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John Mayall's blues school is still in session after 40 years.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Byline: Rod Harmon
On his latest album, "Stories," John Mayall has a song titled "Kids Got the Blues."
It's an optimistic view of the popular music scene that has all but ignored the basis for rock, jazz, rap and R&B for 25 years. Ever since disco reduced funk to repetitive four-on-the-floor beats in the mid-'70s, blues has been relegated to independent radio stations and small clubs. With the exception of a few giants such as B.B. King, traditional blues musicians are known only to aficionados.
But Mayall, who played a vital role in re-introducing the genre to ...
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