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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.
The Official Blues Band Bootleg Album (1980). Number 40 UK; Ready (1980). Number 36 UK; Itchy Feet (1981). Number 60 UK; Brand Loyalty (1982) Bye-Bye Blues (1983) These Kind of Blues (1986) Back for More (1989) Fat City (1991) Homage (1993) Wire Less (1995) Live at the BBC (1996) 18 Years Old and Alive (1996) The Best of The Blues Band (1999 ...
Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett): fiction on a blues-based theme; Godfathers and Sons : about Chicago blues and hip-hop; Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis): about British blues-influenced music (e.g., Tom Jones, Van Morrison) Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood): focuses on blues pianists such as Ray Charles and Dr. John; Ray (2004)
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States. [1]
Some characteristics, however, were present prior to the creation of the modern blues, and are common to most styles of African American music. The earliest blues-like music was a "functional expression, rendered in a call-and-response style without accompaniment or harmony and unbounded by the formality of any particular musical structure". [6]
It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. [2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over ...
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