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The Blues

Musical Perceptions has "some very fundamental rules" of blues music. Our favorites:

1. Most blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
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9. You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
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19. Persons with names like Michelle, Amber, Jennifer, Debbie, and Heather can't sing the blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
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21. I don't care how tragic your life is: if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues, period.