barry. a local jazz artists taught him guitar. he listened to blues, jazz and country, a combination that would become the backbone of his rock style. he joined johnny johnson s trio. three years later he met his idol muddy waters who introduced him to the record company. the first demo he handed in was maybelline, a song rolling stones credits with the start of rock n roll guitar. a string of hits followed. his style was like no other. neither was his guitar playing with his double string plucking and his famous duck walk. his success started to fade in 59 when he served time for immoral reasons involving an underage girl. then came the british invasion of the 1960s and while he
jazz soloist size, ms. mcdonald sings selections with sensitive musicianship and rich seams, a feeling that command rapt admiration. she is with us in studio. audra mcdonald, that reads as beautifully as your voice. i don t think that i ve ever read something that matched in such a seamless way something so beautiful as your voice. oh, taron, thank you. thank you so much. is absolutely true. what inspired i know a lot about the backstory, everything about it i ve read, for our audience, what was the connection with billie holiday? you know, she was such a pioneer. obviously, you know, one of the greatest voices of our generation, one of the greatest jazz artists of our generation but also for me, i was just so inspired by this woman who basically had this sort of dickensian life and how she, regardless of all the knocks, you know, still rose to the top, regardless of the fact that she was a star at a time when society was not treating african-americans well at all.
because the great american song book is the shakespear of america. it is the golden age of american music. we had black jazz artists. their music, you had tons of great writers. jewish immigrants, sons and daughters of jewish immigrants. you had johnny mercer who was an american american. they created the song book. the song book is i think it appeals to every age and every nationality. it is filled with hope i know my parents had a difficult time and their parents. it unified a nation. for a few minutes for three minutes or four minutes or during the time we listened to the music, everyone wasen throled with it. it is not like the niche music of lady gaga or rap ar pass. rap artist. i want to read a quote. you said, take a song i sing on the album all the way which won the oscar in 1958 and jukz
because the great american song book is the shakespear of america. it is the golden age of american music. we had black jazz artists. their music, you had tons of great writers. jewish immigrants, sons and daughters of jewish immigrants. you had johnny mercer who was an american american. they created the song book. the song book is i think it appeals to every age and every nationality. it is filled with hope i know my parents had a difficult time and their parents. it unified a nation. for a few minutes for three minutes or four minutes or during the time we listened to the music, everyone wasen throled with it. it is not like the niche music of lady gaga or rap ar pass. rap artist. i want to read a quote. you said, take a song i sing on the album all the way which won the oscar in 1958 and jukz