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  1. Talking blues is a form of folk music and country music. It is characterized by rhythmic speech or near-speech where the melody is free, but the rhythm is strict. Christopher Allen Bouchillon, billed as "The Talking Comedian of the South", is credited with creating the "talking blues" form with the song "Talking Blues", recorded for Columbia ...

  2. Talking Blues. Singer and folklorist John Greenway focuses on his specialty, labor and protest songs, in this 1958 album. In addition to the "original" talking blues tune by Chris Bouchillon, which appeared on a 1926 recording, Greenway performs a number of Woody Guthrie's talking blues tunes ("Talking Dust Bowl," "Talking Subway") and The ...

  3. Blues. Talking blues. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) Vocal. Mandolin. Voice. Christopher Allen Bouchillon (August 21, 1893 – September 18, 1968) was an American country music and blues musician from South Carolina, who is often credited with being the originator of the talking blues musical style.

  4. www.npr.org › 2001/03/23 › 1120459Talking Blues : NPR

    Mar 23, 2001 · Talking Blues is a song form that can trace its surface roots to a recording by the Greenville Trio in April of 1926. Its lineage goes much deeper — to spirituals — and an odd combination of ...

  5. The first talking blues. Recorded November 4, 1926 in Atlanta.From Wikipedia:Bouchillon developed his trademark "talking" way of singing because of his suppo...

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  6. Dec 27, 2022 · This is a very rare film of Robert Lunn, the Grand Ole Opry's "Talking Blues Man" performing his signature number on Roy Acuff's almost-as-rare short-lived 1959 television series, "Open House ...

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  8. Apr 22, 2003 · Talkin' Blues by Albert King released in 2003. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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