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Mississippi Delta<br />

B. B. King. Photograph courtesy <strong>of</strong> Bob Guthridge. ©Bob Guthridge 2002.<br />

The Mississippi Delta is known as the<br />

“Birthplace <strong>of</strong> the Blues,” and not without<br />

reason. It was home to blues legends<br />

Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Charley Patton, and<br />

Muddy Waters.<br />

It was home to Bo Diddley, Son House, John<br />

Lee Hooker, and Sam Cooke.<br />

Birthplace <strong>of</strong> the Blues<br />

And it was home to Elmore James, Willie<br />

Dixon, Otis Rush, and B. B. King<br />

To name a few.<br />

The blues is a uniquely American music<br />

form: its development influenced by spirituals, work<br />

songs, ballads, and its African roots. Its history is<br />

steeped in slavery, poverty, and toiling under the hot<br />

Mississippi sun.

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