Early American Blues
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Over three decades,
Broonzy applied his fluid
guitar playing and down
home vocals to Acoustic,
Country and Chicago Blue...
Pre-War blues singer and
guitarist whose rough
vocals and fleet guitar
playing produced an
archetypal form of the bl...
A major influence on slide
guitar, Blind Willie Johnson
played gospel-heavy blues
in Pre-War Texas. He died
in 1947. As the story goes,...
McTell is one of the very
earliest recorded blues
musicians. He was an
excellent acoustic player
and singer. McTell could r...
The Delta's first true star,
Charley Patton's tortured
growl and explosive guitar
playing were a major draw
in 1930s South. Patton is o...
Lewis' acoustic,
story-telling blues link
nineteenth-century Ragtime
and folk styles to blues of
the twentieth century. Le...
Active during the '20s and
'30s, the Sheiks combined
folk and blues styles, with
the fiddle featured as lead
instrument.
Myths of the blues include
Satanism, crimes of passion,
and superstition. Most of
these can be attributed to
Robert Johnson. Robert J...
A major influence on the
formation of Delta Blues,
Son House's music is
bare-boned and haunting.
After not playing guitar fo...
Influential guitar player
Tampa Red used the sounds
of the horn as the blueprint
for his linear, personal
guitar lines.
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