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"Maybe our
forefathers couldn’t keep their language together when they
were taken away from Africa, but this - the blues - was a language
we invented to let people know we had something to say. And we’ve
been saying it pretty strong ever since." "The true
measure of his success is that B. B. King's music.......has
shaped and colored modern blues to such a degree that
virtually no performer of the music since his time has escaped
the pull of its pervasive influence. |