Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.
Canned Heat | Election Blues
Weeks from a crucial election, this lament about voting (or not) is spot on
Friday Nite Videos | August 31, 2018
Buddy Whittington | Minor Blues
The minor blues is saddest with its' own sorrow and pain
You'll know it when you hear it with its sombre sad refrain
It's a major situation, givin' me the minor blues
Mississippi John Hurt | You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Simple lyrics and a spare melody on an acoustic guitar preach a deep life lesson.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King | Texas Flood
Live at SS Presidente, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1988.
Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2017
Guy Davis | 'Walk On'
Guy Davis performing "Walk On" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 3.22.2017
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