Re: What constitutes "blues"?

[Samuel Gravina <sgravina@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Man, your making it way to complicated.  Singing out of key is sufficient.

Sam


>> Blues is about white guys (preferably lawyers or dentists) singing out of key
>> while playing harmonica or guitars through amps that are way too overdriven
>> so they sound like crap out front. Its about calling out "Mustang Sally" five
>> times in one night. Also its about big flashy licks with no melodic content,
>> and wearing way cool shades so that nobody will mistake you for a musician.
>> It's also about "break up" because a real blues player never plays clean. Its
>> also about what microphone or guitar you use, and about making sure that
>> whatever you got, its "relic'ed." In short if you do not know what
>> constitutes "Blues", you never will.














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