blues musicians
Twelve-bar performers
Blues musicians are performers who play or sing blues music—the genre rooted in African American spirituals, work songs, and Delta traditions.
The term covers everyone from acoustic guitar players to electric bands, from early figures like Robert Johnson to contemporary artists.
The festival featured blues musicians from Chicago and Memphis.
- slide guitarStringed instrument with gliding bar
- rock and rollRhythm-heavy fifties pop
- B.B. KingBlues guitarist icon
- bent notesPitches altered mid-sound
- three chordsSimplest musical progression
Robert Johnson · Etta James · spirituals · harmonica · storytelling · Muddy Waters · resilience · front porch · work songs · fingerpicking · sorrow · pentatonic scale · call-and-response · juke joint · Saturday night · jazz fusion · improvisation · protest songs
- SouthernersAlabaman, Alabamian, Alabamians, Arkansan, Arkansans
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