Mississippi River—when African Americans left the South in search of new,industrial jobs—photographer Gail Mooney,57,traveled from Chicago clubs down to the Delta to capture the images and stories of bluesmen and blueswomen while they are still here to connect us to the music’s early days....
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Mississippi Blues Highway Feast The magic of Highway 61 from Graceland down deep into the Mississippi Delta, through cotton fields and past speck-on-the-map small towns, is all about the blues. You might be... Memphis Barbecue Loop
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which is pre-Mississippi Delta folk blues. So I was originally looking for people, even if they would be unaware that they would be telling stories of the past, who would be representative of that continuum of history and culture. I was looking for people who could carry...
I have always been partial to Chicago blues musicians. Chicago blues is less about sadness and more about swing. It sounds a lot close to rock and roll than that old delta blues stuff. I greq up in Chicago and igf you spend enough time in the city and hang out in enough bars you ...
Mississippi Mississippi’s weather is largely warm and humid year-round, and spring is no exception. The nice weather means the state plays host to a number of different festivals throughout the season, such as the Juke Joint Festival, which is dedicated to all Delta blues performers who have...
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Fred and I were both raised on the West Coast with Southern roots. Fred in Las Vegas by way of Arkansas, and me in Los Angeles with a father from the Mississippi Delta. As a kid, I’d gone back and forth to Vegas dozens of times for dance competitions. There is a...
Delta bluesis a term for early blues that refers to a specific geographic location, the Mississippi Delta. Typically, delta blues was performed with only one vocal part and one guitar (sometimes the piano); often the musician would perform alone by singing and playing at the same time. It ...