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Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues. It originated in the Mississippi Delta and is regarded as a regional variant of country blues . Guitar and harmonica are its dominant instruments; slide guitar is a hallmark of the style.
Country blues and Delta blues guitarist and singer, collaborator with Mose Vinson; started recording late in his career, beginning in the 1990s. Charley Booker (September 3, 1925, Sunflower County, Mississippi – September 20, 1989). Singer and guitarist, mostly active around Leland and Greenville, Mississippi, in the 1940s and early 1950s. [6]
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney (July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973) [1] was an American Delta blues guitarist and pianist. [2] He first entered a recording studio with his brother Maylon in 1928, to wax guitar work backing for separate tracks by Pearl Dickson and Walter Rhodes.
Mississippi is best known as the home of the blues which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century and beginning 20th century. The Delta blues is the style most closely associated with the state, and includes performers like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson (buried in Greenwood, MS), David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, Ishmon Bracey, Bo ...
Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States. Guitar and harmonica are the dominant instruments used. The vocal styles range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery.
Little Freddie King (born Fread Eugene Martin, [2] [3] July 19, 1940) is an American Delta blues guitarist. Despite the name, his style is not based on that of Freddie King , but is more influenced by John Lee Hooker and his approach to electric blues is original.
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 ...
"High Water Everywhere" is a Delta blues song recorded in 1929 by the blues singer Charley Patton. The song is about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it affected residents of the Mississippi Delta, particularly the mistreatment of African Americans.