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Encyclopedia > Western blues

The West Coast blues is a type of blues music characterized by jazz and jump blues influences, strong piano-dominated sounds and jazzy guitar solos (which originated from Texas blues players relocated to California).

Blues | Blues genres
Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Jazz blues - Jump blues - Piano blues
Blues-rock - Soul blues
African blues - British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues
Musicians
Styles of American folk music
Appalachian | Blues (Ragtime) | Cajun and Creole (Zydeco) | Country (Honky tonk and Bluegrass) | Jazz | Native American | Spirituals and Gospel | Tejano

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The blues was first sung by men at leisure, and was called the folk blues.
Country singers joined the fl-butt and the Fast Western pianist migration, and brought their style to Chicago, Detroit, and New York, where the classic blues singers united with the New Orleans and Fast Western musicians, and introduced their blues style in clubs, theaters, and dance halls.
The market for the recorded blues was almost entirely fl during the 1920s and 1930s, and the records became known as "race records." Record companies advertised exclusively to fls and only fl stores sold the records.
Varsity Blues (1147 words)
The Varsity Blues were 0-3 against the Gryphons this season, dropping all three games by a total of just four runs.
The Varsity Blues have now outscored their opponents 26-1 in six games and remain on top in the OUA standings.
Fri 1-Oct-04 – Varsity Blues at Guelph, 7:30 p.m.
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