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Britain Plays the Blues

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Marc Myers
Sep 01, 2020
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How did all those British rock bands learn to play the blues in the 1960s and why were they so fascinated by the form? What was the unlikely result of the Yardbirds, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, John Mayall, Cream and other British bands introducing white audiences to the blues in the U.S.? Most people think the rockers' blues educatio…

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