East Coast blues

East Coast blues is a type of Blues music which needs fast fingerpicking and ragtime style.

Important Artists

American blues singer Ma Rainey (1886–1939), the "Mother of the Blues"
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Musicologist John Lomax (left) shaking hands with musician "Uncle" Rich Brown in Sumterville, Alabama
Sheet music from "Saint Louis Blues" (1914)
Bessie Smith, an early blues singer, known for her powerful voice
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John Lee Hooker at the Long Beach Blues Festival
Blues legend B.B. King with his guitar, "Lucille"
Koko Taylor, known as the "Queen of the Blues," was well-known for her raspy, strong vocals.
Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1983

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