7 thoughts on “ This Is The Blues ”

1. The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in , initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. They first came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. After some early lineup changes, the band settled on a line-up of Pinder, .

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2. It might surprise those coming in late to their story that the original double-LP version of this album from was the first compilation devoted to the Moody Blues' work. That's seven years after their switch from R&B-based British Invasion rock & roll to psychedelic music, and ten years into their overall history, an awfully long time for a successful band to avoid the compilation route.

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3. Jul 20,  · "The blues has many faces, but at its elemental level the music is dark and contemplative, the sound of nature creeping to life." (from sleeve notes by John Swenson) Barcode and Other Identifiers4/5(1).

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4. This is the Moody Blues essentially condenses the band's seven classic period albums into a single two-disc set. Not only does it contain the big hits and best songs from that period, it presents them in a highly coherent and enjoyable context/5().

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5. Blues is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the s by African-Americans from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs, and battkettglycininenmasliehotranevi.coinfo incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues .

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6. This Is The Moody Blues is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album by the Moody Blues, released in late while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of " A Simple Game " which was a B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes.

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7. Blues Defender Colton Parayko joins Jax and J.R. to look back on the first five years of his career in St. Louis, how he is spending time during the pause in the NHL season, and how much of a.

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