Blues 101
February 24, 2010 by
Filed under blues history
Every lick that snaps from the E string of an electric guitar owes a debt to the blues. The blues gave the Rolling Stones their attitude and brought soul to the Beatles pop. In this video, Boston University’s Victor Coelho delivers a primer on blues history and churns out a few licks of his own. The associate provost for undergraduate education and College of Fine Arts professor of musicology is both a musicologist and a performer. His expertise ranges from 16th- and 17th-century Italian music to popular music. For more Boston University news and videos, check out today.bu.edu
I thoroughly enjoyed this vid. Pilfered a couple of tasty licks as well (with proper accolades to Mr. C of course).
Very engaging.