A blues shouter is a blues singer, often male, capable of singing unamplified with a band.
Notable blues shouters include:
- Piney Brown
- Walter Brown, of the Jay McShann orchestra[1]
- H-Bomb Ferguson[2]
- Wynonie Harris[2][3]
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Duke Henderson, who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[4][5][6][7]
- Jimmy Rushing, blues shouter with Count Basie.[1][2]
- Big Joe Turner – his style hardly changed at all between 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete", and 1954's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". AllMusic called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era".[8]
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, an unusual combination of blues shouter and bebop alto saxophone player.[1][2]
- Big Joe Williams[1]
- Jimmy Witherspoon, who also appeared with Jay McShann.[1][2]
- Billy Wright[1]
- Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Blues Shouters". Allaboutbluesmusic.com. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ a b c d e "The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Zolten, Jerry (2002-12-13). Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds : Celebrating the Rise of Soul ... - Jerry Zolten Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and American Studies Penn State University. p. 139. ISBN 9780195348453. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Bill Dahl. "Get Your Kicks - Duke Henderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "Duke Henderson - Get Your Kicks". Delmark.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Larry Birnbaum (2013). Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll. p. 118. ISBN 9780810886384. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Billboard. 1952-10-11. p. 42. Retrieved 2015-10-26 – via Internet Archive.
blues shouter. Duke Henderson.
- ^ Bill Dahl. "Big Joe Turner | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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