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Chicago Blues

Genre family
Blues
1930s recordings
2
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Meet Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Chicago Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Robert Johnson and Kansas Joe McCoy.

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1930s · United States · Chicago Blues

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1930s starting recordings

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1930s artists

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