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Electric Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- Starting recordings
- 45
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Electric Blues
Electric Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Electric Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal and B.B. King.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreElectric Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01TV Light1994 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 02Thaw Out1969 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 03Baby, What You Want Me to Do?1989 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 04Sweet Little Angel1989 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 05The Blues Don't Care1989 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 06Things That I Used to Do (Talking Slim Blues)1991 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 07Mary Had a Little Lamb2014 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 08I Had a Little Dog2018 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 09Preacher and the President1998 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 10Chicken Shack1974 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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