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Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.

Artists like Mick Jagger and Van Morrison obsessively revered and imitated African-American blues and rock musicians.

You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.

"Goin' Down Slow" Cocker and Elton John duetted on this blues cover on French music show Trafic Musique in 2005.

English blues and rock singer Joe Cocker has died at age 70.

She dressed in simple lines and quiet tones, dark blues and black, with only a broad lace collar and cuffs in neat relief.

The woods of the Undercliff sank softly to the blues and purple, the silver streaks and gorgeous shadows of the sea floor.

I shall hear of his having the blues and nervous attacks next, I suppose.

She made a white-robed, dusky figure against the deep blues of my big window.

I like the Wall of Troy design you are using, and the blues and gray will be a good combination.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blues, such as: dejection, despondency, doldrums, dumps, gloom, and gloominess.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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