Re: What constitutes "blues"?

["Joel Fritz" <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To paraphrase Potter Stewart:  "I know what it is when I hear it."

Blues-l "I know what real blues is" discussions are not for the faint of
heart.


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From: "IronMan Mike Curtis" <ironman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <    >
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: What constitutes "blues"?


>
> From: "M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Good question. I bet the folks on a blues list would have a lot to say
> about
> > it.
>
> Being a long-time blues-l member, I'd say probably *wayyy* too much ;-)  I
> can also guarantee there'd end up being a lot of arguing.  Some feel that
> "real blues" encompasses only a very narrow range of music, i.e. only
> Chicago blues, etc.
>
> My purpose in posting was not to argue, but simply to point out (as
Charlie
> did rather succinctly - "...if it feels like blues, it's blues - period")
> that blues is much more than a fixed format of chord changes and bars.  I
> also hoped to start a discussion of what constitutes "blues", and
> specifically some things we all can work on specifically to improve our
> blues.
>
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