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Kerouacs Blues

Post by Artguy » November 13th, 2005, 11:24 am

Ok I have been an avid reader of JK for years....and amongst my faves are his blues.....but I don't get it ...how do these works correlate to the musical blues...I will be reading some and trying to riff some blues rythm to it and I can't make it fit...so how are they blues??...someone please enlighten me...
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Post by firsty » November 28th, 2005, 5:38 pm

blues form as in a fixed form of time and space, each poem fitting onto one of his notebook pages instead of notes into 12bar blues form. also themes or structure or sound or noise strung from one verse to next, one riff repeated or expanded.
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Re: Kerouacs Blues

Post by Axanderdeath » November 28th, 2005, 6:40 pm

Artguy wrote:Ok I have been an avid reader of JK for years....and amongst my faves are his blues.....but I don't get it ...how do these works correlate to the musical blues...I will be reading some and trying to riff some blues rythm to it and I can't make it fit...so how are they blues??...someone please enlighten me...
his mexico city? I thought alot of that was too personal for me to get--maybe I should read er again...
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Post by firsty » November 29th, 2005, 10:55 am

best read in large doses, getting in the mood and midst of it. most of jacks writing is personal anyway, mostly his attempts to capture his own mind experience.
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Post by e_dog » December 3rd, 2005, 1:09 pm

Mex City Blues is like an 'advanced' read or else its nonsensical.

best to begin with Book of Blues, and to return to it also!

the style is jazz than blues; or jazz-blues.
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