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Tracing the blues to rock guitar evolution

From the Mississippi Delta’s raw acoustic roots to the electrified stages of London and Chicago, blues guitar has been the heartbeat of rock’s evolution. Legendary players like Muddy Waters, B.B. King ...
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The Mississippi Blues 1927-1940

The Panama limited ; Special streamline / Bukka White -- Future blues ; M & O blues / Willie Brown -- Mississippi bottom blues ; Rowdy blues / Kid Bailey -- That's no way to get along ; I do blues / ...
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Mississippi is home of the blues and key to civil rights past. Locals tell the story

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played the guitar with such genius that legend has it his talent was a gift from the devil in exchange for the musician's soul. That deal was done, ...
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We followed the music of the blues from 'the most Southern place on earth'

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...