The Rhythm Archive: Music Articles & Trivia

Get your school of rock knowledge on, with Bluescentric’s own fun & informative musical library. Find articles on blues & soul music, bluegrass, vinyl record collecting, old music venues, interesting music trivia & more.

Rock & Roll Trivia, Articles, etc

Click to this section to learn all about the wild tour stories, articles, music trivia about rock music legends and the labels that made them stars.

Check out our page featuring Janis Joplin Trivia, Articles, Bands & Bio

Check out our page featuring Pink Floyd Trivia, Articles, Bands & Bio

Here’s a few of our favorite highlights:

Pink Floyd Echoes Lyrics

What Bands did Jimi Hendrix Play With

How Sun Records Invented Rock n Roll

David Bowie’s “Heroes” Songfacts and Words

Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin and the story of “Me and Bobby McGee”

The Story of Janis Joplin’s Porsche and it’s Wild Ride

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The Blues

Click to this section to learn all about the legends, tall tales, wild stories and funny language used in blues music with Bluescentric’s exclusive library of articles.

Here’s a few of our favorite highlights:

Every Blues Musician Featured on the Cover of the 1994 Jimi Hendrix BLUES Album

The Story Behind Robert Johnson Selling His Soul To The Devil

Howlin’ Wolf Trivia

Howlin’ Wolf SPOONFUL Songfacts and Lyrics

Lead Belly Trivia

Statesboro Blues Songfacts & Words

List of all Cameos in the 1980 Blues Brothers Movie

Chuck Berry’s Roll Over Beethoven Song Facts & Words

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Jazz Music Trivia, Articles, etc.

Here’s a few of our favorite Jazzy Highlights:

Why was Charlie Parker named “Bird”?

Kansas City’s famous Chesterfield Club

The Story Behind Miles Davis’ “So What” and the Recording of “Kind of Blue”

Why Miles Davis Stopped Playing “Kind of Blue” Live

Why Miles Davis stopped playing trumpet for five years

The Story behind Miles Davis “Bitches Brew”, songfacts, meaning, and history

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Soul & Funk Music

Here’s a few of our favorite soulful highlights:

Betty Jean Newsome, the woman behind James Brown’s Man’s World

Ten Things you didn’t know about Whitney Houston

Songfacts and Words for Aretha Franklin’s RESPECT

Parliament-Funkadelic Trivia & Articles

Parliament Funkadelic Trivia

Funkadelic “Can You Get To That” Songfacts and Lyrics

What is the difference between Parliament and Funkadelic?

What band members were in Funkadelic?

The Story of the Parliament-Funkadelic “One Nation Under a Groove” Flag

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Punk Music

Nazi Punks Fuck Off by Dead Kennedys Songfacts and Words

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Outlaw Country

What is Outlaw Country?

How Waylon Jennings Escaped Fate on Buddy Holly’s Doomed Plane

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way by Waylon Jennings Songfacts & Words

The Neat Story Behind Waylon Jennings’ 1977 song “Luckenbach Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)”

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Interesting Music Stories!

What is the Muscle Shoals Sound? And Who are The Swampers?

The Holy Grail: The Original Woodstock Tee

My Grass Is Blue Meaning

The Story Behind “This Machine Kills Fascists”: The Meaning, History & Why Woody Guthrie Wrote It

What Blues Musicians are featured on the cover of the 1994 Jimi Hendrix: BLUES album?

Canadian model Paula Turnbull was featured on the cover of both RUSH’s 1980 “Permanent Waves” album and their 1981 follow-up “Exit… Stage Left”.

A Brief History of the Ringer T-Shirt

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Articles for Record Collectors & Selling Vinyl Records

Read about vinyl record collecting, what to expect when you’re selling your record collection, the best vinyl record cleaning supplies & accessories, and interesting vinyl record information.

What is a Vinyl Turntable Slipmat?

How and Where to Sell Your Vinyl Record Collection 

The Best Record Stores in Nashville (Especially Downtown)

The Best Record Stores in St. Louis

The Best Record Stores in Kansas City

The B Side Record Store

How to Store Vinyl Records Properly

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Vintage Music Venues, Jazz & Blues Clubs, etc.

Take a trip to the gritty historic live music clubs and venues where your favorite genres were developed and your favorite artists played legendary once-in-a-lifetime performances. Important historic music venues too often fade into obscurity and Bluescentric works to honor & preserve these clubs’ legacies and memories.

The Chesterfield Club – Kansas City, Missouri

The Blue Bird Inn – Detroit, Michigan

Club Paradise – Memphis, Tennessee

Milton’s Tap Room – Kansas City, Missouri

Jay’s Lounge & Cockpit – Cankton, Louisiana

The Scene – New York CIty

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Vintage Record Labels

Discover the fascinating stories, hidden history and trivia behind some of the most influential record labels in music history! Take a musical journey from Memphis roots to electric Chicago, New York and across the ocean.

Cobra Records – Chicago, Illinois

Sun Records – Memphis, Tennessee

Pink Floyd

Who Were the Members of Pink Floyd

Who are the Voices, People and Laughter in Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” Album?

What the Dark Side of the Moon Album Cover Really Means, According to Pink Floyd