The Blues Review Game

What is Call and Response?

• denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

• a musical phrase in which the first and often solo part is answered by a second and often ensemble part.

• deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.

• using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker.

Blues music was non-secular.

• True.

• False.

Who was the Father of the Blues?

• B.B. King

• Ralph Ellison

• W.C. Handy

• Albert Murray

Who were the TWO singers that sang Good Mornin' Blues?

• Jimmy Rushing & LeadBelly

• Robert Johnson & Muddy Waters

• Ray Charles & Charles Brown

• Little Milton & Willie King

Good Mornin' Blues is a _____________ with the Blues.

Which song is considered one of the most terrifying songs as well as a cornerstone of early blues music?

• Prove it on Me Blues

• Hound Dog

• Hellhound on my Trail

• Death Letter Blues

Who sang Prove it on Me Blues?

• Ruth Brown

• Big Mama Thornton

• Bessie Smith

• Ma Rainey

Why was Prove it on Me Blues considered a rebel anthem?

Which writer said this about the Blues?

"........as a form, the blues is an autobiographical chronicle of personal catastrophe expressed lyrically.”

• Ralph Ellison

• Albert Murray

• Richard Allen

• Solomon Eytinge

What is Idiomatic?

• denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

• using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker.

• being able to create music on the spot. This is a way of responding to other people playing in a group and usually reflects the style of music that is being performed.

• deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.