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I disagree with all of this Jonman...I am a bluesman at heart, and have sung the blues many a time....you just need some sort of depression like problem and you have a right to sing the blues...or you can be like me, and thats the only type of music your voice can sing lol.........I love singing the blues...its just such a great genre of music.....bluesrock too....I love it......

further, you can be in a suit if you sing the blues....ever hear of the BLUES BROTHERS.......

further, what if you shot the man in Toronto?  Does that count?  ;D





8) now I got me blues shades, and Im gonna go singin'.....I got me a doggie...he wont fetch no bone....I got me a big doggy, he wont fetch me no bones, oh....that dog is so lazy, he only chaises Geo metros  ;D
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Uh...it was a joke BF...

No it doesn't count if you was in Tronna...

And the Blues Brothers aren't really blues singers...they're actors pretending to be blues singers...

And WTF are blues shades anyway? Or do you mean like what them actors who think they're blues singers wear?

;D

"I got me a woman, the girl got beautiful legs...and everywhere I squeeze her it feel like soft-boiled eggs..."

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I disagree with all of this Jonman...I am a bluesman at heart, and have sung the blues many a time....you just need some sort of depression like problem and you have a right to sing the blues...or you can be like me, and thats the only type of music your voice can sing lol.........I love singing the blues...its just such a great genre of music.....bluesrock too....I love it......

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  I would add that seeking the blues - striving for them- seems, um...less-than-sincere.   IMO, the best blues arise from unfortunate circumstances.

  One can always fake it, I suppose, but it will come-out in the music...the Blues Brothers aint the blues and is, IMO, an overrated movie.

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19. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit:
a) name of a physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.)
b) first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, etc.)
c) last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)

Examples: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson.
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Me, I'd be "Boils Banana Bush"

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A Beginner's Guide To The Blues:

1. Most Blues begin with "Woke up this mornin'..."

2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the blues unless you stick something nasty in the next line like "I got a good woman with the meanest face in town"

3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes, sort of "Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."

4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch. There ain't no way out.

5. Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, old Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvo's, BMW's or SUV's. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound Bus or a Southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the Blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.

6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or anyplace in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City are still great places to have the Blues. You cannot have the Blues anyplace that don't get rain.

8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the Blues. Breaking your leg 'cause an alligator be chomping on it is.

9. You can't have no Blues in a office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go out to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.

10. Good places for the Blues:
a) highway
b) jailhouse
c) empty bed
d) bottom of a whiskey glass

Bad places for the Blues:
a) Nordstrom's
b) gallery openings
c) Ivy league colleges
d) golf courses

11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old ethnic person and you slept in it.

12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues?
Yes, if:
a) you older than dirt
b) you blind
c) you shot a man in Memphis
d) you can't be satisfied

No, if:
a) you have all your teeth
b) you were once blind but now can see
c) the man in Memphis lived
d) you have a 401K or trust fund

13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the Blues. Sonny Liston could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the Blues.

14. If you ask for water and your darlin' give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other acceptable Blues beverages are:
a) cheap wine
b) whiskey or bourbon
c) muddy water
d) nasty black coffee

The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a) Perrier
b) Chardonnay
c) Snapple
d) Slim Fast

15. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So are the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken-down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or while getting liposuction.

16. Some Blues names for women:
a) Sadie
b) Big Mama
c) Bessie
d) Fat River Dumpling

17. Some Blues names for men:
a) Joe
b) Willie
c) Little Willie
d) Big Willie

18. Persons with names like Amber, Jennifer, Tiffany, Debbie and Heather can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.

19. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit:
a) name of a physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.)
b) first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, etc.)
c) last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)

Examples: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson.

20. No matter how tragic your life, if you own a computer you cannot sing the Blues.

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Dig it!! Daze a huge difrunce in tryin' ta sing da bluze an' libin' 'em, havin' 'em, knowin' 'em.........Dig? 8)
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daz rat! 8)

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LOL!!! :D That was a good read. Thanks, Jonman. Sooo...true.

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Uh...it was a joke BF...

No it doesn't count if you was in Tronna...

And the Blues Brothers aren't really blues singers...they're actors pretending to be blues singers...

And WTF are blues shades anyway? Or do you mean like what them actors who think they're blues singers wear?

;D

"I got me a woman, the girl got beautiful legs...and everywhere I squeeze her it feel like soft-boiled eggs..."
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I know it was a joke........

the blues brothers are legitimate singers....they may have been two comic actors, but they took the singing serriously....

blues shades, I dont know, I just said that because of the  8)
face


and it doesnt count if I killed them in Toronto?  Shoot!  All that work goes to nothing!  

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7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or anyplace in Canada.
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Then why is there a yearly bluesfest here in Ottawa?
And more importantly, what the heck is Sum41 doing there?
(Not to jinx it or anything. I'm going just because they'll be there)