This kind of blues came into being a few years ahead of jazz, to which it is related, thanks to W.C. So perhaps it is not surprising that they were the ones to make the most of the blues by setting them to music. … African Americans had better reasons than most to feel the blues. Here are some of the more accurate and interesting definitions of “The Blues”Īmerica has long had the blues, but not until African Americans set the blues to music did we know what to do with them. Click Below to Learn How the Blues were Born and Shaped Rock Music
Louis, and Memphis) while others went south to New Orleans. After Wo rld War II, many musicians heade d north to Chicago (as well as Detroit, St. Historians and musicians are clear – the Blues had a direct and significant influence of what has come to be called “Rock and Roll.” As the father of modern electric blues Muddy Waters proudly stated that “The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll.” As I wrote elsewhere, Brian Jo nes and the Rolling Stones were major interpreters of the C hicago blues ( as were other British rockers including: Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Eric Burton, and others.) This ar ticle examines the ori gins and impacts of the grea t music we call “The Blues.” T he roots of blues extend back to Africa and found their express ion through slaves working the southern plantations for centur ies.
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