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Blues and Kentucky

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Difference between Blues and Kentucky

Blues vs. Kentucky

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

Similarities between Blues and Kentucky

Blues and Kentucky have 15 things in common (in Unionpedia): African Americans, Bill Monroe, Bluegrass music, Cage the Elephant, Deep South, Fingerstyle guitar, Great Migration (African American), Jazz, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Rhythm and blues, Southern United States, Tennessee, W. C. Handy.

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Bill Monroe

William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who helped to create the style of music known as bluegrass.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Cage the Elephant

Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, that formed in 2006 and relocated to London, England in 2008 before their first album was released.

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Fingerstyle guitar

Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (plucking individual notes with a single plectrum, commonly called a "pick").

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Great Migration (African American)

The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues.

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Blues and Kentucky Comparison

Blues has 563 relations, while Kentucky has 793. As they have in common 15, the Jaccard index is 1.11% = 15 / (563 + 793).

References

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