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4<br />
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.