The History of Blues

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Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf on stage at Silvios, Chicago, early 60's.

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Otis Rush (born April 29, 1935 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound and long bent notes. With similar qualities to Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and became an influence on many musicians. Rush is left-handed and, unlike many other left-handed guitarists, plays a left-handed instrument strung upside-down with the low E string at the bottom.

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Junior Wells

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Appalachian Blues

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Mississippi Blues

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Blues Legend Big George Brock

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Taj Mahal (1968)

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Mississippi John Hurt

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Big Joe Williams

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Joe Willie Wilkins (January 7, 1923[2] – March 28, 1979 was a Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Whilst he influenced contemporaries such as Houston Stackhouse, Robert Nighthawk, David Honeyboy Edwards, and Jimmy Rogers, Wilkins' bigger impact was on up and coming guitarists, including Little Milton, B.B. King, and Albert King. Wilkins' songs included "Hard Headed Woman" and "It's Too Bad."

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Charlie Spand was a blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer, noted for his barrelhouse style. Spand was deemed one of the most influential piano players of the 1920s. Little is known of his life outside of music, and his total recordings comprise only thirty three tracks.

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L.V. Banks (October 28, 1932 – May 2, 2011) was a Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a respected club performer in Chicago for many years, before recording two albums for Wolf Records.