What are some musical features of today’s blues? Refer to Otis Rush’s “Ain’t Enough Comin’ In” in your answer

What will be an ideal response?

• Expanded instrumentation (timbre change) including amplified instruments and riffing horn section
• Highly evolved and advanced, individual guitar styles, e.g., Rush's intense vibrato
• Driving, relentless rhythm section dominated by the bass guitar
• Traditional 12-bar blues form expanded to include "bridge" (linking) sections, use of minor key, and clever, subtle lyrics (which explore complex human relationships beyond simple posturing male/mistreated woman themes)

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