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Thread #159868   Message #3790186
Posted By: GUEST,Joseph Scott
13-May-16 - 11:01 PM
Thread Name: 12-bar blues on record before 1921
Subject: RE: 12-bar blues on record before 1921
"Careless Love" was an old song that reportedly goes back to the British songs "The Sprig Of Thyme" and "Died For Love." Songs like "Careless Love," where it's on the V chord as the first half of the progression ends -- that was an extremely common approach in white and black songs of the 1800s, and it's an extremely uncommon approach in blues songs.