Rick Davis
1115 posts
Jan 04, 2013
5:32 PM
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From Huffington Post:
"Why is blues music called "the blues"? The name of this great American music probably originated with the 17th-century English expression "the blue devils," for the intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal. Shortened over time to "the blues," it came to mean a state of agitation or depression. "Blue" was slang for "drunk" by the 1800s. The link between "blue" and drinking is also indicated by "blue laws" that still prohibit Sunday alcohol sales in some states."
Continued at the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-devi/blues-music-history_b_2399330.html
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
Last Edited by on Jan 04, 2013 5:33 PM
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Frank
1799 posts
Jan 04, 2013
6:06 PM
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There are a lot a drunk and high people at blues shows, so there might be some chroof in dat little story?
Last Edited by on Jan 04, 2013 6:13 PM
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nicewrk
47 posts
Jan 05, 2013
5:00 AM
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I Think its because the Green's can afford to live
in a better part of town. We was poor but we was
happy.
The Blues is a healer
Mike B
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