by the early 1960s. Keyboards, especially electric organs and electric pianos, later became widely used in electric blues.

Early development (1930's-1940's)

The blues, like jazz, probably began to be amplified in the late 1930s. The first star of the electric blues is generally recognized as being T-Bone Walker; born in Texas but moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1930s, he combined blues with elements of swing music and jazz

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