zztm | American Blues Standaards (part 2)

In this column: blues standards, The Thrill Is Gone, Henderson/Brown, Hawkins/Darnell, B.B.King, Everett Marshall, Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Stormy Monday, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, T-Bone Walker, Bobby "Blue" Blond, Greyhound Blues Band feat. Julius Green, RTVDrenthe, Café 't Keerpunt, Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton, Buddy Guy, Elvis Presley, I'm Tore Down, Sonny Thompson, Freddie King, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Buddy Whittington, Chris Barber, Bright Lights Big City, Jimmy Reed, Them, The Animals, I'm Ready, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, The Little Red Rooster, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones, T-Bone Shuffle, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland, Reconsider Baby, Lowell Fulson, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lurrie Bell, Eb Davis and Greyhound Blues Band, Born In Chicago, Paul Butterfield Band, Nick Gravenites, Rick Danko.

The following episodes are about blues standards; songs that have been played regularly since their inception and thus represent the genre 'blues' within the music world. The songs in these episodes are 'American Blues Standards'; songs with melodies, progressions, hooks and rhythms that musicians can use all over the world without rehearsals.
In my 30 year career as a backing musician I have played many of these songs several times with many blues artists. My experience with this played a role in compiling the list.

There are websites on the Internet that provide overviews, where history is described and where texts and music progressions can be found. My goal is not to map all of this out, but I will refer to it where possible.

"The Thrill Is Gone" is a popular song composed by Ray Henderson with lyrics by Lew Brown which was first sung by Everett Marshall in the Broadway revue George White's Scandals in 1931.

"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951.

In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for B.B. King.

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