Whenever you wake up after seeing a beautiful dream, you get a pleasant feeling and the rest of your day passes by, smiling and all seems wonderful! Things appear to be falling into place and you find an order amongst all the chaos. You feel like shouting out all your buried emotions to the world, letting your thoughts fly and reaching a new high!!!
Such is the ecstatic feeling one gets after listening to some blues!! So powerful, so crazy, yet so subtle and soothing!! When one begins to understand what it really means to be bluesy, that soul finds peace amidst all tyrannies!!
From the knowledge point of view, understanding blues helps in comprehending the nature of all the other western influences, like blues rock, rock n' roll, classic rock, psychedelic and even modern influences like heavy metal and thrash. The artistes who used to perform at gigs and in clubs were regarded as geniuses because, blues being pretty similar to jazz, had to be improvised on the spot; with a random beat and the famous "12-bar" blues pattern in the background, over which the main instrumentalist used his creativity to venture into all the heavenly realms of music!!!
If you feel like plugging in your earphones and get a load of BLUES in your life, then lend your ears to these artistes: BB King, Buddy Guy, Muddy waters and Eric Johnson!!