O.K. so I'm 21 and have been playin guitar for 8 years or so. A couple years ago, I began to increase my awareness of the Blues, and the impact it had on music itself, especially the music I usually listen to. So, my friends and I were mainly into metal/hard rock, and I started listening to the "old" stuff, they thought I was losing it. And a couple of em' said, "man, why are you listening to so much blues, and old rock? It just reminds me of an old black guy sittin in a rockin chair."
And I didnt really answer them at the time, cuz I knew they wouldnt understand. But I've been thinking allot about that lately, and here is what I wish I would have told them...
"What about Zeppelin or Sabbath, werent they originally blues bands? What about Clapton? Van Halen? Hendrix? I mean even Dime-bag Darrell? If it wasnt for the blues we would have nothing we love today. So if I'm square because I listen to Mudd Waters, or B.B. or Buddy Guy, so be it, Blues forever.
2007-05-31
21:59:09
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