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This was when slavery had ended, and it had led to the "field Hollers" this is what people used to sing in the fields and then it turned into the blues. It was a way expressed there feeling and freedom.
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Handy had heard a man playing the guitar with a knife and this inspired him to start writing blues music on a paper
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This was one of the first time blues was sold as sheet music! It made the 12 bars blue style famous all around the country.
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Thousand of the Black families had moved to Chicago for better jobs and they also had took there instruments and Blue songs with them
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This was the first blue record by a Black artist, and it was a massive hit and the blues went into big business.
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The musicians had to play into a giant horn and it didn't make them sound that good, but they had started to use electrical microphones etc. It had made the blues sound more natural and emotional which made a huge impact on the blues and listens
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A huge flood had many Blues musicians leave Delta, which spread many more of the Blue songs around and inspired more sad music
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The "Father of The Delta Blues" recorded songs that defined rhythmic song of missippi.
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He had recorded tracks one of his really famous ones are "Cross Road Blues" and his music and guitar style were so food many had made up legends about him.
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This was the first radio show to feature live Blues music, and it allowed people from all over the south to listen to them
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Muddy Waters left the South for Chicago and switched to electrical guitar, which created the "Electrical Blues" sound.
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This Chicago record label became the home for legends, recording the most famous Blue hits
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This song mixed Blues and a faster beat, many people call it the first Rock and Roll song.
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The American Blues singers toured Europe, and they inspired young musicians like the Rolling Stones.
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The U.S government officially celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Blues to recognize its impact on American culture