New Orleans blues

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New Orleans blues
Live blues music club in New Orleans
Stylistic origins	Blues calypso Dixieland rhythm and blues
Cultural origins	1940s–1950s, New Orleans, U.S.
Typical instruments	Keyboards guitar bass drums horns

Guitar Slim – "The Things That I Used to Do" (1953)

Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do" influenced rock and soul music.

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New Orleans blues is a subgenre of blues that developed in and around the city of New Orleans, influenced by jazz and Caribbean music. It is dominated by piano and saxophone, but also produced guitar bluesmen.