r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/MiamiMan2022 • 12h ago
George Harrison & Ringo Starr - While My Guitar Gently Weeps ( Live at The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1987 ) [HD]
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r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/CuteTelephone3399 • 16h ago
Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
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What a drag it is getting old
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r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/SAMTIMONIOUS • 28m ago
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH (1970) is a landmark recording - not just for Neil Young but '70s rock as a whole.
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r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/oldnyker • 17h ago
was only able to find part of our program from this show...but the early show audio is here on youtube. could only get tickets to the early show:
r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/Tall-Truth-9321 • 1h ago
Tommy Dorsey — “Boogie Woogie”
Genre: Big-band swing / boogie-woogie
Era: Late 1930s–1940s
Key musical characteristic: A relentlessly driving, blues-based groove.
Why this music grooves so effectively
1. The boogie-woogie bass pattern
The foundation of boogie-woogie is a repeating bass figure, traditionally played by the pianist’s left hand.
Typically, it’s built around a 12-bar blues progression, with an eight-note-to-the-bar rhythmic pattern.
That repetition produces something almost hypnotic. You don’t need a complicated melody because the rhythmic foundation is already so satisfying.
2. The swinging eighth notes
Unlike mambo, which generally employs straight subdivisions, boogie-woogie frequently uses a swung or shuffled rhythmic feel.
The uneven subdivision creates that rolling, bouncing sensation.
It’s one reason the music feels so physically engaging.
3. The brass arrangements
In Tommy Dorsey’s big-band interpretation, the horns transform what originated as a piano-centered blues style into something much bigger.
The brass riffs provide rhythmic punctuation, melodic excitement, and dramatic contrasts.
4. The interplay between sections
The rhythm section establishes the groove while the horns introduce variations and accents.
The music can maintain the same underlying pulse while continually changing what’s happening above it.
That’s a remarkably effective way to sustain excitement without sacrificing coherence.
An important historical detail
Tommy Dorsey’s famous recording of “Boogie Woogie” dates to 1938, although your compilation album was released much later.
His recording helped bring boogie-woogie into the mainstream swing-band repertoire.
The arrangement is associated with Sy Oliver, who subsequently became one of Dorsey’s most important arrangers, although the original 1938 recording predates Oliver’s joining the orchestra.
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r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/Responsible_Top7247 • 9h ago
popped it into an old boombox i dug out of storage fully expecting it to either shred the tape or play complete silence but it actually fired right up with some fuzzy sounding grunge track that instanly brought back the smell of hot vinyl seats and melted
gas station candy from when we drove down to the coast with the windows rolled all the way down.