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Electric blues musician, one of a very small number of blues musicians to play the mandolin. [23] Louise Johnson. Singer and pianist. [24] Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi – August 16, 1938). Singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognized since the 1960s as a master of Delta blues and an important influence on many rock ...
Pages in category "Delta blues musicians" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ]
Many Delta blues artists, such as Big Joe Williams, moved to Detroit and Chicago, creating a pop-influenced city blues style. This was displaced by the new Chicago blues sound in the early 1950s, pioneered by Delta bluesmen Muddy Waters , Howlin' Wolf , and Little Walter , that was harking back to a Delta-influenced sound, but with amplified ...
Johnson is mentioned as one of the Delta artists who was a strong influence on blues singers in post-war styles. [102] However, it is Johnson's guitar technique that is often identified as his greatest contribution. [103] Blues historian Edward Komara wrote:
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 [1] or 1917 [4] [5] – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit.
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] Blind Lemon Jefferson: 1893 1929 Texas Country blues [11] Blind Willie Johnson: 1897 1945 Texas Gospel ...
Urban Blues: Charles Keil 1966 1994 Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians: Lawrence Cohn: 1993 1995 Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom: Peter Guralnick: 1986 Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the ‘King of the Delta Blues' Peter Guralnick: 1989 1996 The Land Where the Blues ...