Oct 142 min read The Urban ConversionThe Great Migration Chicago Style Blues Intro: Instrumental In 1850, some 300 Black people lived in Chicago. However, during...
Oct 142 min read The Piedmont RegionThe Alternating Bassline played by the thumb Intro: Old Papa The Piedmont region was settled early in American history. The Piedmont...
Oct 142 min read William Christopher HandyThe Father of the Blues W. C. Handy, also known as the "Father of the Blues," was crucial in bringing structure, form, and...
Oct 142 min read The Mississippi Delta RegionThe Land Where The Blues Began The Mississippi Delta stretches from Memphis in the North to 200 miles south of Vicksburg,...
Oct 132 min readEast Texas, Piedmont and the Mississippi Delta"Work songs had three primary functions:
Oct 131 min read Exploring The Southern Legacy The Emergence of Rural Blues in America The Africans that survived the middle passages experienced culture shock. Most African tribes...
Oct 112 min readTHE WEST AFRICAN ROOTS OF AMERICAN BLUES MUSIC African American history begins with the slave trade. Many of the enslaved Africans were from the West African Coastal region.
Jun 72 min read The "All About the Blues Series" Blues music emerged as folk music on the cotton plantations in the South.