Although the blues revival of the 1960s revived the careers of many blues musicians who would ironically find themselves playing before predominantly white audiences as college youth sought "authentic" roots and folk music, it also was restrictive. At one time McGhee fronted a jump blues combo with saxophone and piano called Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers. However, he and Sonny Terry knew the taste of the new audience for whom they were playing and presented the folk blues. In other words, McGhee was not just a folk blues player. Like many other blues artists, he played other genres of music for African American audiences; however, as tastes changed in those audiences and blues became a genre appreciated primarily by urban educated whites, he and other blues artists adapted their music to what would be more commercially successful with the new audience. For that matter, Big Bill Broonzy was no rustic farmer in overalls merely preserving tradition. He began recording after moved to Chicago but again the taste and interests of the white youth determined the image presented by the record companies.
To some extent the development of blues became frozen in time to suit the interest of the audience, still McGhee, McGhee and Terry, and Broonzy were all great no matter what they played. Of course, nowadays, African American blues artists like Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb, Guy Davis, and Otis Taylor are redefining the music and it is growing in new directions.
Thanks so much for posting McGhee and, too, all the newcomers like Bibb, Davis, and Taylor. The blending of old and new, famous and unknown, is what makes this blog so interesting and worthwhile.
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Although the blues revival of the 1960s revived the careers of many blues musicians who would ironically find themselves playing before predominantly white audiences as college youth sought "authentic" roots and folk music, it also was restrictive. At one time McGhee fronted a jump blues combo with saxophone and piano called Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers. However, he and Sonny Terry knew the taste of the new audience for whom they were playing and presented the folk blues. In other words, McGhee was not just a folk blues player. Like many other blues artists, he played other genres of music for African American audiences; however, as tastes changed in those audiences and blues became a genre appreciated primarily by urban educated whites, he and other blues artists adapted their music to what would be more commercially successful with the new audience. For that matter, Big Bill Broonzy was no rustic farmer in overalls merely preserving tradition. He began recording after moved to Chicago but again the taste and interests of the white youth determined the image presented by the record companies.
To some extent the development of blues became frozen in time to suit the interest of the audience, still McGhee, McGhee and Terry, and Broonzy were all great no matter what they played. Of course, nowadays, African American blues artists like Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb, Guy Davis, and Otis Taylor are redefining the music and it is growing in new directions.
Thanks so much for posting McGhee and, too, all the newcomers like Bibb, Davis, and Taylor. The blending of old and new, famous and unknown, is what makes this blog so interesting and worthwhile.
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