A type of music devised at the beginning of the 20th Century, usually employing a basic 12-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals, and blues notes.
Delta Blues: [delta blooz] -noun.
In existence at the turn of the 20th Century, and first recorded in the early 1920’s. The defining characteristic of Delta Blues is instrumentation and an emphasis on rhythm and "bottleneck" slide. The vocal styles range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery.
Trimmed and Burning: [devil's music] -noun.
Don’t be worried, don’t you get worried now, for Trimmed and Burning is here to deliver you from the mundane, from the over-produced, from the myriad hordes of slicked-up Blues. Trimmed and Burning is here to deliver you into the arms of the “Devil’s music,” here to deliver you stripped down, soulful, bare bones Blues. Listen, and you shall be Saved. Maybe…..
