Although first performed by Handy and his band as a sprightly double-time march, the song was soon reclaimed by Bessie Smith and others as a plaintive slow-drag with a hybrid major-minor melody.
verb
[no object]
Dance to a slow drag.
they slow-dragged to low-down blues
Example sentencesExamples
How they felt on my back when he slow-dragged with me, at a fateful ‘Blue Lights in the Basement’ party.
The music on this album feels at some points like you should be listening while watching from a velvet-seated auditorium - and at other points like you should be swaying your hips and slow-dragging at a juke joint in Mississippi.
Definition of slow drag in US English:
slow drag
noun
A slow blues rhythm or piece of music.
慢布鲁斯节奏，慢乐曲
Example sentencesExamples
Although first performed by Handy and his band as a sprightly double-time march, the song was soon reclaimed by Bessie Smith and others as a plaintive slow-drag with a hybrid major-minor melody.
verb
[no object]
Dance to a slow drag.
they slow-dragged to low-down blues
Example sentencesExamples
The music on this album feels at some points like you should be listening while watching from a velvet-seated auditorium - and at other points like you should be swaying your hips and slow-dragging at a juke joint in Mississippi.
How they felt on my back when he slow-dragged with me, at a fateful ‘Blue Lights in the Basement’ party.