The Blues

What kind of jobs were available to blacks in the north?

This term was not used for your age group until after the 1940s.

A traditional blues song has how many bars (measures)?

The Rolling Stones were influenced by

Which guitar company made the "frying pan"?

Poverty, violence, and Jim Crow Laws equals powerful _____.

What part of the drum set allowed one player to play cymbals with the left foot?

Which guitar company made a "Les Paul" model?

True or False: The "Great Migration" was the relocation of blacks from the north to the south.

Which famous blues singer played a guitar named Lucille and passed away in 2015?

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was considered to be the ________ of Rock and Roll.

True or False: The blues was influenced by gospel, African folk songs, and work songs.

What is this?

True or False: "Ma" Smith and Bessie Rainey were two famous female blues singers.

What blues musician influenced many later players and also "sold his soul to the devil"?

What instrument is NOT usually used in blues?

Which guitar company sold the first solid body guitar?

What style of music came right after the Blues?

What was the technique called where one player could play two drums at once?

Name the blues musician who played a mean harmonica and influenced many later players.

Which record company was based in Chicago and specialized in blues and early R&B artists?

Which is NOT a reason why was the guitar so popular for the blues?

What does "LP" stand for when referring to records?

What did drummers use to play softer on the set?

Who is this saxophone player who also influenced Chuck Berry?

What was the main form of farming called in the south?

How many strings does an electric bass have?

How many notes make up the blues scale?

Most blues originated in what state?

How many rpm's were assigned to the single (small) records?

What was the original speed of records?

Originally, which was more important in a blues song, the lyrics or the music?