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[9] Blues standards that appeared on the main charts [b] in the 1960s and 1970s often had been recorded by rhythm and blues, soul, and rock musicians. [10] Each song listed has been identified by five or more music writers as a blues standard. Spellings and titles may differ; the most common are used.
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. [3] It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, drums, and sometimes with keyboards and harmonica).
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)
The first original blues rock artists such as Cream, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Canned Heat actually borrowed the idea of combining an instrumental combo with loud amplification from rock and roll, and also attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records and live blues shows. As blues rock gained ...
From September 1980 to July 1981, they recorded many sessions, which resulted in a new studio album titled Crow on the Run in 1982. This version of Crow disbanded in early 1982. [5] In 1988, Crow reformed and they continued to play concerts all over the United States. All the members have won Minnesota Music Awards for their own individual ...
Joanne Shaw Taylor (born 1985, England) [5] is an English singer and guitarist. She was discovered by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics at the age of 16. [6]Taylor's albums via Ruf Records, White Sugar (2009) and Diamonds in the Dirt (2010), peaked at No. 8 in the US on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart.
[146]: 38 [147]: 34 New York-based cabaret singer Mamie Smith recorded "Crazy Blues" in 1920, which sold over 75,000 copies. [146] Smith became known as "America's First Lady of the Blues." In 1920, the vaudeville singer Lucille Hegamin became the second black woman to record blues when she recorded "The Jazz Me Blues."
Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of other subgenres, including new wave, post-punk and eventually the alternative rock movement. From the 1990s alternative rock began to dominate rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop, and indie rock. [8]