Lyrical Analysis

Baker, Robert M.(1995-2004) “A Brief History of the Blues.” The Blue Highway. http://archive.is/IpXq7
Or: A Brief History of the Blues.pdf
Also http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm
Davis, Angela. “I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality, and Domesticity” in Blues Legacy and Black Feminism Random House: New York 1999. pp. 3-20. read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrics

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Davis, Angela. “I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality, and Domesticity” in Blues Legacy and Black Feminism Random House: New York 1999. pp. 3-20.

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Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey – Black Eye Blues (1930)
Duration: (3:13)
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Listen carefully to the lyrics of this song.

Questions to consider:

How do the life experiences that make up this song connect to the creation of the blues as a genre?
How are gendered relationships played out in this song? Economics? Sexuality?

Bessie Smith- I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
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Bessie Smith- I need A Little Sugar In My bowl
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Bessie Smith, better known as “The Empress of the Blues,” is perhaps the most well-renowned voice of the early blues.

I’m a Man
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I’m a Man
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Consider the structure of this song: make note of the instruments, repetition, rhythm. Now consider the content of the lyrics. What does Muddy Waters present as evidence that he is “a man?”

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