bluesman


blues

B0348700 (blo͞oz)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)1. A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.2. A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: "The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation" (B.B. King).
[Short for blue devils, a feeling of depression.]
blues′man n.blues′y adj.

bluesman

(ˈbluːzmən) n, pl -men (Music, other) a musician who plays the blues