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Electric Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- 1990s 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, Taj Mahal and B.B. King.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreElectric Blues
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1990s · North America · Electric Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01The Key (to Your Door)1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 02Things That I Used to Do (Talking Slim Blues)1991 · Electric Blues · electric bluesOpen in new tab 03Burning Hell1991 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 04Shake It Baby1991 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 05Peavine1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 06I Cover the Waterfront1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 07Frisco Blues1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 08You Know, I Know1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 09Big Legs, Tight Skirt1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 10Let’s Go Out Tonight1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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