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(UTC) Why is he on this list? He sang some songs by Delta blues musicians, but not in a Delta blues style. He was a jazz musician and sang in his own distinctive...

example of a delta-blues musician who was not born in the delta. I would consider Elmore James a specific example of Chicago blues, not Delta blues, because...

the list is titled "List of blues musicians", the lead (criteria?) includes "Performers in the blues style range from primitive, one-chord Delta players...

describes him as an electric blues and soul blues musician. Is it appropriate to inlcude him in the list of Piedmont blues musicians? Jwicklatz (talk) 05:50...

blues" list is half early country blues, half nightclub performers like Memphis Minnie. Later, gator, Ortolan88 Convention in books is to sort a list...

characterizing the style of this genre of music, and what differentiates it from say St. Louis Blues, Detroit Blues, or Delta Blues (the reason I came to...

The article states, "McDowell continued to perform delta blues much as he had for decades" but according to Peter Noble in the liner notes for the AIM...

of preeminence for the late Delta blues musician". [Gioia p. 188] "Big-city African American artists whose high-powered, electrically amplified blues...

Also: http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/tommy_johnson.htm The National Park Service lists him in their blues directory of the lower Mississippi Valley...

culture (for instance, "Delta Blues" originated in this region). Maybe the title of the article should be "Mississippi Delta (Culture)" or something like...

of blues. Specifically Walking Blues, Kansas City Blues, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, and Dirty Blues. Is there any way these could be added? --Tucson Indigo...

surfacing of the Delta Blues. The first popular African-American musicians were trained to play classical European music. Waltzes appear in most accounts of minstrel...

note the Delta blues tradition, but to the reader, is there a significant difference between saying "style of a Chicago blues" and "Chicago blues style"...

alphabetical collection of names without any other information or references. A table format similar to the List of blues musicians would be able to accommodate...

in comparison to songs from other delta blues musicians[...]" is problematic, as James's music is not delta blues. I propose dropping the word "other"...

May 2014 (UTC) Resolved Delta blues musician Charlie Patton was an early influence on Howlin' Wolf and he recorded adaptations of several Patton songs,...

the last Delta blues players still touring the United States remaining from the last century." What does it mean to be the "last Delta blues player" or...

the "Delta Blues" (e.g. Elijah Wald's "Escaping the Delta" or Marybeth Hamilton's "In Search of the Blues"), calling Hooker a "Delta Blues" musician is...

Elijah Wald's claim in ESCAPING THE DELTA, Leroy Carr, have been far more influential in the larger world of the blues than Walter. This is NOT to downgrade...

actually variations/reworkings of earlier tunes performed by Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and other Delta blues musicians. According to Segrest and Hoffman...