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Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of jazz, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues rock developed from the combining of blues with various rock and roll forms.

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blues gigs in United States • view all

September 2008
Saturday 27 September 2008
Leo Kottke Loudon Wainwright III	Clowes Hall Indianapolis, United States	5 people attending 2 shouts
October 2008
Sunday 5 October 2008
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Oct 2008 at MS Ryndam Etta James, Los Lobos, Dr. John, Chris Thomas King, Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, Marcia Ball	MS Ryndam San Diego, United States	3 people attending 3 shouts
January 2009
Saturday 24 January 2009
Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise - Caribbean 2009 at MS Eurodam Taj Mahal, Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, Tommy Castro, James Hunter, Guy Davis	MS Eurodam Miami, United States	2 people attending 1 shout

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OskyJamminBlues wrote:
Friday afternoon

Everybody gets the "Blues" It's how we react to it that makes the difference

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px1 wrote:
Thursday morning

I love Blues!

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Pierdzielca wrote:
last month

chuj z blusem ! BBBUUUUZZZKOOOKKKKSSYYYY !!!!!!!!!!!!1111

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Angus_Arson wrote:
last month

konfitura z riedla

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qwertyasdfghz wrote:
last month

marmolada malinowo-bergerowa

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Angus_Arson wrote:
last month

drzem brzoskwiniowo-riedlowy

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qwertyasdfghz wrote:
last month

'Blues (ang. smutek, rozpacz) – gatunek muzyczny wywodzący się ze śpiewów Murzynów' sram z tego fragmętu :F

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qwertyasdfghz wrote:
last month

Z dużą ilością szczególnie wiśniowych

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Angus_Arson wrote:
last month

bo nie jemy drzemu, zalecam diete drzemowom

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qwertyasdfghz wrote:
last month

NIE KUMAMY BLUESA

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Angus_Arson wrote:
last month

nie czuje blusa ;{

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sass113 wrote:
last month

I feel: Seasick Steve; Stephen Dale Petit

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Tipheret wrote:
July 2008

I feel the blues

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