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Article: America celebrates 100 years of the blues.(Cover Story)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- December 15, 2003
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As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the blues, a number of the music's performers share the secret to its longevity.
At the same time, these blues greats lament the fact that this music has not gotten the widespread recognition that it deserves.
The Blues is an original art form created by Black Americans that evolved out of Black American work songs, field hollers, spirituals and early string band sounds more than a century ago during slavery.
It has stood the test of time and has influenced every other American music form born in the 20th century, including gospel, jazz, R&B, rock 'n' roll, country, classical and even today's ...