These are pure, able to endure the pressure of unwanted artistic concessions and thus also stand the test of time. However, for some types of music that are original and have been at the basis of that same popular music, different rules apply. Trends in contemporary popular music, as we have seen from the late fifties onwards, come and go. Fortunately, in England and in some countries in Continental Europe a healthy interest in the genre can be seen as well. Not so much in terms of excessive media attention and record sales, but more in the live circuit of clubs and at festivals, where the demand for performances by living guitar heroes, but also the interest in the large crowd of newcomers is absolutely growing. The truth requires us to continue searching, digging and sure enough, there is hope on the horizon! After all, the blues is flourishing in the US. As do ‘newcomers’ like Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clark, Jr.Īnd that's it. King, Charlie Musselwhite, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other from ‘the old school’ also make an effort. Of course, Eric Clapton does keep the momentum somewhat alive through his solo and co-productions with still living blues legends. It is true that blues isn’t played on ‘mainstream’ radio anymore and big international successes of real blues performers have become scarce since the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan. A much-used observation of journalists, record bosses and so-called ‘connoisseurs’ of the genre. Now, almost 25 years later, it is often said that the blues music is a dying form. Indeed, it was through Stevie that the genre had advanced immensely and enjoyed a never before seen popularity amongst all sections of the general public which, until the mid-eighties, was an unprecedented phenomenon. The blues world and the genre itself would, as it turned out, never recover from this blow. Not only had the guitar genius, the pure musician left us, but also the man who with his unparalleled energy and love for ‘his blues’ had provided so much hope and joy, was abruptly snatched from our lives. The entire music-loving world was in deep mourning. On 27 August 1990, after a historic performance with his Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan was tragically killed in a helicopter crash.
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