http://www.detourblues.com handpicked selection of all styles of blues from worldwide artists both small & large Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.detourblues.com/complete-history-of-blues-guitar-its-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-11117 Jim Bruce Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:25:11 +0000 http://www.detourblues.com/wordpress/?page_id=36#comment-11117 A good all-round synopsis of the blues genre. Going back even further, I understand that the thumping, monotic bass used by early acoustic blues guitarists could possible have replaced the drum beat of the slaves African ancestors. Drums were banned at the time. The driving bass beat later became an alternating pattern, developing into the Piedmond 'ragtime blues' sound. Whichever way you look at it, early acoustic blues is the basis of the vast majority of modern jazz, rock and pop. A good all-round synopsis of the blues genre. Going back even further, I understand that the thumping, monotic bass used by early acoustic blues guitarists could possible have replaced the drum beat of the slaves African ancestors. Drums were banned at the time. The driving bass beat later became an alternating pattern, developing into the Piedmond ‘ragtime blues’ sound. Whichever way you look at it, early acoustic blues is the basis of the vast majority of modern jazz, rock and pop.

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