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In 2011, Cummings released an instructional DVD for the Hal Leonard Corporation entitled, Working Man Blues Guitar. His 2012 album No Regrets debuted at No. 1 in the U.S., Canada and Franc] on the iTunes Blues Charts and at No. 5 on the Billboard blues chart. In a 2012 interview, he called No Regrets his "best album yet". [citation needed]
It was followed by Heads Up! (2002), Rattleshake (2006), Full Tilt (2008) and Jump Start (2012). [1] Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials have appeared multiple times at the Chicago Blues Festival and festivals and clubs around the world. In June 2008, Williams played on three tracks on Magic Slim & the Teardrops's album Midnight Blues. [6]
Blues musical styles, forms (12-bar blues), melodies, and the blues scale have influenced many other genres of music, such as rock and roll, jazz, and popular music. [127] Prominent jazz, folk or rock performers, such as Louis Armstrong , Duke Ellington , Miles Davis , and Bob Dylan have performed significant blues recordings.
Musselwhite then took off in search of the rumored "big-paying factory jobs" up the "Hillbilly Highway", Highway 51 to Chicago, where he continued his education on the South Side, making the acquaintance of blues musicians Lew Soloff, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Big Walter Horton.
The first appearance of the blues is often dated to after the ending of slavery, with the development of juke joints occurring later. It is associated with the newly acquired freedom of the former slaves. Chroniclers began to report about blues music at the dawn of the 20th century. The first publication of blues sheet music was in 1908.
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His extended family sang and played music in church. Ingram grew up attending gospel music performances, and while still young got up to join groups, though without any competency. [9] He listened to and learned from music by Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Prince and others. [10]
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