单词 | barrelhouse |
释义 | barrelhouse/ˈbar(ə)lhaʊs /noun 1North American A cheap or disreputable bar.There are some eye-opening glimpses into the business of recording, musical discoveries with amplification, sharecropping life, and the get-down funkiness of the juke joints and barrelhouses....
2 [mass noun, usually as modifier] An unrestrained and unsophisticated style of jazz music: neither took formal music lessons—they developed their barrelhouse style through playing by ear...
OriginLate 19th century: so named because of the rows of barrels along the walls of such a bar. |
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