Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society
Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society
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- Lonnie Johnson (Alonzo Johnson)<br />
- Son House (Eddie James House, Jr.)<br />
- Mattie Delaney<br />
L O V E C O M E D O W N<br />
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down means to feel strong sexual desire for someone. By<br />
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Bessie Smith admitted:<br />
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concept <strong>of</strong> life force, or prana, which depicts it as flowing in vayu<br />
throughout <strong>the</strong> body. Different vayu control different bodily functions and flow in<br />
different directions. The apana vayu, which controls ejaculation (as well as urination,<br />
defecation, giving birth, menstruation, and creative work) flows downward.<br />
Controlling <strong>the</strong> flow <strong>of</strong> prana is a primary focus in all yogic practices. Yogis use such<br />
practices as asana (directing prana by practicing physical postures) and pranayama<br />
(restraining or controlling <strong>the</strong> breath in order to restrain or control prana) to reverse <strong>the</strong><br />
flow <strong>of</strong> apana vayu<br />
- so that<br />
s personal consciousness can merge with <strong>the</strong> universal consciousness that jazz<br />
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Songs:<br />
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- Charlie Pickett<br />
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- Bessie Smith<br />
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Maxwell Street Market was <strong>the</strong> Chicago neighborhood where blues musicians busked on<br />
<strong>the</strong> street from <strong>the</strong> 1940s until it was leveled in 1996 to make way for University <strong>of</strong><br />
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