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Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
Pages in category "Chicago blues musicians" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alberta Adams;
Muddy Waters, a colleague of Delta blues musicians Son House and Robert Johnson, migrated to Chicago in 1943, joining the established Big Bill Broonzy, where they developed a distinctive style of blues music. Joined by artists such as Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and John Lee Hooker, Chicago blues reached an international audience by the late ...
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]
Greatest Hits: Magic Sam Blues Band: Black Magic: Delmark Records: 1969 Studio 1991 Muddy Waters: Can't Get No Grindin' Chess Records: 1973 Studio: The only Muddy Waters album in the Hall of Fame that was recorded as an album Various Artists: Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vanguard Records: 1966 Compilation: Little Walter: The Best of Little Walter ...
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones – (June 21, 1941 – September 16, 2015) was a Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist and vocalist, who recorded Ain't Gonna Worry, a W.C. Handy Award winner for best new male blues artist in 1997. [155] Tail Dragger Jones – (September 30, 1940 – September 4, 2023). American Chicago blues singer who performed since ...
Born in Chicago Zach Blair: Dec 26, 1974: Guitarist for Rise Against: Harold Bradley Jr. Oct 13, 1929 Apr 13, 2021 Singer of spirituals and blues, painter, actor, TV host, former football player, founder of Italy's iconic Folkstudio music club Born in Chicago Oscar Brown Jr. Oct 10, 1926: May 29, 2005: Musician, poet Born in Chicago Bob Bryar ...
Electric blues [23] George Harrison: 1943 2001 England Rock [20] Earl Hooker: 1930 1970 Mississippi Chicago blues [24] Son House: 1902 1988 Mississippi Delta blues [25] J. B. Hutto: 1926 1983 South Carolina Chicago blues [26] Bo Weavil Jackson: Unknown: Unknown: U.S. Country blues [27] Elmore James: 1918 1963 Mississippi Chicago blues [28 ...