blues song recorded solo performance featuring vocal electric guitar rhythmic foot lyrics partly autobiographical alternate spoken sung verses song debut record release home electric blues song reach number records chart song trend late 1940s new style urban electric blues based earlier delta blues called resembles early country blues piano derived style 1930s 1940s gave credit stepfather moore taught rhythm pronunciation children teenager song lyrics derived earlier blues songs guitar work song inspired known instrument driving style focus rhythm considered forerunner rock roll music critic calls guitar figure riff launched million songs rock musicians patterned successful songs directly indirectly versions include songs rock band heat recorded received version best known hits uses elements song led legal action song publisher resulted changes american copyright law background moved detroit michigan employment opportunities city wartime vehicle manufacturing factories attracted music clubs hastings street black paradise valley cultural center city black community recounts experience narrative came attention local record shop owner arranged demos recorded later presented ran detroit area professional record company played ensemble time decided record solo attention solely singer guitarist contrast prevailing jump blues style emphasized ensemble instrumentation recent hit singles stripped electrified delta blues inspired approach composition lyrics described music critic blues primitive market dark vocals backed ringing heavily guitar pounding foot interview came wrote song detroit guitar thing come know heard stepfather moore sic years years little kid south heard song like didn beat kept beat called performed song clubs recording called settling according closest thing records blues recorded hill country northern mississippi essentially pre blues sort music open ended fixed verse form lent building cumulative effect vocal sung spoken sections commenting vocal sections music historian notes song melody harmony fact hard song like bit steam consciousness time lyrics borrowed earlier songs date beginning blues opening line mama didn allow stay night long origins mama don allow old dance song songs recorded 1920s similar titles pianist sung spoken sections includes lines don care don allow play music don music second takes song include similar verses narrative include crucial mid song hook guitar break gives song lyrical identity key feature song driving guitar rhythmic figure centered chord accents fell ahead beat music journalist describes rocking dance piece structure utterly free form basic beat jumping groove learned delta interview confirmed open guitar tuning technique guitar usually raising pitch employed hammer pull techniques described ascending bass line played fifth string music writer titled resemble earlier style based left hand piano walking bass line performed guitar forms popular 1940s instrumental guitar derivative overwhelmingly personal piece blues recording release september arranged recording sessions studios detroit songs recorded vocals guitar sound fuller microphone set placed foot according account primitive echo chamber effect created feeding foot rhythm speaker toilet bowl turn returned speaker studio guitar giving big ambient sound takes performance recorded providing master record label licensed los_angeles based november released nationally commented immediate appeal thing caught country come box went place went playing response nashville tennessee radio station clear channel station reached states canada played song times row broadcast night entered chart january remained eighteen weeks reached number february popular race record reportedly sold thousand million copies experience similar hit stone song popularity allowed factory job concentrate music early influence commercial success big impact blues musicians disc jockey memphis tennessee radio station time regularly featured song recalled hardly anybody playing time didn play heavy musicians play didn play time people probably look wonder wrong big record murray song equivalent punk rock simple interested year old think record paid attention found radio said guy play know mean got hell style interview described learning play age thirteen thing thought learned play knew sounded right listen guy later recorded version album recalled song learned play success brought numerous offers record record companies received little sales record readily accepted opportunities generate income led recording variety including man labels regent prize staff gone chess swing time later versions demand remained high record song times recorded faster version different lyrics sensation label issued released edited version titled new began association recorded closely follows original single similarity version version vice versa jay version half minute shorter original takes september detroit recording session began appearing compilation albums 1970s titles original modern associated labels including kent crown reissued song times 1960s onwards recorded studio live renditions guest musicians rolling_stones recorded updated version song titled blues rock group joint album heat blues historian describes performance memorable combines vocal signature rock backing heard group jam song fried hockey adaptation despite minutes long extended guitar harmonica solos remains original recognition legacy recording inducted writing foundation blues historian noted home electric blues record achieve chart status success hits followed inspired record companies search new electric generation country received grammy hall fame award included list songs added noted driving rhythm lyrics guaranteed place influential enduring blues classic authors included book rock roll record identifying rock roll inspired songs beginning recorded interpretation titled good parker hit subsequently recorded feel good wanna influential album west soul version titled appeared album blues similar arrangement hit shake songs borrow directly indirectly include radio hits road spirit sky copyright issues song publisher brought legal action copyright infringement song writer notes recordings released heat elements common including guitar pattern vocal line case wound way american legal system including appeal ruling favor publisher persuaded amend copyright act protect songs recorded entering public domain settled court gained financial reward song obtained rights song years earlier noted nonetheless spontaneous performance recording studio led substantial change intellectual property law
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