Analysis of the Blues: Celebrating African-American Victory from Slavery

Running head: ANALYSIS OF THE BLUES
Analysis of the Blues
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1ANALYSIS OF THE BLUES
The state of America is usually related to slavery. The rich capitalists of the United States
bought the African population from their native places in order to work on their cotton fields and
other various places (Palmer, Robert). Such an outlook of the “black” Africans gave rise to the
socially evil practice of racial discrimination. This essay seeks to analyze the lives of the African
Americans as told in the words of a famous music band called the “Blues” and show how the
African-American celebrated their victory from slavery. For this purpose the essay looks in to
the book written by Robert Palmer and also makes reference to several famous songs of the
“Blues” which deal with the cause of the African-Americans.
In the book of “Deep Blues”, the author Robert Palmer analyzes the influence of the
music of the blues which originated from the Mississippi Delta and extended around the world.
Palmer believes that a musician cannot be separated from his music; the music shows the inner
desires and needs of the said musician. In the book, Robert palmer wrote about different
musicians who identified themselves as blues such as Son House, Robert Lockwood, Muddy
Waters and a few others. According to the author they had a high level of influence on the
foundation of rock music of the future generation.
The Blues showcase the condition of the African-Americans within the region of the
United States of America particularly and in the other parts of the world in general ("Racing
Down The Blues, An Interview With Adam Gussow"). The victory of the African-Americans in
terms of liberation from slavery had a resounding impact on the entire world. This victory has
been portrayed beautiful in some of the songs such as that of “Dead Man Blues” by Jelly Roll
Morton. The lyrics of the song show the celebration of life after a long hard tiring day by an
African-American. The lyrics “So don't let them begin the beguine Let the love that was once
a fire remain an ember; Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember When they begin