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A Hundred Years On, Teenage Blues Band Celebrates the Influence of Blues on Today’s Music Scene

The ‘blues’ genre shapes almost all of today’s popular music despite having begun over a hundred years ago. The young Homemade Jamz Blues Band is a prime example of how the genre is still thriving.
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The ‘blues’ is a genre of music that has strongly influenced almost all of today’s popular music including jazz, country, and rock and roll and continues to help shape music worldwide as well as modern day artists such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Jones and Paolo Nutini.

Mississippi, USA has produced the largest number of influential and important blues artists in music history and is still considered the emotional heart of the blues for musicians, fans and travelers.

. Introduction:

The Homemade Jamz Blues band are a sibling trio of brothers Ryan and Kyle and little sister Taya, all the way from Tupelo, Mississippi, who are living proof that the dynamic and thriving Blues scene is still alive, a hundred years after its beginning. They were the youngest band ever to compete in the International Blues Challenge, taking 2nd in a field of 157 bands.

So how has the Mississippi Blues heritage affected the Homemade Jamz Blues band’s music?

Joining us in the studio is the Teenage Blues band, The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Bill Serratt from the Mississippi Blues Commission.

. Suggested Questions:

What makes a piece of music ‘blues’?

What is the history of blues music in Mississippi?

How did your involvement in the Blues music scene begin?

How does it feel having a blues idol like B.B King comment on your music?

What are the Homemade Jamz Blues Band plans for the future?

Where can we find more information?