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.
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
Friday Nite Videos | May 12, 2017
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.
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