Re: who asked "what is blues" and why?

[Moandabluz@xxxxxxx]

   I didn't get this screen name from any "blues" player.. It's from the Hank
song called "Moanin' the blues."

In a message dated 4/3/03 8:54:04 AM, harmonicajohns@xxxxxxx writes:

> > Hank Williams' country classic "Mind Your Own Business" is a standard 12
> bar
> > format, but Hanks not a blues singer, nor were his bands (featuring pedal
> > steel guitar) "blues".  When Hank performed it, this "blues format" song
> was
> > pure country.
>
> One of Hank's nicknames was "the lovesick blues boy" It don't get no bluer
> than that, Mike. How can you suggest that Hank did not play blues. Shame!
>
>



Steve "Moandabluz" Webb
still a fool for the harp