Blues Progressions

The same five Southern Rock songs play on every classic rock station, forever — but somebody chose them, and somebody froze this music inplace. What got frozen along with it — the flags, the myths, the arguments — is the hardest, most honest episode in the series. And the hostdoesn’t dodge any of it, including his own history with the flag. 

Everybody knows “Free Bird” — it’s a punchline now, the thing people yell as a joke. But that song, and a dozen like it, came out of one white-hotfive-year explosion of Southern music. This is the peak: Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels — and the fire that took some of the best ofthem. 

A grieving manager who’d just buried Otis Redding bets a whole record label on a band with two lead guitarists and two drummers. The town isMacon. The label is Capricorn. This is the room where Southern Rock got its name. 

Welcome back! After a long absence, I would like to welcome you back to Blues Progressions. With the help of AI, I am now able to keep up with work and my side projects. This is the first of a six parts series of the Sub-Genre: Southern Rock. As a long time fan I am thrilled to have it's histroy presented to you. Look for a weekly episode throughout this series!

The Blues are the roots of a tall musical tree. One of those branches is Jazz. In this episode we take a short journey through the influence of the Blues on the creation and evolution of Jazz.

Another quick update prior to relaunch

Quick note on the delay of new episodes

In this episode, we again explore the Great Migration as we look at how the Blues traveled from the Deep South to the West Coast. We also look at how the genre changed and took on a region flavor along the way.

An exploration of the youth movement of the Blues. We will discuss the number of Blues artists that were discovered as kids and often mentored by the previous generation(s). Lookin forward we see the Circle has been unbroken as the next generation gets a boost as well

Welcome to Season 2! In this episode we talk about Blues Societies and thier role in keeping the Blues relevent