Soul blues

Infobox Music genre
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name=Soul-Blues
stylistic_origins=Rock 'n' roll
Traditional blues
Soul
R&B
Urban contemporary
Electric guitar blues
Southern soul
cultural_origins=50's-70's; US.
instruments=bass guitar • electric guitar (with amplifier) • harmonica • drums • vocals • keyboards
popularity= Medium: 1980's -->
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Soul blues is a style of blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of soul music and urban contemporary music. Singers and musicians who grew up listening to the traditional electric blues of Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James etc., soul singers such as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Otis Redding, and gospel music wanted to bridge their favorite music together. Bobby Bland was one of the pioneers of this style. The song "The Thrill Is Gone" by BB King was a hint for future trends in this subgenre. Additional musicians in this style include Z. Z. Hill, Otis Clay, Latimore, Little Milton, Johnny Adams, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Bobby Rush and Johnnie Taylor. Soul blues saw its popularity rise in 1980s. Soul Blues Lives With Artists old and new, such as Latimore, Shirley Brown, Marvin Sease, Karen Wolfe, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Kenne Wayne, Stacy Mitchhart, Denise LaSalle, O.B. Buchana, Betty Padegett, Leon McMullen, Ms. Jody, The Mystery Man, Reggie Sears, Ricky White, T.K. Soul, Sir Charles Jones, Little Phil, Roni McCullum, Jerome Towers, Fred Bolton, Lola, William Bell, and more. This is a sub-genre of blues that is very popular with African American audiences but less known by white audiences.

Artists

Some artists listed here:
*Bobby "Blue" Bland
*Z.Z. Hill
*Etta James
*Albert King
*B.B. King
*Little Milton
*Johnny Adams
*Lowell Fulson
*Ted Hawkins
*Eddie Kirkland
*Jimmy McCracklin
*Junior Parker
*Johnnie Taylor
*Ike Turner
*Buster Benton
*Frank Frost
*Earl Gaines
*Denise LaSalle
*Frankie Lee
*A.C. Reed

External links (and references)

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:36 Soul-Blues] on AMG.com