Blue Monday.Blue Monday a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). - Brande & C. a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend. See also: Blue Blue Rick Coleman Da Capo da ca·po adv. Music Abbr. DC From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage. [Italian : da, from + capo, head.] Press 11 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02142 0396814919 $26.95 dacapopress.com In 1956 a black and white newsreel film displayed a haunting piano player: it was Fats Domino--and Rick Coleman's Blue Monday: Fats Domino And The Lost Dawn Of Rock N Roll opens with this scene, revealing the story behind a man given little credit for fostering the birth of rock n roll. Media commonly attributes this birth to Elvis Presley, but it was Domino who fostered the rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. style which came before it and set the foundation for a music revolution. His personal life, achievements, and philosophy is presented in a biography notable for its ability to provide plenty of insights on a reclusive re·clu·sive adj. 1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation. 2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut. personality's life and times. |
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