While others might say ; outer space Jimi Hendrix however -- -- the fates Jeanette Walls fire

       "The Weary Blues" explores the dark side of the blues, one of the building blocks of modern music.  Langston Hughes writes about something that seems as far away as outer space, however the nature of the topics relevance can be seen.  Music ranging from the Hip-Hop of Kanye West to the psychedelic rock of Jimi Hendrix can all be traced back to these lyrics, melodies, and chord progressions.  Hughes's description of the man on "Lenox Avenue" "crooning" the tune offers a different point of view; instead of the fast-paced, euphoric music it has evolved into, the lonely man sits at his piano.  While others might say that music has has evolved so far that the blues is unidentifiable --they are not completely incorrect-- the melodies of jazz greats will never be lost.  Both forms of musical expression follow many of the same rules of melody, just as Jeanette Walls uses many of the same words that Shakespeare did.   Motifs, snippets of recognizable melody fragment in music, are no different than Walls's motifs of fire.  As if the Fates control the course of time, the blues will continue to influence music.

One of the greatest Blues standards off of one of the greatest records.  Miles Davis --"So What"