To illustrate the progression from gospel to blues to rock, please consider the following versions of Nobody's Fault But Mine.
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Pops Staples - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Nobody's Fault But Mine @Amazon.com
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When I try to click on the Pops Staples version I get a message saying "This video has been removed by the user". Too bad, I would have loved to hear that one.
But, I did love the BWJ and Zep versions (great harp in the middle of the Zep one). I guess the blues really did have a baby and they called it rock and roll.
Thanks for these!
Seven Days thanks for giving me a heads up about the broken link. I think it should work now.
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Oh man, Fitzgerald, thank you so much for fixing the link. Pops Staples version is my favorite of the three. Some sweet dirty guitar playing in the middle of a church song, oh yeah. And his voice just reaches me at a gut level even more than Blind Willie, the originator of the song. Great how good cover artists can do that.
Was that David Sanborn interviewing him at the beginning of the clip?
Thanks again -- I'm giving that one a few more spins.
Seven Days, glad to read that you like Pops Staples. He was truly a treasure, he lived an interesting life.
He grew up with some of the master bluesmen of his time, not to mention creating the family musical group the Staple Singers. I love his music so much because he could effortlessly mix blues and gospel music.
Please do a search of my blog for the Staple singers, I have posted many times about them.
Also do a search on YouTube for Pops Staples, you will be amazed by some of his other clips. Oh and one last thing, this is not the original clip, but it is a good one too.
I liked Pops' version best, too. I like Zep, but there's a bit too much over playing in their version, I think.
This is a brilliant idea. I wonder how many tunes there are like this that you can trace through different genres. If school music departments aren't doing this, they should be. :-)
David
Music Musings
Hey Doug, thanks so much for stopping by. The Staple Singers are some of my favorite musicians in the blues gospel area.
David, what I try to do with my "I Feel Like Going To Church" series is to show the connection between the blues and other music forms with gospel music. I grew up listening to gospel, blues, soul, rock, country and other music forms and did not always seperate them in my mind. And I noticed that as I get older, that newer bands are doing the old songs, but not really understanding where they come from. Thanks so much for coming by and leaving a comment.
I liked this so much I did a post about it... but in my education blog (http://edcompblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/music-lessons.html) not in my music blog. :-)
this is a pretty nice idea..haven't seen something like this before..
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