Genre: Acoustic Chicago Blues
Acoustic Chicago Blues describes the version of music emanating from the Windy City in the years before the twin arrivals of Muddy Waters and electric guitars changed everything. Chicago was recording central for most blues recording artists of the 1930s and '40s, and most performers were plugged into what has became known as "the Bluebird Beat," an acoustic-based progenitor of the later electric Chicago blues band lineup. (read more)
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Albums
Featured Albums (view all Acoustic Chicago Blues albums)
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Memphis Minnie: Complete Recorded Works-Vol.4 (1938-1939)
1991 Document -
Sonny Boy Williamson II: Complete Recorded Works-Vol.4 (1941-1945)
1991 Document -
Kansas Joe, Memphis Minnie: Complete Recorded Works Vol.4 (1933-1934)
1991 Document -
Memphis Minnie: Complete Recorded Works-Vol.5 (1940-1941)
1991 Document -
Barrell House Annie, Lil Johnson: Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 (1937)
1995 Document
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