#blues

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. ↗

— Alexis Korner

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I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. ↗

— Jack White

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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. ↗

— Russell Baker

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I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs. ↗

— Bob Livingston

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I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues. ↗

— Dinah Shore

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I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. ↗

— Luther Allison

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Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. ↗

— Luther Allison

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But my big thing was always the blues. ↗

— Luther Allison

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Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired. ↗

— Steven Bochco

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There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues. ↗

— Ruth Brown

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