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.
John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer
This song written and performed by bluesmaster John Lee Hooker was first released in 1965, performed here for the Seattle Folklore Society.
Musical Internationalism | Groove in G
Starting with musical group Tinariwen in West Africa, Playing for Change traveled the world asking musicians to add to the song. A groove in the key of G transformed into a global jam with its roots in the blues.
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Josh White -- Hard Times Blues
Josh White ('the father of American fold music'), performs his Hard Times Blues (1942). Intro by David Hertzberg.
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