Jedine tri poznate postojeće fotografije slavnog bluz muzičara Roberta Džonsona, oko 1935







Kaže se, ko pronađe četvrtu, bogat je čovek. Najpoznatiji po "dogovoru s đavolom", ali i presudnom uticaju na generacije rok muzičara, pre svih Kleptona koji od početka karijere do danas obrađuje i posvećuje šesme Džonsonu. Inače još jean broj 3 vezan za Džonsona: ima tri groba, a nije sigurno da li je sahranjen u ijednom od njih. Navodno je otrovan od strane gazde bara u kome je svirao i sa čijom je ženom spavao (preljuba je čest motiv kod bluzera), mada neki smatraju da je to zapravo "đavo došao po svoje". Umro je u 27. godini i time nesvesno započeo "klub 27".

Jedina poznata postojeća fotografija bluz muzičara Čarlija Patona, 1930-te



Čarlija Patona mnogi smatraju ocem bluza, jer je bio uzor i učitelj mnogim kasnijim velikanima (Robertu Džonsonu, San Hausu, Džonu Li Hukeru, Haulin Volfu), mada je i on naučio "zanat" od malo poznatog Henrija Slouna (o kome takođe postoji zanimljiva legenda, ali da ne širim priču). Iako nizak rastom, mršav i bezub, bio je veliki ženskaroš i kavgadžija, pa je često dolazio u sukob i sa belcima (nimalo preporučljivo u Misisipiju). Snimao je u četiri navrata i ostavio iza sebe nekoliko desetina pesama među kojima je najpoznatija Pony Blues.

Tekst iz magazina Lajf o bluz muzičaru Led Beliju, 19 april 1937



Tekst je previše sitan da bi se pročitao, ali naslov govori dovoljno. Priča ide ovako: Led Beli je bio u zatvoru zbog ubistva (i to belca, što je na američkom jugu posebno težak zločin) kada ga je otkrio muzikolog Džon Lomaks koji se bavio skupljanjem i snimanjem bluz, kantri i folk pesama radi prezervacije u Kongresnoj biblioteci. Zahvaljujući njegovom zalaganju, Led Beli je pušten iz zatvora i ostvario solidnu karijeru u narednih par godina, što je inspirisalo dotični magazin za tekst o "lošem crnji koji je postao uspešan bard". Ljupko.

Inače je do smrti Led Beli još jednom završio u zatvoru nakon što je izboo čoveka u tuči (imao je jako preku narav), ali je i tada pušten zalaganjem Lomaksovog sina i naslednika Alana. Najpoznatiji je po unošenju folk elemenata u bluz i širokom spektru američkih narodnih pesama koje je sačuvao od zaborava. Inače postoji tzv. "newsreel" koji dramatizuje susret Džona Lomaksa i Led Belija u zatvoru na način koji je istovremeno zanimljiv i po današnjim merilima potpuno rasistički:



This is an excerpt from a 1935 March of Time newsreel (produced by Time magazine) which re-enacts Leadbelly's release from Angola Prison, Louisiana. John Lomax plays himself, and Leadbelly performs 'Goodnight Irene'.

Linčovanje Tomasa Šipa i Abrahama Smita, 7. avgust 1930.



Navodno poslednji linč severno od tzv. Mejson-Dikson linije koja je za vreme rata, a i kasnije, delila Ameriku na sever i jug. Hiljade kopija ove slike je kasnije prodato kao suvenir, a zašto i ne bi, vidi se da nikom na slici ne smeta što upravo prisustvuje ubistvu. Ova fotografija je 1937. inspirisala poemu "Strange Fruit", od koje je kasnije nastala istoimena pesma proslavljena u izvođenju Bili Holidej.

November 9th 1967: First issue of ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine



On this day in 1967, the first edition of Rolling Stone magazine was published. The magazine began as a music magazine with embraced the hippie culture of the 1960s. As the founder (and editor to this day) Jann Wenner said in the first edition, Rolling Stone "is not just about the music, but about the things and attitudes that music embraces." To this day the magazine remains a major musical, political, and cultural publication, and has featured interviews with major figures from John Lennon to Barack Obama. To feature on the cover of Rolling Stone is still an honour held by many important figures.

The first edition (see above) featured a cover piece about the film ‘How I Won The War’, starring the Beatle John Lennon

Za one koje zanimaju stari brojevi, mogu se naći ovde.

Nisam siguran da li je ova slika već bila, deluje mi poznato

Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee



U to vreme su sva četvorica bila mlade nade diskografske kuće Sun Records iz Memfisa, poznate i po tome što je objavila, po mišljenju mnogih, prvu rokenrol pesmu "Rocket 88". Počelo je kada je Sem Filips, vlasnik Sun Records-a, doveo Džerija Li Luisa da na klaviru prati Karla Perkinsa prilikom snimanja, da bi kasnije u toku dana svratio i Elvis sa tadašnjom devojkom Merilin Evans (iako je već prešao u RCA ostao je prijatelj sa Filipsom kome je dugovao karijeru) i pridružio im se u "džemovanju" u studiju. Na kraju se priključio i Džoni Keš, i upotpunio tzv. Million Dollar Quartet, kako su prozvani sutradan u novinama. Snimljeno je 40-ak pesama (iako to nije bilo planirano), ali kako je Elvis tada bio potpisnik druge kuće, nisu mogle biti objavljene sve do 1981.

Inače se na originalnoj fotografiji vidi i Merilin Evans kako sedi na klaviru.



Koga zanima kako je to zvučalo davne 1956. godine:



Više o tome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Quartet

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller: a year in their lives - in pictures

A View from the Bridge, currently revived at the Young Vic, was first staged in London in 1956. It was a dramatic year for Miller: he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee, divorced his wife, Mary Slattery, and married Marilyn Monroe, whose own career had been boosted by her performance in Bus Stop. Miller and Monroe travelled to London together for the opening of A View from the Bridge, directed by Peter Brook. Revisit their sensational year in pictures



Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe on a bike ride in August 1956. They first met five years earlier on the set of the film As Young as You Feel. Photograph: Harold Clements/Getty Images




Bus Stop, based on William Inge's play, gave Monroe one of her first fully-fledged dramatic parts. The film was released in the summer of 1956. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features





Arthur Miller arrives in New York in June 1956, a day after his divorce from Mary Slattery. When asked by reporters, he refuses to comment on his relationship with Monroe. Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images





Monroe and Miller were married twice – in a civil ceremony on 29 June and again, two days later, in a Jewish ceremony. Photograph: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images




Monroe combined her honeymoon in London with shooting her new film, The Prince and the Showgirl, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. The film was based on a Terence Rattigan play. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features





The making of The Prince and the Showgirl was difficult for both Olivier and Monroe, as recounted in the film My Week with Marilyn, based on Colin Clark's memoirs. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images




Arthur Miller with Peter Brook, far right, in discussions for A View from the Bridge, which opened at the Comedy theatre in London in October 1956. That year, Miller refused to name names when he was questioned about communism before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The play explores informers and illegal immigrants. Photograph: Alamy





Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the opening night of A View from the Bridge. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images





A View from the Bridge was banned by the Lord Chamberlain so the Comedy theatre was turned into a club in order to stage the play. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images





Monroe and Miller leave the theatre. 'How could she walk?' asked the Daily Mail, reporting that the star wore 'a scarlet satin gown so tight around the knees that walking was an achievement'. The Guardian's Philip Hope-Wallace called the play 'deathly earnest'. Kenneth Tynan thought it was 'just short of being a masterpiece'. A View from the Bridge continues at the Young Vic until 7 June 2014. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

1976: Tree made from sausages

1970s: “Have you ever had a bad time in Levis?”