I guess when I think "boogie" I think piano and a melodic walking bass line which defines the style, for me at least. Adaptations for guitar came later.

I always associate "shuffle" with blues and "swing" with jazz. I know both styles can exist in both genera.

I was looking for examples of "Blues Shuffles" on youtube. This came up. I was not paying any attention to the video but as soon as I listen I recognized the guitar player. This is Pete Mays playing guitar. I have played on many occasions with Pete in the juke joints around Houston and at his house. I am vaguely aware of Bill Doggett but had no idea Pete played with him.I assume the guitar lines were highly influenced by T-Bone Walker. Pete and many other blues players were influenced by T-Bone.There is also a bit of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown in the slide up the fret board. What Gate would call a "forward whip This is classic shuffle music of that era. More detail about Texas blues than any of you most likely wanted to know!!lol

https://youtu.be/eIGgmR4ites

This is what comes to my mind when I think about "Swing Blues" Others define this as "Jump Blues". They also put people like Willie Dixon and Big Joe Turner in the "Jump Blues" style.

As I dig deeper into the various meanings of style names I am beginning to see why anyone would have a hard time to define styles.

https://youtu.be/lHdRjZvYdTE

Cheers,

Billy

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