Sam Myers in Chicago - mid 20th Century
from Sam Myers: The Blues is My Story, pages 114-115:
The best studios I worked at back then were J&M in New Orleans and Chess in Chicago. What made them special was that the vocalist was separated from the band. You had headphones on, and the vocalist would be closed off from the band in a little booth. Everybody had headphones so you could hear what's going on. That way, you didn't have any bleed-over tracks in that soundproof booth. Everybody could hear one another, and the engineer would just turn up his mic and his headphones to where he could hear himself along with the band. In a case like Elmore's, when he was singing and playing … more >>
Jeff Horton and Sam Myers, Sam Myers: The Blues is My Story (City of Jackson, 2006), p. 114-115. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432899196207 accessed: 7 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers'Can't Hold Out' | performed by Elmore James, Sam Myers |
'Set a Date' | performed by Elmore James, Sam Myers |
'The Sky is Crying' | performed by Elmore James, Sam Myers |
Blues | performed by Elmore James |
Experience Information
Date/Time | mid 20th Century |
Medium | live, playback |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Sam Myers is mulling over his experience of the record industry over almost 50 years