Youknowanothercenturyandyou'retalkingaboutthebluesthatcameoutoftheMississippiDeltaandoutoftheAmericanSouthbutnowinfluencedorcausedtheseothergenrestoexistinmusicForme, it's alwaysbeenthevoiceof a culture, youknow, it's anAfricanAmericanvoice.
It's theculturethatgrewupherewithcottonplantations, veryhardtimes, a lotofphysicallabor, theworkersandmusicians, thentheentertainers, allofthemreallysang, Youknow, yousanginchurchonSunday.
Yousanginthefieldsduringtheweek, andifyouwere a professional, yousayingin a jukejointontheweekend, andcertainlywhenpeopleweresingingoutinthefield, somepeopleweresingingworksongs, sortoftospeedthingsalongtomakethingsseembetter.
Now, whenwetalkaboutthebluesfrom a musicologicalstandpoint, whyHowisitdistinctive?
Wecantalkabouthowthebluesfollowsan A.
A B lyricalstyleofwhatwemeanbythatisthatwhenyouperformtheblues, youroftensinging a verse, repeatingtheverse.
Andthenthere's ananswerline.
That's that's a styleofmusic, a styleoflyricalstructure, whichwereallydidn't seebefore.
Around 1900.
Thebluesisthemotherofallmusic.
Ifyoudon't liketheblues, youdon't likeyourmamaconvinced a rulerMusicname.
MynameisBobbyRush.
Everyrecordsince 1951 I believe I'm theoldestblackbluesman.
Maybeinthecountry.
AwakeForgotThisguywaspayingme $5.50 a nightIf I willplayforhimandwehadtogointhebackbarandwasoccurringthatallwhiteaudioweplayedbehindthecurtaindayinandnightoutWhat?