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Electric Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- 1960s recordings
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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, B.B. King and Albert Collins.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreElectric Blues
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1960s · Electric Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
6 recordings1960s starting recordings
01Thaw Out1969 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 02My Own Blues1967 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 03You Know, I Know1967 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 04Five Long Years1967 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 05Stella Mae1967 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 06Think It Over1968 · blues · blues rockOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1960s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1960s albums
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