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Termyn8or -> RE: learnin' bout the Blues (10/26/2009 10:22:17 AM)
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What I've seen in the responses is that blues is hard to define. I never thought of ZZ Top as blues, but now that I think of it....i.e. Jesus Just Left Chicago for one.
"Modern" rock and roll is a combination of blues and who knows. In fact many old timers will say the rock and roll would not exist without Black influence, and I find it hard to disagree. When the hillbilly producer told Buddy Holly "We don't make nigra records here boy", and he went on to be a hit, to actually have a hand in forming the new music of the era, let that hillbilly bite his lip. If he wasn't an asshole he could've been bigger than Coral records. You never fuck with the artist.
I would suggest to the OP that he get into a P2P, so he can sample all this music. Otherwise you pay a million dollars for a million tunes you don't like, to find ten that you do. If you really want to be honest, after you download something and decide you like it, go buy it. No problem.
Get some BB king. I am not the fan type, but from what I've heard the guy was obviously very talented, but on top of that he loved going out among the regular folk. He has played with more bands than can be counted. And for free. He might walk into a bar for a beer and people would say "Lookit who's here". He was cut of a different cloth than many, who would rther lear jet around, and take the yacht to the store for a pack of smokes. A Man of the people.
Another one like that was Hank Williams. His stuff was blues or the sky is green. He had something to sing about as well. He was truly addicted to alcohol and it ruined his life. He was supposed to be at the Grand Ole Opry and they find him in a hole in the wall beer joint, playing and singing to local folk, and not making a dime doing it.
It's that kind of thing that makes it real. That's why I have thousands worth of musical instruments, half of which I can't play or really suck at. I spent about eight years of my life not listening to any music. When I changed up, I took it with a whole different attitude. My collection of music is quite vast and diverse, but the thing is - I don't even have a radio, except for in the car.
Music is not what they tell you it is, it is what YOU tell you it is.
T
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