Blues in G Major

Hi, I'm Remy, and this is where an insomniac/DJ/dancer/blues enthusiast/feminist, post about dancing (usually in the form of gifs) and sometimes I get a little nerdy about music.

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Trying to figure out why you keep getting asked to dance

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Working on Your Hip Movements

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When You Hear A Blues Song While Out In Public

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MRW I’m Told You Can Dance Blues to Any Song

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When People Ask What Happened With Your Strictly Partner

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When Your Friend Decides to Go to the Side Room

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When the AC Goes Out at the Dance

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When You Find Out Austin Blues Party Has a Poly-Dancing Class

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Realising That’s Your Name on The Finals Results

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This seems appropriate to post today (Martin Luther King Jr. Day U.S.).  What started out as a personal project to look at the history of Blues and how it was used to call out racism and violence and somehow give hope came to be a solemn reminder of how far we still need to go. While these songs should be viewed with an historic lens to fully understand the subject matter of some songs, the overarching sentiments and implications historic and current are undeniable.

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When You Can’t Find a Place with Good Dancing

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Deciding to Sign Up for A Solo Comp

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When People Ask the Question of if it’s Appreciation or Appropriation

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When You’re too Broke to Go to Out of Town Workshops with your Friends

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When Your Friends Move Away From Your Scene

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When You Realise Sean Morse Just Rick Rolled an Entire Event

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The Roots of Elvis

I’ve been working to trace back the black roots of many of the songs that Elvis made popular. I’ve put together a decent list on Spotify, but since not every song is available there do not think of this as exhaustive. Still it gives insight into the birth of Rock and Roll, the adaptation and commercialisation of songs from “race records” for the consumption of white audiences, and the unsung contributions of many people of colour. You can enjoy this playlist by clicking this link: sptfy.com/rootsofelvis

P.S. I’ve traced back the provenance of most of these songs, and tried to get the original artists when I could, but did have to settle for those Elvis may have heard the song from, black artists that made the song famous before Elvis, and sometimes the origins were a bit iffy, so I tried to include the Black artist that originally inspired the song.