Music has influenced all regions in different aspects of life, contributing in the making of history. A genre of music that is considered to be the basic foundation of all genres ranging from the old days to the twenty first century is the blues. When you think of the blues, you tend to think about personal adversity. A common theme in the genre of blues is that people talk about problems they are having, any feeling of regret they may have, and feelings of betrayal. However, the blues is also about overcoming those personal adversities and saying what’s truly on your mind and heart. The concept of blues originated from the hardships that African Americans experienced before and after the Civil War to express states of agitation and depression.
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The earliest style of blues music was country blues and was performed with instruments such as a guitar, banjo, or piano. Sometimes country blues was performed with harmonicas and even drums. When the blues started to spread out to cities such as Chicago and Detroit, other instruments got added to the mix and those instruments are instruments we use to distinct blues from other genres today. Instruments that are commonly used in the blues today are guitars, harmonicas, piano, bass, and drums. An artist that made an impact on the genre of blues due to heavily incorporating the use of guitar is Jimi Hendrix.
David Fricke from Rolling Stone said “Jimi Hendrix was many things – monster rock sex god, guitar genius, acid spiritualist, master improviser.” Jimi Hendrix is from Seattle, Washington who worked as a guitarist for artists such as Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. Jimi Hendrix is widely known for being one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music and being a pioneer for the genres of blues and rock. Jimi Hendrix’s sound was rooted in blues but blended various sounds and in a way created his own genre. Hendrix pioneered new musical technologies, styles, and techniques which helped lay the foundation for new musical genres. He paved the way for other electric blues musicians so that they could find their own styles. Jimi Hendrix is also one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, even though his mainstream career lasted for only four
The earliest style of blues music was country blues and was performed with instruments such as a guitar, banjo, or piano. Sometimes country blues was performed with harmonicas and even drums. When the blues started to spread out to cities such as Chicago and Detroit, other instruments got added to the mix and those instruments are instruments we use to distinct blues from other genres today. Instruments that are commonly used in the blues today are guitars, harmonicas, piano, bass, and drums. An artist that made an impact on the genre of blues due to heavily incorporating the use of guitar is Jimi Hendrix.
David Fricke from Rolling Stone said “Jimi Hendrix was many things – monster rock sex god, guitar genius, acid spiritualist, master improviser.” Jimi Hendrix is from Seattle, Washington who worked as a guitarist for artists such as Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. Jimi Hendrix is widely known for being one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music and being a pioneer for the genres of blues and rock. Jimi Hendrix’s sound was rooted in blues but blended various sounds and in a way created his own genre. Hendrix pioneered new musical technologies, styles, and techniques which helped lay the foundation for new musical genres. He paved the way for other electric blues musicians so that they could find their own styles. Jimi Hendrix is also one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, even though his mainstream career lasted for only four