Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences. Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term rhythm and blues in 1948 as a musical marketing term in the United States. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Albert King

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Jerry Butler Howard Theatre
Washington DC, United States
38.916103 -77.02122
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Wednesday 6 June 2012
Nick Waterhouse The Verdi Club
San Francisco, United States
37.763394 -122.407929

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Friday 8 June 2012
Bonnie Raitt
Mavis Staples 		Mountain Park
Holyoke, United States
42.20417 -72.61667

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Thursday 14 June 2012
Bonnie Raitt
Mavis Staples 		Filene Center at Wolf Trap
Vienna, Washington DC VA, United States
38.932185 -77.266278
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Saturday 16 June 2012
Jerry Butler The Watseka Theatre
Watseka, IL, United States

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Sunday 17 June 2012
Zane Williams
Chris Allen 		Love & War In Texas
Plano, TX, United States
33.009253 -96.7063
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  • coke1412

    It's a disgrace what people today call R&B [25]

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  • Ariues2

    im just glad we're keeping the rnb and rhythm and blues tags separate so the ushers arent lumped in with the otis reddings

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  • zurik1

    It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[24]

    28 days ago

  • Encyclopedique

    It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[23]

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  • Dark-Cheese

    It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[22]

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  • gold-rush

    It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[21]

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  • Piratesquid

    Justin Timberlake >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    November 2011

  • Piratesquid

    Goddamn I love Rhythm & Blues but if you can't appreciate contemporary R&B just because it's poppy, then you're a Class A asshole.

    November 2011
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