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Delta Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- Starting recordings
- 45
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
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreDelta Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Love in Vain Blues2018 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 02Dry Well Blues1996 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 03I Am in the Heavenly Way1964 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 0461 Highway2011 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 05Boogie Chillen’1948 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 06Wild Streak1992 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 07Couldn’t Do Nothin’1991 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 08Goin' Away Baby2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 09Hobo1989 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 10Feel Good1989 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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LOCAL GRAPH
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