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Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common. The blue notes that, for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale, are also an important part of the sound.
The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Best known are the Delta, Piedmont, Jump and Chicago blues styles. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his blues guitar playing and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "I'm in the Mood" (1951) and "Boom Boom" (1962), the first two reaching R&B #1 in the Billboard charts.
There is some debate as to the year of Hooker's birth in Coahoma County, Mississippi, the youngest of the eleven children of William Hooker (1871–1923), a sharecropper and Baptist preacher, and Minnie Ramsey (born 1875, date of death unknown); according to his official website, he was born on August 22, 1917.
Bob Dylan ( /ˈdɪlən/), born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965. However, his recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.
Dylan's lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie,Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, as well as the music and performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
Actors: Ernst Grissemann (actor), Wolfgang Ambros (actor), Marianne Mendt (actress), Alf Poier (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Jason Mraz (actor), Manuel Rubey (actor), Ludwig Hirsch (actor), Johann Ernst Hinterseer (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Attwenger (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Ernst Grissemann (actor), Wolfgang Ambros (actor), Marianne Mendt (actress), Alf Poier (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Hubert von Goisern (actor), Jason Mraz (actor), Manuel Rubey (actor), Ludwig Hirsch (actor), Johann Ernst Hinterseer (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Otto Lechner (actor), Attwenger (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Eddie Lebron (producer), Wayne Chang (actor), Eddie Lebron (editor), Eddie Lebron (director), Eddie Lebron (writer), Edward X. Young (actor), Elizabeth Lee (actress), Jun Naito (actor), Jun Naito (actor), Kristen Hung (actress), Daniel James (composer), David Horowitz (actor), David Horowitz (producer), Daniel Horowitz (producer), Sung-Mo Cho (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi,Actors: Jhonny Obando (actor), Jim York (producer), Lazaro Colado (writer), Lazaro Colado (director), Lazaro Colado (editor), Lazaro Colado (producer), Wisler Josaphat (miscellaneous crew), Josuez Georgus (actor), Estalin Ordonez (actor), Mark Charles (actor),
Plot: Born with a genius level IQ to uncaring, cocaine addicted parents, young Cesar 'Blues' Inocentes grew up expecting nothing, wasting his gift selling drugs on the corner with his friends. When they attack a rival, his retaliation takes 'Blues's' best friend's life and forces him to rethink his life and his gift.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Anant Singh (producer), Grant Swanby (actor), Michael Dube (actor), Helena Spring (producer), Chris April (actor), Dean Slater (actor), Leslie Mongezi (actor), Louis Minnaar (actor), Tyrone Keogh (actor), Melanie Jankes Golden (editor), Vaneshran Arumugam (actor), Presley Chweneyagae (actor), Daphne Williams (producer), Sizwe Msutu (actor), Heather S. Michaels (actress),
Plot: Told through the stories of five former prisoners, this is the story of political activists sent to the notorious Robben Island prison in the 1960s by the apartheid regime, who rise above their incarceration by creating a football league and finding an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through the Beautiful Game.
Keywords: africa, african, convict, docudrama, five-word-title, island, island-prison, nelson-mandela, political-prisoner, prisonActors: Akin Omotoso (director), Robbie Thorpe (producer), Thomas Gumede (actor), Mduduzi Mabaso (actor), Bubu Mazibuko (actress), Ronnie Nyakale (actor), Obed Baloi (actor), Salah Sabiti (actor), Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe (actor), Zikhona Sodlaka (actress), Siyabonga Radebe (actor), Linda Sokhulu (actress), Rolie Nikiwe (director), Esmeralda Bihl (actress), Nolwazi Shange (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Nick Rotundo (editor), Gary Howsam (producer), Pete Postlethwaite (actor), Lewin Webb (director), Jamie Brown (producer), Barbara Gordon (actress), Norman Orenstein (composer), Janet-Laine Green (actress), Henry Czerny (actor), Lewin Webb (producer), John Boylan (actor), Lauren Bacall (actress), Roman Podhora (actor), Alan Sutton (miscellaneous crew), Pauline Burt (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Jeff Sackman (producer), James Toback (writer), Peter Locke (producer), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Joe Pingue (actor), Donald Kushner (producer), Joey Lauren Adams (actress), John Neville (actor), Sarah Michelle Gellar (actress), Eric Stoltz (actor), Al Franken (actor), Adrian Grenier (actor), Phillip Jarrett (actor), Alan Abrams (miscellaneous crew), James Toback (director),
Plot: College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
Keywords: airplane, airport, auditorium, basketball, bisexuality, boston-massachusetts, box-office-flop, cheerleader, cigar-smoking, collegeActors: Mark Davis (actor), Nicholas Steel (producer), Patti Rhodes-Lincoln (producer), Woody Long (actor), Julia Ann (actress), Asia Carrera (actress), Celeste (actress), Draghixa (actress), Deidre Holland (actress), Jenna Jameson (actress), Dyanna Lauren (actress), Shayla LaVeaux (actress), Tiffany Mynx (actress), Paula Price (actress), Misty Rain (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Joel Goldsmith (composer), Jim Wynorski (writer), Howard Hesseman (actor), Mike Elliott (producer), Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress), James Avery (actor), Lorna Scott (actress), Jim Wynorski (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Jim Wynorski (actor), Cole S. McKay (actor), Paul Hertzberg (actor), Peter Spellos (actor), Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew), Jim Wynorski (director),
Plot: For 9 year old Heather, having millions is misery! Stuck with a money-grubbing stepmother, Heather escapes to find her real mom. But Heather's stepmom isn't about to let her meal ticket go without a battle. So she hires Nick Frost, Private Eye, to bring her back. Then, in a crafty case of double-cross, Mrs. Freeloading Stepmother sics the Feds on Nick - for the kidnapping of one Little Miss Millions.
Keywords: christmas, family-relationships, independent-film, private-detective, runawayWoke up in the morning
And I found that you're gone
Just a note "I am sorry"
And you left me alone
I can hardly remember
What happened last night
Guess we went to a party?
Did we get in a fight?
I need you so badly
Baby why did you go?
Woke up in the morning
I've had too much to drink
I don't know where my pants are
I'm still to drunk to think
You took my beer with you
In the fridge is the phone
I'm trying to call you
Why aren't to home
I need you so badly
Baby why did you go?
Woke up in the morning
And I found that you're gone
Just a note "I am sorry"
And you left me alone
I can hardly remember
What happened last night
Guess we went to a party?
Did we get in a fight?
I need you so badly