How to tell the difference between Blues & Rock.
reprinted with permission from moblues.com
- If the guitar player has one small amplifier, Blues Band.
If he has a stack of them, Rock Band.
- If the keyboard player only plays piano or organ, Blues Band.
If he's uses other sounds, Rock Band.
- If the guitar player breaks a string and changes it on the spot, Blues Band. If a roadie comes out with a replacement guitar, Rock Band.
- If the bass player's instrument has only four strings, or is a stand up, Blues Band. More than four, Rock Band.
- If there are wives and children around the stage, Blues Band.
Scantly clad women, Rock Band.
- If they play the same songs differently every night, Blues Band.
Play the same songs the same way every night, Rock band.
- If they make up the lyrics as they go, Blues Band.
Read lyrics from a tele-prompter, Rock band.
- If they arrive in a van, Blues Band.
If they arrive in a school bus, Rock band.
- If everyone is drinking liquor, Blues Band.
Drinking beer, Rock Band.
- If people dance together, Blues band.
Mill about separately, Rock Band.
- If people clap their hands to the backbeat, Blues Band.
Pump their fists in the air, Rock Band.
- If the male musicians are wearing Dockers, Blues Band.
If they are wearing Spandex, Rock Band.
Also......
- Real Blues bands swing! No swing and all funk ain't the Blues.
- You don't need electricity to play Blues.
- You don't need Spandex pants to play the Blues either.
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