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Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
Paul Merry Blues and Rock.
Unveiling the mystery of blues and rock history.
  • Why you can’t get pop songs out of your head

    ByPaul Merry March 12, 2014April 6, 2022

    Kylie ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ Minogue Have you ever wondered how those pop songs you just can’t get out of your head got into your head in the first place? Believe it or not, there’s a unit at London’s Goldsmith University researching just that. Goldsmith’s Music, Mind and Brain Group has compiled…

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  • Great blues cities No. 5: Memphis.

    Great blues cities No. 5: Memphis.

    ByPaul Merry March 8, 2014

    Handy’s Memphis Orchestra in 1918. Handy is third from right, back row Just as the first blues ever published (in 1912) was titled, “Dallas Blues”, so the first blues ever recorded (in 1914) was, “The Memphis Blues.” Unlike Dallas Blues, which was written and published in Oklahoma City, The Memphis Blues was actually written in…

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  • Great blues cities No. 4: Dallas.

    Great blues cities No. 4: Dallas.

    ByPaul Merry March 3, 2014

    Who would have guessed they had tea rooms in Deep Ellum, Dallas, back in the 1930s “Thanks for sharing.” Wasser Prawda Online Magazine @wasserprawda Greifswald, Germany. 25 May 2015. “LOVED your (How Blues Evolved) eBook series! Learned so much! Got me started off in many other directions of research and interest.” Steve Lane, srlane@consolidated.net Charleston, IL,…

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  • How old blues re-inspired a jaded Beck

    How old blues re-inspired a jaded Beck

    ByPaul Merry March 2, 2014

    It’s been six years since Beck last released an album, but a week or so ago, he released his twelfth studio album, Morning Phase. Now, Beck is far too well known to need an album review from me, but what I would like to remind those who didn’t know, or have forgotten, is how Beck…

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