomandrare 8 months ago
I could listen to this until I die. This kind of sound is incredibly difficult to download. If you up load it, i'll love you forever. Whoever you are.
cheddar21 1 year ago
I guess you have to read these notes from the bottom up so they are in order!
sedaray 1 year ago
@sedaray yep, you do. i appreciate the music and the comments as well. i'm in need of educating. thanks to all who put up this great old music.
nptexas1 2 months ago
"Tight" in this context meant "very good; excellent" in the black American slang of the 1920s. There was no sexual meaning or reference at all, despite what many people (among the few who are aware of the term) think. It could mean anything good: "Man, that solo you just played was too tight, Jim!" and so on. I had this confirmed by asking an old black musician who was there, BTW.
sedaray 1 year ago 8
@sedaray
"Tight" is also relatively current black American slang.
ceeeluvv 7 months ago
@sedaray it has a double meaning. Jesus. she is talking about how good she can be for a man. she would have to be mentally retarded not to see the double meaning of the words she is singing. the whole song is dripping with sex. So much blues is. And thank god for it. Also, congratulations on finding ""an old black musician that was there" to confirm it. Tomorrow I am going to find an old white musician to confirm my thoughts about some Woody Guthrie lyrics.
curtistembeck 1 month ago
He (Bill Johnson) played tenor banjo on the Oliver records he was on because the string bass wouldn't record on the pre-mic acoustical process (but he did sneak in some bass lines on the banjo in a few spots).
Fortunately for posterity, he made a good number of records in the late 20s, most of them on Victor (including this one), which along with Columbia had the best sound at the time, and he's usually well forward in the balance (not "mix" because everything was cut live, direct- to-disc).
sedaray 1 year ago
Another Oliver alumnus here is the great N.O. bassist Bill Johnson, who I believe was the earliest-born (1872) jazzman to record. (I've seen a death date for him of 1975(!), and that was with a ?.) He's also believed to have been the first jazz bassist to play pizzicato, c. 1907. Before that, they all used the bow.
sedaray 1 year ago
This is the tune that Bonnie Raitt cut with some updated changes in the early 70s.
Click on the chevrons below the image's right corner to see the personel. That's my favorite musician, Johnny Dodds, on clarinet.
There's a mistake: the bone player is not Ory but Honore Dutrey, who was in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band with the Dodds brothers and young Satchmo.
sedaray 1 year ago