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.
Jon Batiste Performs 'Saint James Infirmary Blues'
The pride of the Late Show, Jon Batiste, performs the song from his album 'Hollywood Africans' that earned a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance. 'Saint James Infirmary Blues.'
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Buddy Whittington | Minor Blues
The minor blues is saddest with its' own sorrow and pain
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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.
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