The blues can be thought of as the great grandfather of m…

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The blues can be thought of as the great grandfather of modern music.

Since it started in the late 1800s in Mississippi, the blues has influenced many genres of modern music: country, jazz and rock to name a few.

For this active listening exercise we chose a 5-song set influenced by the blues.

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