Rare studio footage of Detroit blues, curated from across the internet. Browse 3 clips below.
Studio footage is the holy grail for music fans. Watching an artist build a song from scratch — layering tracks, debating arrangements, experimenting with sounds — is as close as you can get to witnessing the creative act itself. These clips pull back the curtain on recordings that millions of people know by heart, showing the work, the accidents, and the decisions that made them what they are.
Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. was an American Chicago blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. Born October 26, 1931 in Haynes, Arkansas, died August 9, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. A native of Haynes, Arkansas, Williams learned to play piano as a child in Flint, Michigan after his family moved there. He started his piano career in the tough clubs and juke joints around Flint, eventually re...
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1:31The Contours, Freda Payne, The Temptations, The Funk Brothers, The Four Tops, Etta James, Ed King, Prince, Music industry, Harold Melvin, James Jamerson, Jazz band, Detroit blues, Thornetta Davis, Melvins, Eddie Willis, Songwriter, Y&T
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