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On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 00:02:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> The Africans had rhythm. The Europeans had tunes.

John Lee Hooker was from the Mississippi Delta where there wasn't much 
interaction between whites and blacks. He said sommething like 'All them 
fancy chords don't mean a thing if it ain't got that beat'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7WxBLtGMcc

Gary Davis was from South Carolina and is in the Piedmont blues tradition. 
He knew his way around them fancy chords.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9PuLcoZMM

Doc Watson picked up quite a bit of the style, as well as bluegrass and 
traditional fiddle tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAbrnjdtYw