[Slowhand] Blues

[Garret74 at aol.com]

>>>I know exactly what you mean. But there's no other  commonly-accepted defi=

nition, other than the structural one: a 12-bar with  a I-IV-V chord progr=
ession. I will go this far: it's A way to define  "blues."<<<


Even that doesn't stand entirely up. There are many variations, there's 14  
bar blues, there are 1-1V-11-V progressions...Minors and dimininshed chords  
thrown about...
 
But for the most part, yea...
 
I would catagorize Chuck Berry as Rock-Blues...Beach Boys not as blues at  
all...
Eric isn't always recognized as a blues player, but as more of a Rock and  
Roller...(I don't agree with that!)
 
I'll tell you a funny story. I was trying to get a young lady to come to  one 
of our shows. I told her we played blues...she said I don't like the blues  
at all...I asked her who were her favorite bands...She said the Rolling  Stones!
 
I didn't have the heart to tell her...
 
Garret
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