Muddy Waters

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美国音乐# - 蓝调

蓝调深植于非洲裔美国人的经历当中。奴隶们哼唱它作为表达他们的苦楚和希望的方式。他们当中有一些人成为了业余音乐家，背着一把简易的原声吉他、或带着钢琴或口琴在乡村游历 – 成为了第一代蓝调音乐家。

在整个20世纪，马∙尼雷（ Ma Rainey）、贝西∙史密斯（ Bessie Smith）、欧萨∙杜纳（ Otha Turner）和马迪∙沃特斯（ Muddy Waters）发展蓝调音乐，为节奏布鲁斯和摇滚乐铺垫了道路。

尽管自50年代后期蓝调逐渐衰退，时至今日它仍然影响和启发着来自美国和世界各地的音乐家。蓝调音乐家威利∙狄克逊（ Willie Dixon）曾说：“蓝调是根，其他一切均是果实。”

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#AmericanMusic – Blues

The blues is deeply rooted in the African-American experience. Slaves sang as a way to express their anguish and hopes. Some became amateur musicians, roaming the countryside with a simple acoustic guitar, piano, or harmonica—the first blues musicians.

Throughout the 20th century, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Otha Turner, and Muddy Waters developed blues and paved the way for rhythm & blues and rock & roll.

While blues fizzled out in the late 50s, it continues to influence and inspire musicians in America and around the world. Blues musician Willie Dixon put it this way: “The blues are the roots, everything else is the fruits.”

For more information: http://www.pbs.org/theblues/

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Bessie Smith (AP Photo)