Big Maceo Merriweather "Worried Life Blues , 1941, Big Maceo Merriweather from the album Flying Boogie,

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audio via miltsi1987 audio link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadjOl88o-0 Big Maceo Merriweather (31 marzo 1905 - 23 febrero 1953) fue un pianista y canta nte estadounidense de blues de Chicago, que acta en Chicago en la dcada de 1940. Nacido Major Merriweather (o Merewether) en Atlanta, Georgia, Estados Unidos, er a un pianista autodidacta. En la dcada de 1920 se traslad a Detroit, Michigan y co menz a tocar fiestas y clubes. En 1941, un deseo de grabar lo llev a Chicago, dond e conoci y se hizo amigo de Tampa Red. Red le present a Lester Melrose de Bluebird Records, con quien lo firm a un contrato de grabacin. Su primer disco fue "Worried Life Blues" (1941), que rpidamente se convirti en un blues xito y sigui siendo su melodia caracterstica. Otras grabaciones clsicas de blu es para piano como "Chicago Breakdown", "Texas Stomp" y "Detroit Jump" sigui. Su estilo pianstico desarrollado a partir de msicos como Leroy Carr y Roosevelt Sykes , as como del estilo boogie-woogie de Meade Lux Lewis y Albert Ammons. l a su vez influy a otros msicos como Henry Gray, quien acredita Merriweather que le ayuden a lanzar su carrera como pianista de blues. Su estilo tuvo un impacto en prcticamente todos los reconocidos pianistas de blue s tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su cancin ms famosa, "Worried Life Blues" es un elemento bsico del repertorio de blues, y artistas como Eric Clapton se presenta regularmente en conciertos. "Worried Life Blues" fue en la primera tanda de canc iones incluidos en el Blues Hall of Fame junto a "Stormy Monday", "Sweet Home Ch icago", "Dust My Broom" y "Hellhound On My Trail." Su carrera se vio truncada en 1946 por un derrame. La mala salud y una vida de c onsumo excesivo de alcohol condujo a un ataque cardaco fatal. Muri el 23 de febrer o de 1953 en Chicago y fue enterrado en el Cementerio Memorial de Detroit en War ren, Michigan. Wikipedia Big Maceo Merriweather (March 31, 1905 February 23, 1953) was an American Chicag o blues pianist and singer active in Chicago in the 1940s. Born Major Merriweather (or Merewether) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he w as a self-taught pianist. In the 1920s he moved to Detroit, Michigan and began p laying celebrations and clubs. In 1941, a desire to record led him to Chicago wh ere he met and befriended Tampa Red. Red introduced him to Lester Melrose of Blu ebird Records, who signed him to a recording contract. His first record was "Worried Life Blues" (1941), which promptly became a blues hit and remained his signature song. Other classic piano blues recordings such a s "Chicago Breakdown , "Texas Stomp , and "Detroit Jump" followed. His piano style d eveloped from players like Leroy Carr and Roosevelt Sykes, as well as from the B oogie-woogie style of Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons. He in turn influenced o

ther musicians like Henry Gray, who credits Merriweather to helping him launch h is career as a blues pianist. His style had an impact on practically every post World War II blues pianist of note. His most famous song, "Worried Life Blues" is a staple of the blues repert oire, with artists such as Eric Clapton featuring it regularly in concert. "Worr ied Life Blues" was in the first batch of songs inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame alongside "Stormy Monday," 'Sweet Home Chicago , "Dust My Broom , and "Hellhou nd On My Trail." His career was cut short in 1946 by a stroke. Poor health and a lifetime of heav y drinking eventually led to a fatal heart attack. He died on February 23, 1953, in Chicago, and was interred at the Detroit Memorial Cemetery in Warren, Michig an.