Question of the Month: The Genre Connection

Guest Picker JJ Appleton

Blues legend John Hammond Jr.

Photo by Louis Ramirez

A: What I love about the blues is its deceptive simplicity, the immediacy of emotion, and the story/truth-telling. When they say, “Blues is a feeling,” it’s clear when two different people play the same three chords or the same lick. If you’re really doing it, your personality should be laid bare with every note you play and sing.

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