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1. www.musicnotes.com › blog › learning-the-richWhere It All Began: Learning the Rich History of Blues

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   Feb 21, 2024 · 1920s: The Blues Takes Flight. The years from 1920 to 1930 were critical in the history of blues music. The boom of the recording industry added fuel to the spread of blues music, allowing artists to distribute their music further than ever. Record labels started to actively record African-American artists as they led the way in popular new ...

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   Mar 3, 2024 · The history of the blues is a story about American slavery, resistance, overcoming, and the birth of Western popular music. The catastrophic legacy of American Slavery gave rise to the blues, a musical style born in the African-American communities of the southern United States. The blues evolved over generations to include African musical ...

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   What is the history of the Blues?

   • The history of the blues is a story about American slavery, resistance, overcoming, and the birth of Western popular music. The catastrophic legacy of American Slavery gave rise to the blues, a musical style born in the African-American communities of the southern United States.

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   Where did blues and country music come from?

   • Recorded blues and country can be found from as far back as the 1920s, when the popular record industry developed and created marketing categories called "race music" and "hillbilly music" to sell music by blacks for blacks and by whites for whites respectively.

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   Who invented blues music?

   • The originators of blues were the workers in southern fields who faced life’s hardships and newly freed slaves who used music to heal from the traumas of modern life. The music echoed this feeling of struggle, with themes of sorrow and resilience common in early and contemporary blues music.

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   Is blues derived from West African music?

   • The belief that blues is historically derived from the West African music including from Mali is reflected in Martin Scorsese ’s often quoted characterization of Ali Farka Touré ’s tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues".

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4. www.sporcle.com › clue › where-does-blues-come-fromWhere Does Blues Come From Crossword Clue - Sporcle

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   For the word puzzle clue of where does blues come from, the Sporcle Puzzle Library found the following results. Explore more crossword clues and answers by clicking on the results or quizzes. Explore more crossword clues and answers by clicking on the results or quizzes.

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   Many of these blues elements, such as the call-and-response format, can be traced back to the music of Africa. The use of melisma and a wavy, nasal intonation also suggests a connection between the music of West and Central Africa and the blues. The belief that blues is historically derived from the West African music including from Mali is ...

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   Ch. 1: Blues – The Granddaddy of American Popular Music. Ch. 2: Where Did the Blues Come From? Ch. 3: What Are the Blues? Ch. 4: How to Build the Blues. Ch. 5: Classic Blues – The Early Years. Ch. 6: Delta Blues – Authentic Beginnings. Ch. 7: Blues in the City – Migration and Power. Ch. 8: Blues in Britain – Redefining the Masters

7. www.bunkhistory.org › resources › the-historicalThe Historical Roots of Blues Music — Bunk

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   May 9, 2018 · Farming and sharecropping were the starting places for most of the legendary blues musicians celebrated today, including Charlie Patton, Rubin Lacey, Son House, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters and the most famous in recent generations, B.B. King. The 1890s ushered in what can be referred to as the “Bad Man”—the incarnation of the first edition ...

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   Jan 4, 2013 · The name of this great American music probably originated with the 17th-century English expression "the blue devils," for the intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal. Shortened over time to "the blues," it came to mean a state of agitation or depression. "Blue" was slang for "drunk" by the 1800s.