DELTA BLUES & THE HISTORY OF BLUES
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This is an appreciation thread of one of the greatest form of black genius and black music THE DELTA BLUES...
DELTA BLUES a spiritual, powerful, mystic, the roots, the child of ? Slave Spiritual music......I wish that I was alive in those times to experience the rich culture of black culture that is dying,..........
John the revelator -Son house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0bv_PTazDc
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g
The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River on the east. The Mississippi Delta area is famous both for its fertile soil and its poverty. Guitar, harmonica and cigar box guitar are the dominant instruments used, with slide guitar (usually on the steel guitar) being a hallmark of the style. The vocal styles range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery. Delta blues is also regarded as a regional variation of country blues
Hellhound On My Trail [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1937) Delta Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVgH9JqSnQ
DELTA BLUES a spiritual, powerful, mystic, the roots, the child of ? Slave Spiritual music......I wish that I was alive in those times to experience the rich culture of black culture that is dying,..........
John the revelator -Son house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0bv_PTazDcBlind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852gThe Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River on the east. The Mississippi Delta area is famous both for its fertile soil and its poverty. Guitar, harmonica and cigar box guitar are the dominant instruments used, with slide guitar (usually on the steel guitar) being a hallmark of the style. The vocal styles range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery. Delta blues is also regarded as a regional variation of country blues
Hellhound On My Trail [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1937) Delta Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVgH9JqSnQ Comments
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'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' LEADBELLY (1944) Blues Guitar Legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blI2dXHyBj0
muddy waters -- mississippi delta blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_eRVroLqs
John Lee ? - Hobo Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrVwGxlcFA -
Me And The Devil Blues [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1937) Delta Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ZzfjRzZuk
Jesus make up my dying bed........ Blind Willie Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWb4XcVwIeI -
Although my parents and myself were born, bred raised still reside in Los Angeles our heritage and roots are in the Mississippi Delta (Belzoni Mississippi - home of Pinetop Perkins/Silver City/Yazoo City/Itta Bena)
Shout out to all my delta fam.
