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.
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Ry Cooder's Feelin' Bad Blues, from his album Crossroads, set to images that, person by person, put a face to heartbreak.
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Just because you've changed, doesn't mean you like it. Keb' Mo' and the California Feetwarmers performing "Old Me Better." This song also appears on Keb' Mo's new album, "Blues Americana."
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Peter Case tells the tale of a modern day house rent party. Filmed during the Music Fog sessions at the 2010 Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN.
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Johnny Winter (Feb 23, 1944-July 16, 2014) was one of the guitar greats. Here is his haunting, soulful 1971 performance at the Fillmore East (Be Careful With a Fool).
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Live in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1993. Is BB singing to his sweetie or to his country?
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