BRIAN CAIN VOCALS, BLUES HARP AND RYTHUM GUITAR.
DAVE HOOPER and WARREN ADAMS LEAD AND SLIDE GUITARS. SEAN NOLAN BASS. PAUL CARRUTHERS DRUMS.
Influences
Construction Of The Blues Most blues researchers claim that the very early blues were patterned after English ballads and often had eight, ten, or sixteen bars. (Tanner 36) The blues now consists of a definite progression of harmonies usually consisting of eight, twelve or sixteen measures, though the twelve bar blues are, by far, the most common. The 12 bar blues harmonic progression (the one-four-five) is most often agreed to be the following: four bars of tonic, two of subdominant, two of tonic, two of dominant, and two of tonic. Or, alternatively, I,I,I,I,IV,IV,I,I,V,V,I,I. Each roman numeral indicates a chord built on a specific tone in the major scale. Due to the influence of rock and roll, the tenth chord has been changed to IV. This alteration is now considered standard. (Tanner 37) In practice, various intermediate chords, and even some substitute chord patterns, have been used in blues progressions, at least since the nineteen-twenties. (Machlis 578) Some purists feel that any variations or embellishments of the basic blues pattern changes its quality or validity as a blues song. For instance, if the basic blues chord progression is not used, then the music being played is not the blues. Therefore, these purists maintain that many melodies with the word "blues" in the title, and which are often spoken of as being the blues, are not the blues because their melodies lack this particular basic blues harmonic construction. (Tanner 37) I believe this viewpoint to be a bit wide of the mark, because it places a greater emphasis on blues harmony than melody. The principal blues melodies are, in fact, holler cadences, set to a steady beat and thus turned into dance music and confined to a three-verse rhymed stanza of twelve to sixteen bars. (Lomax 275) The singer can either repeat the same basic melody for each stanza or improvise a new melody to reflect the changing mood of the lyrics. (Kamien 519)
Blues rhythm is also very flexible. Performers often sing "around" the beat, accenting notes either a little before or behind the beat. (Kamien) Jazz instrumentalists frequently use the chord progression of the twelve-bar blues as a basis for extended improvisations. The twelve or sixteen bar pattern is repeated while new melodies are improvised over it by the soloists. As with the Baroque bassocontinuo, the repeated chord progression provides a foundation for the free flow of such improvised melodic lines. (Kamien 520)
(Taken from Michaels myspace site and very well said!)
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Brian Cain is one of Australia’s finest cross blues harp players with vocal and harp playing experience and ability allow him to tell the story of the blues from its inception from the likes of Little Walter and Robert Johnson to ballads and blues rock tunes of the current day and is joined by some of Australia’s leading guitar players when doing duos. Brian’s acoustic solo set features traditional, contemporary and original acoustic blues with blues harp and vocals, his acoustic blues folk ballads with acoustic guitar and vocal telling the story of some of Australia’s past such as the ballad of Daniel about the disappearance of child Daniel Morcombe and The great race about the sudden loss of Peter Brock. The duo incorporates all this plus playing more original material from his albums acoustically. Indiana Phoenix the band is live dance boogie rock with high energy ballads incorporating blues shuffle, boogie, rock and Bo Didley beat influences. Brian says before he became himself he was influenced by blues harp player Paul Jones of London’s The Blues Band and the bands of American guitarist Johnny Winter. Indiana Phoenix is a product of the Australian pub blues rock scene over the past 30 years. Brian Cain has been the most subscribed to Australian musician of all time on youtube for over a year now.
Hiya Brian...Nice New Song/s.... Cheers & Support from Us Here & ALL Our Media/Music Concerns in AUSTRALIA & Overseas... Love & Peace. ♫OzMusoWorx♫ Paul,Jono & The OzMuso Team & Denny's Family. xo p.s. keep in touch...k.
Hey Brian! I am Ok. It's good to hear from you and I hope all is well down under. I am not playing a lot these days but did a show on Halloween last Saturday night, it was fun. Check out the videos from the show I posted today. I reckon it's getting hot down there about now, just starting to cool off here. Take care and all the best.
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