That's the problem with the blues, it's sort of trapped by society, academics, all that stuff. Jazz may have reached them sooner. They sampled jazz, they sampled a lot of funk, so now they're getting to the blues, and trying to understand how they can use that music to enhance whatever their products are. Similarly, Organized Noize's Murray chalks it up simply to exposure. Everything else is wall covering.
Blues is the fucking frame of the house.
It's the wood that gives it depth. Mississippi bluesman T-Model Ford, whose music gets four reworkings on New Beats , couldn't agree more. Because the blues will be here as long there's a world, and I like it. The blues been here since there's been a world. And I like it.