Smoke House Blues

Clarence W.
Compiled while listening to the Sunday night blues show on local radio.
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  1. bar
    a rigid piece of metal or wood
    12 type blues
  2. bend
    form a curve
  3. blues
    a state of depression
  4. Britain
    a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
  5. chain gang
    a gang of convicts chained together
  6. chromatic
    being, having, or characterized by color
  7. crossroad
    a junction where one street or road crosses another
  8. dance
    taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music
  9. delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
  10. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  11. devil
    an evil supernatural being
  12. diatonic
    based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
  13. drum
    a musical percussion instrument
  14. ebony
    hard dark-colored wood used to make furniture
  15. fifth
    coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
    the bluesy note
  16. fight
    be engaged in a contest or struggle
  17. gospel
    the written body of teachings accepted by a religious group
  18. guitar
    a stringed instrument usually having six strings
  19. harmonica
    a small rectangular instrument into which air is blown
  20. harp
    a chordophone with strings between the neck and the soundbox
  21. ivory
    a hard smooth dentine of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  22. joint
    junction by which parts or objects are linked together
    Juke should be in front of joint but VT doesn't recognize it.
  23. joy
    the emotion of great happiness
  24. key
    metal device that allows a lock's mechanism to be rotated
  25. King
    United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
    B.B, Albert, Willie
  26. liquor
    an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  27. movement
    change of position that does not entail a change of location
  28. music
    an artistic form of auditory communication
  29. piano
    a musical instrument played by pressing black and white keys
  30. railroad
    a line of track providing a runway for wheels
  31. record
    anything providing permanent evidence about past events
  32. resonator
    an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude
  33. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  34. slavery
    the state of being in forced servitude to another person
  35. slide
    move smoothly along a surface
  36. smile
    a facial expression with the corners of the mouth turned up
  37. smoke
    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  38. soul
    the immaterial part of a person
  39. south
    the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
  40. story
    a record or narrative description of past events
  41. tear
    separate or cause to separate abruptly
  42. train
    educate for a future role or function
  43. gamble
    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  44. river boat
    a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
  45. bass
    the lowest part of the musical range
  46. first
    preceding all others in time or space or degree
  47. fourth
    following the third position
  48. tremolo
    a tremulous effect produced by repetition of a single tone
  49. minor
    inferior in number or size or amount
    the keys somewhere between a smile and a tear
Created on Mon Apr 20 00:29:45 EDT 2009 (updated Mon Apr 20 01:05:39 EDT 2009)

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