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Delta Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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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North America · Delta Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Boogie Chillen’1948 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 02I Am in the Heavenly Way1964 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 03If It Had Not Been for Jesus1991 · Gospel Blues · rockOpen in new tab 04Dry Well Blues1996 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 0561 Highway2011 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 06Love in Vain Blues2018 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 07It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine1928 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 08Bye and Bye I’m Goin’ to See the King1990 · blues · country bluesOpen in new tab 09The Soul of a Man2011 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 10Bumble Bee Blues1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab
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