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Originally Posted by slipkid
Anyway I involved myself in debate on the XM forum over what should be on the Blues channel, and I was stunned by the responses. I was told that the british blues movement is not real blues because it was performed by whites who aren't american. Apparently, I'm a "Rockin' Blues" fan. Oh, and Eric Clapton is the antichrist (that may not be far off  ). I was also told that the Blues is a living breathing genre, and the classic artists shouldn't be emphasized over what's current. |
The "purity" of the blues is overrated, to almost mythic proportions now.