Birth of Blues

Blue is a genre of music which took birth in the Elizabeth era and was the name was coined by the famous American author named Washington Irving in 1807. The word ‘Blue’ in this context refers to depression and melancholia. Eventually Blue was a result of the merge of African and European music which was sung and played by the agony filled slaves. Tailing the Civil War the music form was considered to be brought only by the African slaves, the Negro community. During 1890 onwards blue music was sung in many rural areas. Since the 1960s rock and blue merged and gave birth to several revivals like Timi Yuro, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, B.B. king, etc.