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Delta Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
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Meet Delta Blues
Delta Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Delta Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Muddy Waters.
GENRE FAMILY
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Parent genreBlues
Current genreDelta Blues
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1990s · United States · Delta Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01If It Had Not Been for Jesus1991 · Gospel Blues · rockOpen in new tab 02Dry Well Blues1996 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 03Bye and Bye I’m Goin’ to See the King1990 · blues · country bluesOpen in new tab 04Lazy Blues1990 · blues · country bluesOpen in new tab 05Beggin’ Back1990 · blues · country bluesOpen in new tab 06The Key (to Your Door)1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 07Couldn’t Do Nothin’1991 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 08Shake It Baby1991 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 09You Know, I Know1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 10Let’s Go Out Tonight1991 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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