Today, most blues singers think
A. improvising blues lyrics in performance is okay.
B. varying the lyrics to a known blues song is preferred.
C. keeping the lyrics to a blues song fixed is preferred.
D. using any lyrics from popular music is okay.
ANS: C. keeping the lyrics to a blues song fixed is preferred.
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