Genre: Memphis Blues
A strain of country blues all its own, Memphis Blues gives the rise of two distinct forms: the jug band (playing and singing a humorous, jazz-style of blues played on homemade instruments) and the beginnings of assigning parts to guitarists for solo (lead) and rhythm, a tradition that is now part and parcel of all modern day blues -- (read more)
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Various Artists: Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-34
1994 Yazoo -
Various Artists: Ace Blues Masters, Vol.2: 4th And Beale And Further South
1998 WestSide -
Howlin' Wolf: Cadillac Daddy-Memphis Recordings 1952
1989 Rounder
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