Tulák Luke: Hank Williams a jeho alter ego pro mluvené slovo

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American country superstar Hank Williams (1923-1953) also released spoken word records under the name of ‘Luke the Drifter’. The topics ranged from homespun philosophy (“Just Waitin’”) to maudlin cants (“Men with Broken Hearts”), sermons warning against the dangers of drinking (“I’ve Been Down That Road Before”), even to politics (the anti- Stalin piece “No, No, Joe”). Williams’ ‘Luke the Drifter’ recitations are the most personal works by Williams, performed and recorded against the wishes of his record company and own producer, hence the creation ‘Luke the Drifter’. Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, John Prine, and David Allan Coe are among the singer-songwriters who were influenced by the ‘Luke the Drifter’ recordings, in which Williams’ legendary voice is given free reign to employ the full range of his vocal powers as an orator: to persuade, condemn, preach, mock, and eulogize. It is hard to imagine Hank’s legacy without these spoken word texts, the closest thing he came to folk music; without them, we never would have gotten to “know” the man behind the music. … celý popis

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Matthew Sweney, 1964-

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Od folkloru k world music: Hudba a slovo. -- ISSN 2336-565X. -- s. 116-126

Témata

Williams, Hank, > 1923-1953

dějiny hudby

history of music

etnomuzikologie

ethnomusicology

Luke the Drifter; spoken word; talking blues; Gram Parsons

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studies