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These \"city\" blues have received little scholarly attention; most writers have argued that little of this music is worth serious consideration, a degradation of the robust country blues into \"glossy, mechanistic self-parody and tasteless double-entendre\". Traditionally, one song has been identified as the root cause of this degradation, a seminal recording of the \"city\" style that also contained the seeds of its destruction: \"Tight Like That\". The song has served as a trope for everything hard-core blues addicts disliked about the \"city blues\", but especially the notion that, under pressure from producers and recording executives, artists were reduced to performing carbon copies of slick, double-entendre blues that harkened more to Tin Pan Alley than the rural \"folk blues.\" \"Tight Like That\"-- originally written and recorded by Georgia Tom and Tampa Red in October 1928-- was an immensely popular record. Virtually overnight, the song became a standard for professional entertainers, and a flood of cover versions were released. However, the diversity of these simulacra suggests the song-- or at least, many of its components-- has a rather longer history. Though song collectors refused to publish works they found indecent, anecdotal and musical evidence establishes that such \"hokum\" or ribaldry is deeply rooted in the folk blues tradition. However, \"Tight Like That\" also represents a fusion of various styles of African American popular music: the beat patterns and tempos of Chicago jazz, the polish of Tin Pan Alley blues, the forms and instrumental techniques of country blues and string and jug bands, and the rhythms of barrelhouse piano. Key musical characteristics of the song-- its use of structural riffs, multiple rhythmic layers, and walking bass lines-- not only typify the \"city\" blues style, but also serve as the foundation for R\u0026amp;B and rock 'n' roll.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Nathan Georgitis (Video Editor)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThough the Chicago blues are most commonly associated with the post-War era, they are an outgrowth of an earlier style that took shape from 1928-1941. 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Virtually overnight, the song became a standard for professional entertainers, and a flood of cover versions were released. However, the diversity of these simulacra suggests the song-- or at least, many of its components-- has a rather longer history. Though song collectors refused to publish works they found indecent, anecdotal and musical evidence establishes that such \"hokum\" or ribaldry is deeply rooted in the folk blues tradition. However, \"Tight Like That\" also represents a fusion of various styles of African American popular music: the beat patterns and tempos of Chicago jazz, the polish of Tin Pan Alley blues, the forms and instrumental techniques of country blues and string and jug bands, and the rhythms of barrelhouse piano. Key musical characteristics of the song-- its use of structural riffs, multiple rhythmic layers, and walking bass lines-- not only typify the \"city\" blues style, but also serve as the foundation for R\u0026amp;B and rock 'n' roll.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/166/389/small/ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_video_thmb.jpg?1668900705","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/166389","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_video.mp4"]},"duration":2988.05333,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/166/389/small/ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_video_thmb.jpg?1668900705","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/166389/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/166389/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/166/389/original/ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_video.mp4?1661976381","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":2988.05333,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/166389","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/255062","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_audio.mp3"]},"duration":2958.72725,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/255062/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/255062/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/255/062/original/ARSC_conf_2011_Schwartz_audio.mp3?1730306337","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":2958.72725,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1509/collection_resources/78720/file/255062","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}