Influence Of Blues

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One can surely conclude that without the blues the face of music would be very different today. Originating in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads This form of music dipped into the emotions felt by lonely slaves removed from their families and native land. The first appearance of the blues is often dated after the Emancipation Act of 1863, between 1870 and 1900, a period that coincides with Emancipation and, later, the development of juke joints as places where Blacks went to listen to music, dance, or gamble after a hard day's work. The transition from country to urban blues began in the 1920s, with the Great Migration. The long boom in the aftermath of World War II induced a massive migration of the African American population, from rural small towns from the south to urban cities of the north. Along with this transformation of setting there was a simultaneously transformation in blues from acoustic the electrical instruments. The boom of migration increased the demand of blues records. The commercialization of blues records had a tremendous effect of other genres. After then the blues have worked their way into all forms of contemporary music. Jazz, Rock and Roll, Bluegrass and even Rap are based on the patterns and principles of the Blues. This is why it is a turning point. Without this African influence it is obvious that most forms of music would be different if not nonexistent today. Blues legend B.B. King is a perfect example of the music’s diversity. In addition to the original blues he has played songs with other artists in the fields of Rap, Rock and Roll and even Reggae. In the nineteen sixties a turning point in the blues themselves sparked a turning point in the nation. The

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