Magic Slim was one of the last in a long line of musicians who grew up in the Deep South and then moved to Chicago, where the blues evolved in the years after World War II from a folk music played primarily on acoustic guitars to a loud, raucous, distinctly urban music, played on electric instruments by the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, that was a precursor of rock 'n' roll.
They are the people who are willing to speak a little louder and more distinctly.
I distinctly remember someone saying out loud "it's an earthquake," which not everyone on the train had realized yet.
A new national poll demonstrates that the loudest voices are distinctly out of touch with the public's preference for strong regulations to protect the country's health.
We were sitting on the other side of the courtyard, which made it hard to see them clearly, but although the noise of the crowd was very loud, above it I could distinctly hear the report of boots striking cobbles.
The room is a shade of peacock blue so loud the cast of Shameless would consider it distinctly lairy.
Whereas most would not have thought much of Britain's role in our region otherwise, the first, loud message emanating from Cameron's government is distinctly pro-Indian.
The voices above us could still be heard distinctly, but it was unclear whether that was because the Germans were yelling louder to incite their reluctant dogs, or whether they had made it past the wall and were approaching.
Crankenstein would say, MEHHRRRR!" The text of this book is simple but effective: Crankenstein, who is green and none too pretty, but distinctly boy-like, never says a proper English word, but responds to all cheerful questions with loud monster-speak noises.
Now, every seven or eight minutes, during the daylight hours, a loud and unfamiliar dose of birdsong overwhelms the block for about forty seconds: wailing, whistling, screeching; one distinctly unpigeon-like call after the next, in rapid succession.
