stormy monday tuesday bad stormy monday tuesday bad commonly referred stormy monday song written recorded american blues electric guitar pioneer bone walker slow bar blues performed west_coast blues style features walker smooth vocal distinctive guitar work record chart hit inspired electric guitar stormy monday walker best known recorded song bland popularized song appearance pop record charts bland introduced new arrangement chord later subsequent renditions version incorrectly title stormy monday blues copied resulted royalties paid songwriters walker recorded extended version live album additional changes arrangement album popularity group concert performances brought stormy monday attention rock audiences similarly singer hit recording popular later audience stormy monday popular blues standards numerous renditions necessary blues musicians found jazz soul pop rock performers song included grammy rock roll halls fame background bone walker earliest musicians use electric guitar moving los_angeles began performing regularly clubs center city jazz blues music scene started singer dancer jazz early jump blues bands orchestra playing electric guitar singing small particular style jazz influenced blues guitar included playing guitar neck splits brought attention july walker recorded mean old world got break baby artists los_angeles based record company music writer described songs sign bone walker blues guitar know love fluid elegant riffs mellow vocals setting standard future blues measure shortly recording career interrupted musicians strike diversion key material manufacture standard inch rpm record war effort world war walker signed producer conflicting information recording date stormy monday tuesday bad released single november stormy monday blues jazz single orchestra vocals number hit billboard magazine chart reached number magazine pop chart credited composition features big band arrangement different lyrics include words stormy monday fact walker song include stormy monday title led confusion songs true titles authorship recording composition conflicting accounts recording date stormy monday tuesday bad interview walker claimed recorded song war entered world war december released war time material restrictions journalist worked early 1940s believed walker recorded capitol song march released recording ban walker single band leader mean old world recorded july released capitol places recording stormy monday september session blues writer noted blues recording date recording took place hollywood california produced stormy monday performed club combo west_coast blues style small band style heard blues biggest hits 1940s evokes intimate musical setting prevailing jump blues dance hall style accompanying walker pianist bassist drummer horn players trumpet tenor saxophone key feature song instrumentation walker prominent guitar parts including extensive use ninth chords gives song distinctive sound author explained real sound riff based starting 9th chord step sliding analyze movement chord technically 13th chord resolving 9th chord added guitar chord line little guitar ninth chord figure unique thing bone signature chord line grabbed everybody everybody plays line like law play stormy monday walker plays bars single string guitar solo writer described remain ing largely middle register contains gems particularly use space melodic development horn accompaniment compared count 1930s kansas_city jazz bands walker uses standard bar blues structure song time key tempo beats minute lyrics chronicle feelings lost love days week starting monday stormy monday tuesday bad mood improves friday eagle flies metaphor allows saturday lyrics end sunday blues continuation trend earlier blues singers conclude prayer asking lord help singer crazy baby yeah send releases charts released stormy monday tuesday bad november entered billboard played box race records chart january reached number week stay bone walker second highest charting single bobby blues reached number according article billboard april single remained strong seller article announced purchase walker released unreleased master recordings year remainder recording contract months later june capitol reissued single label walker different studio live recordings song record companies career recorded version titled stormy monday pianist bassist drummer bradley performed original recording produced included walker album bone blues atlantic records writer described remake luxurious walker guitar crisp clear sitting right recording titled stormy monday included album later recording song uses chord similar rendition included sounds american culture series npr recognition influence original stormy monday tuesday bad inducted classic blues recording single album track category writing foundation called influential records blues history guitar history inducted grammy hall fame honor recordings lasting historical significance song included songs selected song inclusion sound recordings culturally historically aesthetically significant biographer referred mount blues song singer writer noted bone career write record tune place history american music guaranteed early electric blues guitar walker influenced generation blues musicians interviews stated stormy monday inspired begin playing electric guitar greatest musical debt bone stormy monday tune sang bone tuesday bad yes lord line thrilling notes sound guitar attitude voice especially loved stormy monday sing today according music journalist musicians similarly inspired electric guitar hearing walker song include renditions stormy monday standard blues broader appeal addition necessary virtually blues musicians song known performers genres play blues popularity encyclopedia entry concludes version wrote rest assured read notes performing stormy monday confusion length stormy monday tuesday bad shortened stormy monday stormy monday referred stormy monday blues title song according specifically gave song longer set apart trouble ensued artists began recording shortened names walker blamed owner giving wrong title artists including rendition appeared stormy monday blues bland version pop chart hit subsequently copied artists incorrect title result walker lost royalties song stormy monday blues payments hit version song titled stormy monday single incorrectly listed composers version american soul blues singer recorded interpretation song nashville tennessee september session produced song turn love light recalled bone walker stormy monday blues supposed tune finished album bobby bland said hey man want tune let tune said okay sat rhythm section think takes guitar player wanted change houston played old electric bass copy walker arrangement bland felt different song notably version features chord bars seven minor chord progression bland songs including breakthrough number farther road found subsequent renditions stormy monday commented influenced bennett playing recording influenced including released bland version titled stormy monday blues single reached number thirteen week stay chart included bland album man reached number billboard album chart additionally stormy monday went number pop chart bland fourth appearance music variety television program performed dancing teenagers version brothers began performing stormy monday early group later repertoire march performance song concert hall new_york_city recorded released album version based recording expanded minutes improvised bar substituted chord additionally substituted chord bar bar instrumentation song typical group consisting vocals electric guitars bass guitar organ drums demonstrates different style music pieces slow tempo takes solo organ solo shifting jazz feel guitar solo vocal coda means careful tape edit harmonica solo omitted issued version restored song release east popular enduring albums rock audiences stormy monday definitive version song version singer recorded stormy monday rendering song uptempo jazz influenced piece evokes recording included monday album according music writer pop tinged groove vocal incarnation classic entirely song initially promoted potential hit single radio audiences responded positively major hit stormy monday eventually reached number chart number pop chart included self titled debut album recordings artists addition renditions appear music charts recordings stormy monday release
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