Booker T. & the M.G.’s is an American music group that was very successful in the 1960s and 1970s. The
Category: Electric blues
Electric blues is a form of blues that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, when musicians began amplifying guitars and using amplifiers to add distortion and sustain to their sound. This approach gave the blues a new sonic dimension, with a more aggressive and powerful sound than traditional acoustic blues. Electric blues was popularized by artists such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Freddie King, and influenced rock ‘n’ roll and other genres of music. Today, electric blues is still a popular and vibrant musical genre.