Delta blues
The Delta blues is one of the earliest types of blues music. It started in the Mississippi Delta (a place in the US that goes from Memphis to Mississippi). Guitar and harmonica are usually used to play it.
| Delta Blues | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Blues |
| Typical instruments | Guitar, Harmonica |
| Derivative forms | Chicago blues, Detroit blues |
Beginning
Delta blues music was first played in the 1920s. Tommy Johnson and Ishman Bracey were recorded by Victor in 1928. Robert Wilkins was first recorded by Victor in Memphis in 1928, and Big Joe Williams and Garfield Akers were also recorded in Memphis in 1929 by Brunswick/Vocalion.
List of artists
- Robert Lockwood, Jr.
- Robert Lowery
- Tommy McClennan
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Blind Willie McTell
- Charley Patton
- Paul Pena
- Pinetop Perkins
- Snooky Pryor
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Charles David Sharp
- Johnny Shines
- Sunnyland Slim
- Henry Sloan
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Chaz Van Gogh
- Muddy Waters
- Bukka White
- Big Joe Williams
- Howlin' Wolf
Delta Blues Media
The Mississippi Delta (not to be confused with the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana)
Other websites
- Trail of the Hellhound - Delta Blues in the lower Mississippi Valley Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- The Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola Archived 2006-06-25 at the Wayback Machine