Blues. Blues as a genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as lyrics, bass lines, and instruments.
Blues sub-genres include country blues, such as Delta, Piedmont and Texas blues, and urban blues styles such as Chicago and West Coast blues. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues-rock evolved.
Etymology[edit] One alternative explanation for the origin of the "blues" is that it derived from mysticism involving blue indigo, which was used by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies where all the mourner's garments would have been dyed blue to indicate suffering. WC Handy "The Memphis Blues" Muddy Waters plays "Manish Boy" John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom [HQ] Fleetwood Mac - Looking for somebody. 1960s. Penny Lane- The Beatles (Studio Recording)