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    Alexis Korner

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    In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #blues #came #how #i #i came

    In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #anyone #between #came #days #dinner

    Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #became #children #finished #once #show

    Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #american music #been #influenced #music #musical

    The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #bar #been #blues #british #emotional

    The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #blues #british #development #johnny #movement

    When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh. ↗


    — Alexis Korner

    #help #how #i #laugh #reflect






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    Korner also played on B. Dick Heckstall-Smith (2004) The Safest Place in the World: A Personal History of British Rhythm and blues Clear Books. In 1978 for Korner's 50th birthday an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends as well as Eric Clapton Paul Jones Chris Farlowe Zoot Money and others which was later released as The Party Album and as a video.

    Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 — 1 January 1984) was a blues musician and radio broadcaster who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

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