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Blues is one of my favorites genres, and also one of my biggest influences.

 

It is also the biggest influence and the base for almost all of today's popular music, from Jazz, going through Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Funk, Rap, and being also the origins of Rock n' Roll, Hard Rock and even the most brutal Metal genres you can imagine.

 

One it's most basic forms is written around 3 chords and the Blue Notes, that give the Blues it's characteristic sound. On it's most traditional form it follows a 12-bar pattern around the mentioned 3 chords:

I - IV - V; which means: If we are on C major, those chords would be: C major - F major and G major.

 

But instead of going through tedious technical concepts, here's some (old) music:

 

Death Letter Blues - Son House

 

 

Me and The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson

 

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Some Delta Blues:

 

Muddy Waters before moving to Chicago, one of the recordings made by Alan Lomax

 

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^ Thanks for Gary Clark :heythere:

 

 

Before the Grammys went to hell...

 

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Just found this:

 

Seasick Steve + John Paul Jones and Jack White and Alison Mosshart from The Dead Weather

 

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Before the legend about Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil, this guy claimed the same:

 

Tommy Johnson

 

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The Dirty Mac playing Yer Blues at the Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus:

 

 

The Dirty Mac were:

- John Lennon (The Beatles) - Guitar and vocals

- Eric Clapton (Cream) - Guitar

- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - Bass

- Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - Drums

 

John Lennon and Mick Jagger's conversation at the beginning is awesome  :rofl:

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