Blues (disambiguation)

The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern. The word is also often used in musical contexts to refer to the twelve-bar blues, a particular blues song form, or talking blues, a form of country music.

Blues or The Blues may also refer to:

Places

• Blue Mountains (Nunavut), sometimes referred to as the Blues, a mountain range in the Canadian territory of Nunavut

People

• Blues Saraceno (born 1971), guitarist and music producer

Art, entertainment, and media

Dance

• Blues dance, a style of social dance done to blues music

Fictional entities

• Blues, the final boss in the video game Yie Ar Kung-Fu
• Proto Man, video game character from the Mega Man series, called Blues in Japan
• The Blues trio, Jim, Jay and Jake from Angry Birds game series

Films

• The Blues (film), documentary series produced by Martin Scorsese

Music

Style

• Blues guitar playing, basics of slide guitar as played by blues musicians

Albums

• Blues (Jimi Hendrix album), compilation album by guitarist Jimi Hendrix
• Blues (Bob Dylan album), a Bob Dylan compilation album
• Blues (Breakout album), studio album by Polish band Breakout
• Blues (Eric Clapton album), a 1999 blues rock album by Eric Clapton
• Blue's, a 1987 album by Zucchero Fornaciari
• The Blues (B. B. King album), a 1958 blues album by B.B. King
• The Blues, a 1960 blues album by John Lee Hooker
• The Blues (Alex Harvey album), a 1964 album by Alex Harvey
• The Blues (Johnny Hodges album) a 1955 jazz album by Johnny Hodges
• The Blues: Baby Please Don't Go 1935–1951, an album by Big Joe Williams, released in 2003
• The Blues (EP), an EP by Some Girls

Songs

• The Blues (song), 1990 song by Tony! Toni! Toné!
• "Blues", the sixth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album
• "Blues Music", 1994 song by G. Love and Special Sauce on their debut album G. Love and Special Sauce

Other uses

• Blues, a common "placeholder" genre for ID3 tags on MP3 files, and other formats

Law enforcement and military

• Dress blues (disambiguation), the dress uniforms of some law enforcement and military branches
• Jersey Blues, the nickname of the 1st New Jersey Regiment
• Jersey Blues, the nickname of the 50th Armored Division
• Royal Horse Guards, Household Cavalry regiment of the British Army

Organizations

• Blues (Vénetoi), a political faction and associated chariot racing team in the Byzantine empire
• Bleus de Bretagne (Association of Breton Blues), a liberal and anticlerical organization in late 19th century Brittany

Sports

• Italian national football team is nicknamed "Gli Azzurri", which translates to "The Blues" in Italian
• Blue (university sport), an award won by athletes
• Blues (Super Rugby), rugby union team based in Auckland
• Cardiff Blues, rugby union team from Wales
• Carlton Football Club (nickname: the Blues), Australian rules football team in the AFL
• Cleveland Blues (disambiguation), various baseball teams of that former name
• Espoo Blues, ice hockey team of Espoo, Finland
• Nashville Blues, a minor league baseball team based in Nashville, Tennessee in 1887
• New South Wales cricket team, also known as the Blues
• New South Wales rugby league team, also known as the Blues
• St. Louis Blues, professional NHL ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri
• Sturt Double Blues, Australian rules football team in the SANFL
• The Blues is a nickname of a number of British association football clubs:
  • Birmingham City F.C.
  • Chelsea F.C.
  • Everton F.C.
  • Ipswich Town F.C.
  • Manchester City F.C.
• The Blues is a nickname of a number of Irish association football clubs:
  • Waterford United F.C.

Technology

• BLUES, the abbreviation for the German "Bremer Luft UEberwachungs System" (which means literally "air monitoring system of Bremen"); it is a monitoring system for air pollution managed by the environmental authority in the German federal state of Bremen

Other uses

• Depression (mood), often referred to as "the blues"
• Butterflies
  • Polyommatinae, a subfamily often referred to as "blues"
  • Glaucopsyche, a genus often referred to as "blues"
  • Plebejus, a genus often referred to as "blues"
• Three different narcotic medications sometimes referred to as "blues" (due to the color of their most frequently prescribed strength)
  • Alprazolam (Xanax)
  • Diazepam (Valium)
  • Oxycodone (Oxycontin/Roxicodone)

See also

• Blue (disambiguation)
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Les Bleus (disambiguation)
• NYPD Blue