Posted on 01/01/2015 3:00:03 AM PST by Ray76
We got the 'ouisiana boogie and the... delta blues! We got country swing and rockabilly too! We got jazz country western and Chicago blues!
It's the greatest music that you ever knew!
It's American music!
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First stumbled across The Blasters in the movie, “Streets of Fire” when I was in the service in Germany. We wore that movie out, passing it around.
The Blasters are one of those bands who (I firmly believe) should be a lot more successful and famous than they are and because of that, I lack confidence in our society’s opinion of “good” music.
Heres, Harlen County Line
Another example of that is the Dixie Dregs band that came out of Georgia. Southern-fried jazz-fusion? It worked better than you might think.
That’s a pretty gritty tune. I listened to the other songs and you’re right, definitely Americana.
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