MUSI 104:  Out of the Blues and into Rock Tentative Outline


WEEK 1
Introduction to course
Read and study Chapters 1 & 2
DVD:  "Electric Blues" (King Biscuit Time), Stevie Ray Vaughn, Son House, Rev. Gary Davis,
             Mississippi John Hurt, Brownee McGhee & Sonny Terry, John Lee Hooker, "Early Delta Blues,"
             Leadbelly
Live performance
:  "Come in to My Kitchen," "Dangerous Mood," "Love in Vain"
WEEK 2
DVD:  "The Road to Memphis," Stevie Ray Vaughn, "The Attitude," Rolling Stones, "Blues Masters,"
            T-Bone Walker
CD:  B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Cream, Clapton, Keb' Mo', Allman Bros.
Live performance:  "Malted Milk"
QUIZ 1:  Wednesday
WEEK 3
DVD:  "Blues and Rock 'n' Roll," A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Boogie-    Woogie Masters," "Piano
            Blues," Muddy Waters,  Willie Dixon, Led Zeppelin, Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2, Paul
            Butterfield, The Blues Brothers
CD:  George Thorogood, Willie Dixon, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Allman Bros., Elmore James, Howlin'
         Wolf, John Lee Hooker
Live performance:  "Before You Accuse Me"
WEEK 4
DVD:  Bo Diddley, Ronnie Hawkins, "Red, White, and Blues," Janis Joplin,     Professor Longhair
CD:  Bo Diddley, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Big Mama Thornton
QUIZ 2:  Wednesday
WEEK 5
Read and study assigned sections from Chapter 3 and all of Chapter 4
DVD:  Bill Haley and the Comets, Blues Brothers, The Staples Singers, Joe Turner, Ike Turner
CD:  Big John Dickerson, Eric Bibb, the Stanley Brothers, Elvis Presley, "Big Boy" Crudup, Rod Stewart,
         Carl Perkins
Live performance:  "House of the Rising Sun"
WEEK 6
DVD:  Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Beatles, Rolling Stones
CD:  Ray Charles, Beatles, Rolling Stones
Live performance:  "Blackjack"
WEEK 7
DVD:  Rolling Stones, Alexis Corner, Jimi Hendrix
CD:  Robert Johnson, Clapton, The Band, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix
WEEK 8
DVD:  Jimmie Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt
CD:  B.B. King, Johnny Winter
EXAM 1:  Friday
WEEK 9
DVD:  Robert Cray, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mason, Dave Matthews, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, The Band,
            Allman Bros., the Who
CD:  Susan Tedeschi, Santana, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Allman Bros., ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Live performance:  "Little Wing"
WEEK 10
DVD:  Led Zeppelin, Keb' Mo', the Who, Crossroads Festival, Clapton, Jimi Hendrix
CD:  Cream, Free, Bad Company, Steppenwolf, Beatles, Blue Cheer, the Who, Rush, Roy Rogers, Walter
         Trout, Gov't Mule
WEEK 11
DVD:  Clapton, Jimi Hendrix
CD:  Keb' Mo'
QUIZ 3:  Monday
WEEK 12
DVD:  Stevie Ray Vaughan, Crossroads Festival
CD:  Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker
Live performance:  "Pride and Joy"
WEEK 13
DVD:  Blues Story
QUIZ 4:  Friday
WEEK 14
DVD:  Blues Story, "Was the U.K. Blues Scene Significant?"
CD:  Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Charlie Patton, Leadbelly, Willie Dixon, Rolling Stones, Bukka
         White
EXAM 2:  Friday

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