Who changed music and what did they do? (singers, electronic, ballads)
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I also once read that The Kinks discovered by accident that if you crack the speakers on your guitar amps, it'll create that fuzzy sound they were famous for. It was during one of Dave and Ray's fights that one of the speakers got damaged.
You're right, there were a few dabblers before Jimi, but none that had the almost supernatural control over the myriad sounds that Hendrix could at will cause to emanate from his amplifiers like some kind of sonic sorcerer. He truly redefined what the electric guitar was capable of.
Of the guitar players that you mentioned, I think that Jeff Beck is the most interesting. His cover of the jazz tune "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" showcases some of the most incredible guitar playing that I've ever heard.
I think Hendrix was in such control of every sound he made, that is what was amazing, not just the leads but the feedback, the pedals, everything. As good as guys like Clapton etc. are, Hendrix was on another planet.
I would say Hendrix made the biggest impact of the last 45 years or so, I might be missing some but I am thinking along the lines of things like Armstrong and Parker.
Armstrong changed rhythm, basically invented solos, changed time, changed how people sang going forward by introducing rhythm and time changes to singing.
In the same way, Hendrix being able to control sound so well set the stage going forward in my opinion.
Bill Monroe mixed old-time Appalachian music with some more modern genres and largely started bluegrass. Here's one of his earlier songs with the Bluegrass Boys.
Nirvana changed music a lot too. They seemed to make the 80s uncool.
I think they just made the 80's punk more mainsteam, I didn't see them as revolutionary. To me it was like ya they sound good but I heard a lot of great punk bands in the early 80's that were amazing.
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Bill Monroe mixed old-time Appalachian music with some more modern genres and largely started bluegrass. Here's one of his earlier songs with the Bluegrass Boys.
Earl Scruggs reportedly had a big impact on how the banjo was played from then on.
The "Jump Blues" of Louis Jordan I've heard was inspirational to Rock&Roll.
I had always thought Bluegrass was one of those sounds that was around for 100 years, very cool.
Scruggs was amazing, I love his sound.
You can hear the transition in Jump Blues and hear his influence on Little Richard.
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Les Paul.
He is best known for developing the first solid-body electric guitar, which he brought to the Gibson company in 1941. His first model was a 4-by-04 with steel strings that he called "The Log," and the company was sufficiently skeptical that it didn't begin production until 1952 Together with a similar model created by Leo Fender, the electric guitar is considered one of the forces that turned blues, country, rhythm and blues and pop music into rock 'n' roll in the early 1950s.
Equally significant, Paul pioneered multitrack recording, wherein voices or music could be overdubbed to create a layered effectThat's been a standard recording technique for more than half a century, but it was revolutionary when Paul started using it with his then-wife Mary Ford early 1950sTheir lilting sound, a light and airy technique that reflected Paul's background in both country and jazz, set them apart and influenced generations of subsequent artists and producers
The Bluegrass sound was not fully developed until Scruggs joined Monroe's band in 1945. Although Monroe deserves credit for inventing the genre, Scruggs gave us the finished product.
I think Hendrix was in such control of every sound he made, that is what was amazing, not just the leads but the feedback, the pedals, everything. As good as guys like Clapton etc. are, Hendrix was on another planet.
I would say Hendrix made the biggest impact of the last 45 years or so, I might be missing some but I am thinking along the lines of things like Armstrong and Parker.
Armstrong changed rhythm, basically invented solos, changed time, changed how people sang going forward by introducing rhythm and time changes to singing.
In the same way, Hendrix being able to control sound so well set the stage going forward in my opinion.
Eddie and Stevie even one upped Jimi. I have never seen anyone get those types of sounds out of a guitar before. Look at the way Stevie commands his feedback playing Jimi's song. One slap just in the right place of the neck makes a sound...... plucking the string near the tuner gets another and so forth. Eddie...... well Eddie was completely different. Who would have ever thought you could do all that with a guitar. I think Hendrix would have even said...... WTH?????????
I had always thought Bluegrass was one of those sounds that was around for 100 years, very cool.
Old-Time "Hillbilly music" and Bluegrass music kind of blend in to each other with me too. Although there are differences I guess. The following are two examples of "Old-Time" so you or I can compare/contrast. (I'll get back to someone who changed music in a bit.)
I was thinking of doing Charlie Christian earlier as I believe he was one of the first to play electric guitar and I've heard from music-lovers that he had a big influence.
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