It's influenced by Africans, but it's not "rooted" in Africans. Blues are considered to be primarily of African American origin, but it was influenced by European Americans with the use of guitars and other melodies brought by them. By now, all of these music types including "rock" and its billion and one descendants are American, period.
It's influenced by Africans, but it's not "rooted" in Africans. Blues are considered to be primarily of African American origin, but it was influenced by European Americans with the use of guitars and other melodies brought by them. By now, all of these music types including "rock" and its billion and one descendants are American, period.