Chicago Blues Style Overview

Chicago Blues Music Description

Chicago Blues is an urban Blues style that developed in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago became a center of urban blues music as early as the 1920s, when blues musicians from the South moved to Chicago during the "Great Migration." Only in the 1950s, however, did Chicago Blues develop its signature style, which is characterized by use of rhythm sections and amplification; reliance on guitar and harmonica leads; and routine reference to Mississippi Delta styles of playing and singing.

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  Hard Again
  Muddy Waters
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  A Hard Road
  John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers*
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  Blues Breakers
  John Mayall With Eric Clapton
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  From The Cradle
  Eric Clapton
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  London Sessions
  Howlin' Wolf
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  Briefcase Full Of Blues
  Blues Brothers*
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  Blue & Lonesome
  Rolling Stones*

Chicago Blues Artists

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  Muddy Waters
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  Jimmy Reed
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  John Lee Hooker
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  Buddy Guy
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  Junior Wells
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  Elmore James
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  Howlin' Wolf

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  Think You Need A Shot / C.C. & St. Louis Blues
  Jimmie Gordon
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  I Want My Hands On It / Made A Date With An Angel
  Big Bill Broonzy
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  W.P.A. Blues / I'm A Southern Man
  Big Bill*
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  I'll Meet You In The Bottom / Meet Me At The Landing
  Bumble Bee Slim
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  Mountain Blues / Phantom Black Snake
  Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band*
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  Because I Love My Daddy So / You're Just Full Of Jive
  Lil Green
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  Let's Get Drunk And Truck / Maybe It's Someone Else You Love
  Tampa Red And Chicago Five*

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  Blue Guitars
  Chris Rea
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  From The Cradle
  Eric Clapton
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  A Hard Road
  John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers*
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  John Lee Hooker
  John Lee Hooker
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  Briefcase Full Of Blues
  The Blues Brothers
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  Wang Dang Doodle / Blues Heaven
  Ko Ko Taylor*
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  Blues Breakers
  John Mayall With Eric Clapton