Memphis Blues

The Memphis Blues initially developed from the 20th century was dominated by the acoustic guitar country blues, but took off his melancholy and was played with more zest for life. Early Memphis blues musicians such as Sleepy John Estes and Willie Nix, which occurred in vaudeville and medicine shows, translated for the first time a rhythm and solo guitar a what was in rock ' n ' roll and pop music standard.

In the 1930s, jug bands mixed with the Memphis Blues jazz elements and homemade instruments. In the postwar period, it developed into the form which ' has been handed to the wolf and the Rock' by the early recordings by BB King and Howlin has evolved n 'roll. The Memphis Blues is strongly associated with the Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

Typical representatives

  • Sleepy John Estes
  • Willie Nix
  • Dr. David Evans
  • Joe Willie Wilkins
  • Raymond Hill
  • Walter Vinson
  • Furry Lewis
  • Memphis Minnie
  • BB King
  • Howlin 'Wolf
  • W. C. Handy
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