Blues Music History

Blues is probably the purest American music ever produced - and along with his fellow jazz - is the only true form of American music. Rooted in the work songs of slaves in West Africa, to the south. If they have worked hard in the fields of Southern plantation owners, slaves as a "call and response" style of singing so that the loan rate of fatigue in their lives. This has been called the "yell" and formed the basis of all bluesfollow. After the Civil War, blacks could not work as field work or traveling minstrels. Thus a whole series ended with the second - its implementation at all public at night, Fish Frys and juke joints, based on their stamina and the mental repertoire of many blues songs.

Powerful Blues Music is officially born

While the lyrics of the blues seem soulful and sad, the music itself is very powerful and emotional - full of rhythm and celebrates lifeAmerican blacks. What makes this music appealing is its reflection of everyday life, talking about sex, drinking, poverty, lost love, hard work - all they have lived.

Among the first documented blues is WC Handy's "Memphis Blues" in 1909. The music has grown in popularity and when the 78-RPM phonograph came in late 1920 Paramount, Aristocrat and other record labels recorded some of the famous country blues artists. Around 1941-1943, field recordingsBlues men were in the vicinity of the famous blues folklore Alan Lomax did. This is significant because that is how the white man introduced the blues. Budding artists have exposure to some national companies record.

Blues Traveling North

The blacks migrated North during the Great Depression along the route of the Illinois Central Railroad toward Chicago, bringing with him the blues. But with the large crowd to enjoy them, artists such as Muddy Watersand Howlin 'Wolf switched to electric guitars and drum kits contain, at their bands. This is made even more powerful blues original. There was a pause until the end of 1950, as chart toppers The Kingston Trio, Tom Dooley was added, and gave birth to the folk revival of the 1958 Newport Folk Festival and then shown the white American folk and blues since 1966.

What later followed by a fusion of blues with rock - forming the blues-rockyears 1960 and 1970. Some artists have been faithful to the shape of the Rolling Stones, John Mayall, Led Zeppelin.

Types of Blues Music

There are four types of blues music. The Blues Delta has said that the original - by men blacks from the delta region of Mississippi played the piano and harmonica. The style is an invitation and the lyrical form response. Then we have the blues in Chicago, which uses electrical amplification of voice using mics, drum sets andElectric guitars. Texas Blues are similar to the blues of Chicago. In the early 1960s, the blues-rock emerged, which was directly influenced by the blues of the Delta and Chicago.