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The Band - Too Soon Gone

Blues on the move even in the USA blues has travelled and morphed. Urban blues evolved from classic blues following the Great Migration, or the Great Northern Drive, to Chicago and Detroit and other industrial cities of the north from the 1920’s... and the advent of electric Chicago blues was born.

B.B. King became one of the most important names in rhythm & blues music in the 1950s, introducing the big band sound with plenty of brass, but his electric guitar expertise was at the forefront.

The blues was changing with the advent of jazz and rock & roll throughout the 1950’s, but Chicago blues was still being played. This is where the beginning of the British Blues movement started with UK bands... heroes were the likes of Howlin’ Wolf who recorded several songs that became his most famous tunes and were also played by the new British culture of blues artists.

Blues has morphed in so many directions,  rhythm and blues, electric blues, acoustic blues, country blues, blues rock, blues based Americana, soul blues, rock ‘n roll, jazzy blues, folk blues, bluegrass, hillbilly blues, gospel, funky blues, and the list could go on. We need to remember where the roots began but accept that things move on and change. We can still refer to the greats such as Robert Johnson or John Mayall, but also embrace the changes and the new breed of British Blues artists.


The Band - Too Soon Gone
  • Released on: November 2, 1993
  • Genre: Rock
  • Produced by: John Simon and Aaron L. Hurwitz

"The Band were one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the world, thematically and musically fusing the past and the present. Their work reflected the influences of country, blues, folk, and showed a creative maturity that was a revelation in the psychedelic era."

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