The Blues Accordin Analysis

The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins clearly illustrated how the culture and lifestyle effected the music that was being produced. The film clearly illustrated the culture that surrounds the culture of blues music. The culture that surrounds blues music is one of the history of people of color in the united states. From early slavery to share cropping and up into the poor rural country life in the american south. The poverty shown in the film is very clear, but also some of the care free attitude was shown by scenes of people sitting around fishing and talking. The lyrics of the songs that Lightnin Hopkins sings about are about life and every day events. In one of the song that we heard it was about a couple breaking up, this is much like most of the music of today. Which the Blues had a large effect on as it is. They effected most genres of music that are around today besides possibly classical music. But the Blues did still effect genes like Hip Hop, rock,
Blues was popularized by European bands that would be more excepted copying and changing what they could see in blues with their own devices and reasons into something that would be more exerted by to