This exclusive lesson continues at: http://www.guitarworld.com/talkin-blues-new-orleans-part-1 The following content is related to the May 2012 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store: http://secure.nps1.net/guitarworld/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=304&utm_source=gw_homepage&utm_medium=we New Orleans, Louisiana — a.k.k. NOLA — was a crucial first point of cultural contact and cited mainly as the birthplace of jazz, but by the early Fifties, New Orleans was also home to a distinctive style of rhythm and blues. The difference was in the rhythm itself. Records coming out of the city began featuring an unusual blend of ingredients like tresillo, triplets, backbeat, two-beat and second line (or parade beat.)
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