Most of us like the Style we call the blues, but not many of us actually know the history behind it. Blues music is the backbone of all of todays American Music. So if you like the style of Rock,Country,Jazz,Folk etc., they all came from the blues! Yeah even bands like Metallica. Blues music is said to have started in the cotton fields back in the early 1900's. Black Slaves would sing to each other trying to ease the pain of everyday life as a slave.