Re: What constitutes "blues"?

[the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

  Best post I've ever seen on this particular subject.................smokey

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>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.
>
>Andrew
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