Blues is blues. Musicians in this field include B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Etta Baker, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, etc. A music genre created by African descendants in the United States, it has become one of the few new art forms born in modern times, along with jazz. It should also be seen as an indigenous folk music that took shape around 1900. Jazz borrows more elements from European music, while blues music is less conventional and easier for musicians and singers without strict training to master. The performances of these people often form a direct and subtle communication with the audience. The emancipated slaves hummed while working. The tunes were passed down from generation to generation. The lyrics were full of mockery of worldly affairs and simple fantasies. These lyrics expressed their yearning for life, love and desire to be free from bondage. . Standard blues music generally has a 12-bar structure, divided into 3 lines, each line has 4 bars. The lyrics are two couplets, the first line is repeated, each line is about 2-5 bars long, and the remaining 4 bars are usually performed by the performer. The performer improvises, and sometimes the performer inserts a dialogue, but usually the accompaniment of the guitar or piano adds some musical language. This format of blues has produced many variations under the continuous exploration of artists, such as the 13-bar blues, W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" (St. Louis Blues) was once considered the blues Music, but now it seems that such a strict distinction is unnecessary. Blues music is different from many European music traditions, so it is looked down upon by well-educated black people (the book also says that polyphony originated during the European Renaissance, but in Africa, this form of music has existed for many centuries. ). The blues is not played in a major or minor key, but is performed in a "blues style". Those "atonal" blues notes cannot be played on the piano. They are considered to be more or less borrowed from African music. Blues music was first published in 1912 with "Dallas Blues" and Handy's "Memphis Blues", but Bill Broonzy believes that he published it as early as 1890 Wrote some blues songs. The first blues record was recorded in 1920 by Mamie Smith. In her good record, Perry Bradford sang "Crazy Blues" ( Crazy Blues) achieved unexpected success, and a new record market was discovered. The more famous ones at that time were female blues artists, such as Mamie Smith, Clara Simith, Trixie Smith and Bessie Smith. Because male blues singers were born into families under slavery and were affected by institutional racial discrimination as adults, they often had to play and sing by themselves, and were recorded outdoors by talent scouts or researchers sent by record companies. They lived very hard lives and often died young. Charley Patton, Robert Johnson (JOHNSON, ROBERT), Son House and Bukka White came from the Mississippi Delta, Tommy Johnson The reason why people like Blind Lemon Fefferson had a profound impact on popular music in the postwar decade was because their songs were recorded and preserved. Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Garry Davis represent the Piedmont foothills of the southeastern United States. The tradition of highland jazz. Blues music with piano accompaniment became popular in the 1940s and was called Boogie Woogie. Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes and others also served as piano accompanists, composers and composers. Singing in person, guitarists such as HOOKER (JOHN LEE) and HOPKINS (LIGHTNIN) have become world-famous stars in their lifetimes. Some blues stars from other genres are also very accomplished, such as Snooks Eaglin, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi's John Hurt. Both were heavily influenced by ragtime and other styles.

Leory Carr not only plays the piano well, and his singing is full of the mellowness and mellowness of the songs of the 1930s, but he is also good at writing lyrics and composing music. His works have a strong urban style and have a major influence on future black music. The many jazz bands represented by the "Conte Basi" band that appeared in Kansas City in the late 1930s were the popular big bands in jazz at that time, and re-injected the content of blues music into the strong rhythm style. Therefore, Bop jazz, despite its complex performance, , still retains a lot of blues style. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was fashionable to incorporate blues melodies into the performances of small bands. Records produced by famous record companies must have traces of blues: although blues music cannot be considered jazz, it can always be heard in the best jazz. its melody. Rhythm and blues originated in the 1940s and was also influenced by strong jazz and blues, and later rock music inherited the mantle of this black pop/dance music. MUDDY first appeared in Mississippi in 1941 and became popular in Chicago in 1943. At the same time, musicians generally used microphones to enhance the effect of performances in noisy small hotels in the city. Electric guitar and other means produced urban blues music. Waters, Willie Dixon (DIXON, WILLIE), Walter Horton (Walter Horton), Little Walter (Little Walter), James Cotton (COTTON, JAMES), Otis La Otis Rush, HOWLIN'WOLF, Otis Spann, J.B. Hutto, Magic Sam, Johnny. Famous musicians such as Johnny Shines performed on the same stage in Chicago to an unprecedented event. Their style was deeply influenced by the country blues music of the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1960s, the new generation of rock band singers absorbed nutrients from their post-war works; these bands and singers frequently visited Europe, and a large number of American music records poured into Western Europe, creating the foundation for the London "Rolling Stones" (ROLLING STONES, THE) band. At the same time, urban blues had a profound impact on the music style of the next 20 years. Since the late 1950s, the United States, represented by Paul Butterfield (PAUL), John Koerner, John Hammond and Dave Fan Ronk, etc. White musicians were constantly striving to represent the true blues style. In 1965, the singers at the Newport Folk Music Festival booed Bob Dylan (DYLAN, BOB) but happily accepted the Butterfield Electric Band who played on the same stage with him, because at that time, they had never Heard the blues played on electronic instruments. Despite Alan Lomax's silly attacks, BLOOMFIELD's guitars still captured the attention of a wide audience. The band's Elektra Records sold well, and the blues musicians finally achieved commercial success. For example, in the 1960s, the records of bands such as Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Jimmy Dawkins were all very popular, allowing Chicago to continue its success. Never fade. B.B. King appeared on the Memphis radio station in the late 1940s and toured with black bands for many years. He is the most famous living blues musician. Although the popularity of rock music later ended the glory of blues music, the success of Robert Cray (CRAY, ROBEAT) after the 1980s still reminds people of the grand occasion of the past. The inheritors of blues music are divided into two groups. One group loves its traditional black music elements, and the other group loves blues music like Roy Buchanan, Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray. The music of white guitarists such as VAUGHAN and STEVIE RAY has gradually merged since the mid-1980s.

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