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"Love in Vain" is a 1937 blues song written by Robert Johnson, and can be found on a number of compilation albums of Johnson's work (most notably on the vinyl album King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. 2, that, along with Vol. 1, introduced Johnson to many later musicians); and on its original (and extremely rare) 78rpm single release (Vocalion 04630). Image File history File links KotDBS1. ...
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Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ...
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
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Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ...
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It has since been covered by many other musicians, most famously by The Rolling Stones on their 1969 album, Let It Bleed; - In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...
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Let It Bleed is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1969. ...
"For a time we thought the songs that were on that first album were the only recordings (Robert Johnson had) made, and then suddenly around '67 or '68 up comes this second (bootleg) collection that included Love in Vain. Love in Vain was such a beautiful song. Mick and I both loved it, and at the time I was working and playing around with Gram Parsons, and I started searching around for a different way to present it, because if we were going to record it there was no point in trying to copy the Robert Johnson style or ways and styles. We took it a little bit more country, a little bit more formalized, and Mick felt comfortable with that." - Keith Richards, 1990
"We changed the arrangement quite a lot from Robert Johnson's. We put in extra chords that aren't there on the Robert Johnson version. Made it more country. And that's another strange song, because it's very poignant. Robert Johnson was a wonderful lyric writer, and his songs are quite often about love, but they're desolate." - Mick Jagger, 1995
"Sometimes I wonder... myself (about how we developed that arrangement). I don't know! (laughs) We only knew the Robert Johnson version. At the time we were kicking it around, I was into country music - old white country music, '20s and '30s stuff, and white gospel. Somewhere I crossed over into this more classical mode. Sometimes things just happen. We were sitting in the studio, saying, Let's do "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson. Then I'm trying to figure out some nuances and chords, and I start to play it in a totally different fashion. Everybody joins in and goes, Yeah, and suddenly you've got your own stamp on it. I certainly wasn't going to be able to top Robert Johnson's guitar playing." - Keith Richards, 1995
It was also covered by Johnson fan Eric Clapton on his 2004 album, Me and Mr. Johnson, along with several other Robert Johnson classics. While The Stones have done perhaps the most successful and imaginative interpretations of his songs (their version of 'Stop Breakin' Down' on 'Exile on Main St' does the song justice), Johnson's originals remain unsurpassed. The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and...
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The song is noted for its melancholic lyrics and tone, and extremely sad overall feeling and style, especially on Johnson's version. In the film "The Search For Robert Johnson" there's a scene wherein John Hammond plays Robert's recording of "Love In Vain" for Willie Mae Powell, the woman it was supposedly written for. Johnson moans "Oh, Willie Mae" in his last verse.
Johnson was an admirer of blues singer/pianist Leroy Carr who, solo and with guitarist Scrapper Blackwell, cut some influential recordings. 'Love In Vain' takes its musical structure from Carr's classic 'In the Evenin' When the Sun Goes Down'. Both songs express a yearning and sorrow for the loss of a lover. Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced artists like Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. ...
Francis Scrapper Blackwell Scrapper Blackwell (21 February 1903—7 October 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer. ...
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