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Blues musical styles, forms (12-bar blues), melodies, and the blues scale have influenced many other genres of music, such as rock and roll, jazz, and popular music. [129] Prominent jazz, folk or rock performers, such as Louis Armstrong , Duke Ellington , Miles Davis , and Bob Dylan have performed significant blues recordings.
Blues later adopted elements from the "Ethiopian (here, meaning "black") airs" of minstrel shows and Negro spirituals, including instrumental and harmonic accompaniment. [22] The style also was closely related to ragtime, which developed at about the same time, though the blues better preserved "the original melodic patterns of African music". [23]
Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a blues song that has been performed in a variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks [ 2 ] and his brother Milton. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ a ] It was first performed in the taverns of St. Louis by the Sparks brothers and was recorded July 28, 1935 by Pinetop with Henry Townsend on guitar.
Drinking and eating in excess may have left you feeling sluggish, or you may have put on weight. 5. It's winter and the days are short, it's cold, and there's a lot of rain.
According to the blues historian Don Kent, Wiley "may well have been the rural South's greatest female blues singer and musician". [6] L. V. Thomas, better known as Elvie Thomas, was a blues singer and guitarist from Houston, Texas, who recorded with Geeshie Wiley. [7]
“Having a birthday during this time of year is an exceptional honor that I truly embrace.” And many, who didn’t love their December birthdays as kids, have grown into feeling gratitude for a ...
"Born Under a Bad Sign" is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called "a timeless staple of the blues", [2] the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology reference. [3] "