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The British Blues Explosion By the 1950's, the blues had lost it's primary black audience to soul music, but had gained a new audience of young white kids. To the black audience, the themes of oppression, anger and rebellion were no longer relevant and reminded them uncomfortably of their past history as slaves. In Britain, the popular music scene was dominated by cosy, idealistic songs of romance and ballads from artists such as Ruby Murray, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney. To the post World war Two teenagers, this was just plain boring. Young white country singers, such as Elvis Presley were recording blues for a new generation, and paving the way for Rock and Roll. Performance became equally as exciting as the music, and inspired by black R'n'B' and electric blues stars such as T-Bone Walker and B.B. King. By the end of the 50's, the electric guitar would come to...

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