Clarke and Olson were roommates, and their apartment, known by comedians as " The Barracks ", was a notorious " crash pad " for comics visiting Boston, and the subject of a documentary film as Clarke and Leary explain in When Standup Stood Out.

Ajaye is the author Comic Insights: The Art of Standup Comedy ( ISBN 978-1-879505-54-4 ), which contains tips for aspiring comedians as well as interviews with comic legends.

Standup comedian Henry Cho, whose wife is from Arab, shares the alternate explanation that the town's name was changed following a misspelling on the water tower.

In 2004, he returned to stand-up comedy with the show Standup Comedian, which earned him a " Tap Water Award " in Edinburgh and was released on DVD in October 2005.

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Hicks was voted " Hot Standup Comic " by Rolling Stone magazine in 1993.

This was filmed by a group of amateur enthusiasts who were disappointed that there was no distribution deal in place because of the commercial failure of the Standup Comedian DVD and the controversial nature of the new show's material.

* " Standup to the Victory " by Tomohisa Kawasoe ( episode 1 – 31 )

Wallace, who was named the Best Male Standup Comedian during the 1995 American Comedy Awards, says that his routines are inspired by everyday moments of life.

* Live and Rampant: Les Patterson has a Standup ( original London cast ), The Comedy Club GAGSDMCO53 ( 1996 )

Other notable performers at the Workshop or in the Touring Company include Jerry Young, Kathy Drago, Roger Manning, Ken Polk, Ronnie Foster ( sic ), Karen Rosen, Toni Potts, Shane McClure, EJ Nolan, Author, Dan Barton, Producer, Fred Greenlee, Louis Allen Epstein, Bill Silva, David Ayala, and Dee Macaluso, who was among many who worked both sides of the Workshop doing both Improv Comedy, as well as Standup in the Annex.

" and a credited role as Standup Bull, a bumbling Native American stand up comic, in the episode " Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop.

Standup comedians such as Don Rickles ( Mr. Warmth ) and Jackie Mason ( Hartounian ) can be said to have developed their shtick into distinct alter egos.

The DVD release When Standup Stood Out ( 2006 ) details Clarke's early career and affiliations with other famous Boston comics, such as Steven Wright and Denis Leary, his good friends.

A career breakthrough happened in 1992 when Engvall was named Best Male Standup at the American Comedy Awards.

Also in 2005, he was nominated in the " Best Male Standup Comic " category at the Canadian Comedy Awards.

he usually draws some kind of comparison with the jazz tradition and the poem he is reading -- for instance, he draws the parallel between a poem he reads about an Oriental courtesan waiting for the man she loves, and who never comes, and the old blues chants of Ma Rainy and other Negro singers -- but usually the comparison is specious.

A poignant sense of nostalgia accompanied the recordings of several gospel and blues singers in the 1940s and 1950s who used the song to remember their grandparents, traditions, and family roots.

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He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled " Father of the Texas Blues ".

Though his recordings sold well, he was not so influential on some younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as they could other commercially successful artists.

He was a founder of the Texas blues sound and an important influence on other blues singers and guitarists, including Lead Belly and Lightnin ' Hopkins.

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She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta, Billie Holiday and Big Mama Thornton.

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While in Memphis, Hurt recalled seeing " many, many blues singers ... Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and lots, lots more.

Many instrumental performers and singers, including a number of music celebrities, have learned " by ear ", especially in folk music styles such as blues and popular styles such as rock music.

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Many other popular rock and roll singers of the time, such as Fats Domino and Little Richard, came out of the black rhythm and blues tradition, making the music attractive to white audiences, and are not usually classed as " rockabilly ".

His early influences included blues and R & B singers Little Richard, Solomon Burke, Jackie Wilson and Brook Benton, as well as Elvis Presley, whom Jones idolized and with whom he would later become good friends.

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) vaudeville circuits ; and as a soloist and accompanist to blues singers Katie Krippen and Gonzelle White.

Basie favored blues, and he would showcase some of the most notable blues singers of the era after he went to New York: Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner, Helen Humes, and Joe Williams.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not record in the early blues era, but his life is well documented thanks to his autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, which was published posthumously, and also a short 1971 documentary by Les Blank, A Well Spent Life.

One of the first relevant successful covers was Wynonie Harris's transformation of Roy Brown's 1947 original jump blues hit " Good Rocking Tonight " into a more showy rocker and the Louis Prima rocker " Oh Babe " in 1950, as well as Amos Milburn's cover of what may have been the first white rock and roll record, Hardrock Gunter's " Birmingham Bounce " in 1949.

At Chess Records in the spring of 1955, Bo Diddley's debut record " Bo Diddley "/" I'm A Man " climbed to # 2 on the R & B charts and popularized Bo Diddley's own original rhythm and blues clave-based vamp that would become a mainstay in rock and roll.

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When they met in a club Aykroyd frequented, Aykroyd put on a blues record to play in the background, and it stimulated a fascination with blues in Belushi, who was primarily a fan of heavy rock bands at the time.

" His father's record collection exposed him to various musical genres, such as the blues of Muddy Waters ; the gospel of Mahalia Jackson ; the jazz of Charlie Parker ; the folk music of Woody Guthrie ; and country music from Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers, while the first record he ever bought was by blues musician Sonny Terry.

Rock and roll has often been seen as a combination of rhythm and blues with country music, a fusion particularly evident in 1950s rockabilly, and there has been cross-pollination throughout the history of both genres, however, the term country-rock is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s who began to record rock records using country themes, vocal styles and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitar.

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Additionally, the electrified Chicago blues sound exemplifies the genre, as popularized by record labels Chess and Alligator and portrayed in such films as The Blues Brothers, Godfathers and Sons, and Adventures in Babysitting.

He was a electric blues guitarist and songwriter, who later owned his own recording studio and record label in Detroit.

" Love is Strange " was a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label.

All fishing is good ; however it is noted for its excellent catfish-channels, flatheads and blues ; the record is a flathead weighing 60 pounds.

As a female vocalist who is known more for her acoustic guitar, her music tends to be classified in the folk sections of record stores, despite her strong roots in blues, soul and rock music, and her cover versions of songs by Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder and Browning Bryant.

Filling out the record, the band cranked out blues covers " Rock Me Baby " and Mose Allison's " Parchman Farm " ( titled " Parchment Farm ").

Danzig has also stated that he plans to record a dark blues album with either Jerry Cantrell or Hank Williams III.

King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7, 000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

* June 14-Bill Haley and His Saddlemen record their version of " Rocket 88 ", combining the rhythm and blues arrangement of the original version ( by Jackie Brentson and the Delta Cats ) with country music trappings, considered by many music historians to be the first true rock and roll record.

Glenn Danzig has described " I'm the One " as “ another blues song ... about a guy realizing his destiny .” " I'm the One " was originally recorded for Danzig's debut album, as John Christ explained: “ We actually recorded " I'm the One " for the first record, but we decided to save it for this record.

In late 2007, Bo Bice joined veteran Southern rock legends Jimmy Hall-vocals / sax / harmonica ( Wet Willie Band ), Henry Paul-vocals / guitar / mandolin ( Outlaws, BlackHawk ), Steve Gorman-drums ( Black Crowes, Jimmy Page ), " Dangerous " Dan Toler-guitar ( The Gregg Allman Band, The Allman Brothers, Dickey Betts & Great Southern ), Reese Wynans-keyboards ( Stevie Ray Vaughan ), Mike Brignardello-bass ( Giant, renowned session player ), Jay Boy Adams-guitar ( Texas blues solo artist ) to record Brothers of the Southland celebrating Southern rock with a renewed spirit and maturity.