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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.
It is a mix of blues, blues rock, country, rock and roll and swamp pop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Artists considered to have pioneered the Tulsa sound include J. J. Cale , [ 2 ] Leon Russell , [ 3 ] Roger Tillison [ 4 ] and Elvin Bishop . [ 5 ]
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 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums. The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories.
Pages in category "Blues compilation albums" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
While in the South Side’s watering holes, Junior began fusing old-school Blues with the funky beat of modern R&B. Together these men defined the sound of electric Blues’ second generation. [7] Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher recorded a rock adaptation of "Messin' with the Kid" for his album Live in Europe (1972). [8]
"Natural Blues" is a song by American electronic musician Moby. It was released on March 6, 2000, as the fifth single from his fifth studio album , Play (1999). The song is built around vocals sampled from "Trouble So Hard" by American folk singer Vera Hall (1937).
"I Want You So Bad" is a rhythm and blues song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1959, it charted #20 R&B. [1] It was Brown's third R&B hit and his first that did not feature vocal backing from The Famous Flames, although they received credit on the label.