“I’m a blues-man moving through a blues-soaked America,
a blues-soaked world, a planet where catastrophe and celebration
–joy and pain sit side by side. The blues started off in some field,
some plantation, in some mind, in some imagination, in some heart.
The blues blew over to the next plantation, and then the next state.
The blues went south to north, got electrified and even sanctified.
The blues got mixed up with jazz and gospel and rock and roll.”
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“When Johnson started singing,
he seemed like a guy who could have
sprung from the head of Zeus in full armor.”
― Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1
Every line of the blues has a meaning.“
“Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It’s a 12-bar form that’s played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that’s been used by rock n’ roll. It’s related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition.“
“The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.”
“Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.”
“Blues is my life. It’s a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and blues is what I always do.”
Blues Links
Featured Links:
Living Blues Magazine – http://www.livingblues.com
Robert Johnson Foundation – http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
The Blues Foundation – http://www.blues.org
Blues Links:
Blues for Peace
– http://www.bluesforpeace.com
Blues Power Hour
– http://www.bluespower.com
Blues World
– http://www.bluesworld.com
Other Great Non-Jazz Links:
Artist Quotations – http://www.artistquotations.com
Days with My Father – http://www.dayswithmyfather.com
Go Disconfused – http://www.godisconfused.com
Jazz Quotes – http://www.jazzquotations.com
Music News Net – http://www.musicnewsnet.com
The Music Directory – http://www.the-music-directory.com
TheCelebrityCafe.com – http://thecelebritycafe.com
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