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Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.
Down Home is an album by the American blues musician Z. Z. Hill, released in 1982. [2] [3] "Down Home Blues", the album's first track, was a crossover hit, and is regarded as a blues standard. [4] [5] The song is said to be the best selling blues single of the 20th century. [6] The album peaked at No. 209 on the Billboard 200. [7]
"Black Bayou," 69-year old Louisiana bluesman Robert Finley's latest album from Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound unifies blues, soul, timeless influences
Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) is one of the earliest forms of blues music. The mainly solo vocal with acoustic fingerstyle guitar accompaniment developed in the rural Southern United States in the early 20th century. [ 1 ]
Bands (rock or hard rock) that cite Southern rock influence ♪ Bands that may not necessarily be traditional southern rock, but fuse qualities of Southern rock with another genre, making a sort of sub-subgenre Alt. Southern Rock. These fusions include but are not limited to: country, bluegrass, blues, blues rock, boogie woogie, etc. ♫
Dirty blues (also known as bawdy blues) is a form of blues music that deals with socially taboo and obscene subjects, often referring to sexual acts and drug use. Because of the sometimes graphic subject matter, such music was often banned from radio and available only on jukeboxes.
Her R&B, soul blues, and soul songs were played on urban radio stations in southern states. In 1985, she enjoyed her only recognition in the UK Singles Chart when her cover version of Rockin' Sidney's "My Toot Toot" reached #6. [18] She appeared at the 1984 and 1993 versions of the Long Beach Blues Festival.