> Blues hasn't suffered from mass appeal huh? What about beer ads, "The Blues > Brothers" (the movie and the endless spin-offs), "Crossroads", the > "Roseanne" intro, Eric Clapton's "blues-lite" ncicely packaged for > yuppies...do I need to go on?
Still, it doesn't have the same massive, wide-eyed, fanatic appeal to the Jr High School crowd that typifies true "bubble gum" music. A top selling blues album is 20,000 copies, except for "crossovers" like SRV et al.
> PS: As an Englishman myself, I have to ask whether there are bands all > across America, performing "Ferry Cross The Mersey", in fake Liverpool accents?
I do it with a definitely American accent as a harmonica instrumental - does that count ;-)
