The Blues...
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
(Amy Winehouse)
Although the musical genre "The Blues" originated in the 19th century, it is thought that the term comes from an earlier time.
One alternative explanation for the origin of the "blues" is that it derived from mysticism involving blue indigo, which was used by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies where all the mourner's garments would have been dyed blue to indicate suffering.
This mystical association towards the indigo plant, grown in many southern U.S. slave plantations, combined with the West African slaves who sang of their suffering as they worked on the cotton that
the indigo dyed eventually resulted in these expressed songs being known as "the Blues."
Weekly Theme Challenge - Blue
Colorful Nature - Blue Friday
Looking close... on Friday! - Blue on Black Background
(photo by Freya, editing by me)
Thanks for views, faves and comments! ;-)
The Blues...
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
(Amy Winehouse)
Although the musical genre "The Blues" originated in the 19th century, it is thought that the term comes from an earlier time.
One alternative explanation for the origin of the "blues" is that it derived from mysticism involving blue indigo, which was used by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies where all the mourner's garments would have been dyed blue to indicate suffering.
This mystical association towards the indigo plant, grown in many southern U.S. slave plantations, combined with the West African slaves who sang of their suffering as they worked on the cotton that
the indigo dyed eventually resulted in these expressed songs being known as "the Blues."
Weekly Theme Challenge - Blue
Colorful Nature - Blue Friday
Looking close... on Friday! - Blue on Black Background
(photo by Freya, editing by me)
Thanks for views, faves and comments! ;-)