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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.2 : Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
What is the Blues? Who was B.B. King?
B.B. King died today at the age of 89. He was one of the most famous and influential artists of his time!
Blues music originated in the northern Mississippi Delta area after the Civil War ended, according to the History of Rock website. The characteristic 'call and response' rhythm of blues music sprang from the environment of drudgery and manual labor that black slaves experienced while they sang. After black slaves were emancipated and needed to earn a living, two common options were either working as field hands or entertaining as a traveling minstrels -- both occupations involved singing the blues.
Generally, blues music features a common theme of sorrow, trouble and bad luck. The ballads began as work songs and spirituals, sung and played by people experiencing difficult lives. Black slaves toiling in the fields, working under difficult circumstances and living under oppression were among the first to originate blues music.
Blues music exists as the foundation of country, rock and roll, jazz, hip hop and all other major music forms.
Who was B.B. King?
How Blue Can You Get - B.B. King
What is the Blues? Who was B.B. King?
B.B. King died today at the age of 89. He was one of the most famous and influential artists of his time!
Blues music originated in the northern Mississippi Delta area after the Civil War ended, according to the History of Rock website. The characteristic 'call and response' rhythm of blues music sprang from the environment of drudgery and manual labor that black slaves experienced while they sang. After black slaves were emancipated and needed to earn a living, two common options were either working as field hands or entertaining as a traveling minstrels -- both occupations involved singing the blues.
Generally, blues music features a common theme of sorrow, trouble and bad luck. The ballads began as work songs and spirituals, sung and played by people experiencing difficult lives. Black slaves toiling in the fields, working under difficult circumstances and living under oppression were among the first to originate blues music.
Blues music exists as the foundation of country, rock and roll, jazz, hip hop and all other major music forms.
Who was B.B. King?
How Blue Can You Get - B.B. King