depth and space

Sunday late afternoon and evening I was really up lifted. I stopped off on at the Danforth street festival to hear a local blues band, harmonica, guitar, keyboard and drumkit. In the rain with storm clouds overhead there is something about the blues which seems to be inherently spiritual. Perhaps it is in its emergence from the songs of the oppressed. Both the wailing nature of the songs harmonica. guitar and voice and the blues scale itself lend a certain transcendence. This was followed by watching George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh from Google Video and followed by G3 live featuring the guitar artistry of Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai.

Blues seems to touch deeply. Perhaps because of the absence of the major third in the blues scale brings an existential feeling of space inside the chording. I forget the book I was reading but looking at Christian worship music it presented 3 categories for music with sufficient depth. One was folk music, the music of the people. Blues reflects truly the human condition and human struggle.