I recently saw a TV interview (UK with Naga Munchetty) in which Seeger referred to Big Bill Broonzy as a talented 'jazz' guitar player. Wherever that came from, it made me think twice about how my ideas of genre and those of Seeger might differ.

Broonzy was, for those who do not know, chosen by John Hammond to replace the now legendary Robert Johnson at a famous concert in the Carnegie Hall. He subsequently became part of what is sometimes described as a US 'folk revival', sometimes more narrowly as a 'blues revival', appearing with Pete Seeger among others, and he also performed at many British clubs in the early 1950s.

Not being around in those days, I knew of him initially via the Allman/Clapton version of his 'Key to the Highway'.

I have read articles suggesting that Broonzy was to some extent 'packaged' as a country blues man, even though he had moved on musically in line, perhaps, with the changing tastes of his record buying public, to the extent that the clothes he wore were chosen to fit this image. Nobody denies his musical and songwriting talents, and all credit to Seeger for flagging up his talents on 21st century TV in the UK, but why refer to him as a 'jazz' guitarist?

Sorry I have gone off-topic.