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1916 Atlanta Constit. 1 Aug. 14/4 Their negro ragtime songs are of the ‘blues’ type.

1923 Daily Mail 28 July 7 A special ‘Blues Trot’ has been devised for dancing with the tunes, which are slower than [those of] a fox-trot.

1927 Melody Maker Sept. 865/2 The Yale..is danced to ‘blues’ tempo.

1935 W. Strange Sunset in Ebony 181 He must have liked the ‘blues’ record; it was a very good one.

1939 L. Hughes Let. 15 Dec. in E. Bernard Remember Me to Harlem (2001) 164 I've come across more than two dozen blues, a dozen or so dialect poems in the blues mood, and a projected blues playlet.

1949 Boys' Life July 23/2 People who once thought Dixieland and barrelhouse and blues music was ‘crazy’ now listen to it comfortably.

1957 Boston Sunday Globe 30 June 43/1 Whether you are a blues fan, a Bach lover or a fire buff, you will find your answer in the Berkshires this week.

1967 Billboard 4 Mar. 26/1 Joe Williams is moving away from his traditional blues style.

1973 A. Dundes Mother Wit 245 Symbolic statements of blues lyrics.

1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic vi. 132 Ghetto taverns and theatres played host to the great travelling blues revues.

1991 Living Blues Nov. 64/1 Always be suspicious of a blues album that takes two months to record; it smacks of too much overdubbing.

1996 Entertainm. Weekly 31 May 14/3 Watson, revered by axmen from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, collapsed at a blues bar just as his set began.

2010 New Yorker 1 Nov. 106/3 His close adolescent friendship with Jagger and their mutual love for their blues heroes.