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History Of Chicago Blues Music: Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor And Otis Rush
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Published: November 8, 2006
With milestones approaching for two of Chicago's best known blues institutions, the 25th anniversary of the Chicago Blues Festival and the 20th anniversary of Buddy Guy's legends, every fan of the Chicago blues should take the time to ponder the indelible mark of the blues on the City of the Blues.
The style of blues that would become the Chicago blues was an early cultural contribution of African Americans as they settled in Chicago. During the early 20th century, fleeing the South as failed cotton crops threatened sharecroppers and racial segregation caused further tension in Southern cities, African Americans looked left the South for the promise of the economic boom that resulted in an influx of jobs in the North as a result of World War I and anti-immigration legislation. African Americans participated in what was to become the Great Migration-- millions leaving the southern United States, especially Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, for large industrial centers especially in Chicago, New York City and Detroit, but also California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri and California.
The variety of African American diaspora in cities like Chicago lead to myriad of different fusions and hybrids of blues music with each city having a multitude of different styles. Chicago blues, perhaps the most popular, tends to combine what is known as Mississippi Delta blues with variations in electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano and saxophone.
Chicago is considered to be the stomping grounds of a pantheon of famous blues musicians with a list talents including Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Otis Rush. Chicago blues is believed to have reached its zenith in the 1950s.
Chicago is home to a long list of blues venues including the Northside's B.L.U.E.S., a hallmark of Chicago blues since 1979 and regularly features local artists.
Blue Chicago, has two Chicago locations in Chicago's River North neighborhood and regularly plays host to Chicago's best and brightest.
An institution of Chicago's Northside since 1968, Kingston Mines has touted itself as Chicago's "oldest and largest real blues club", and features an exhaustive list of Chicago's, and the World's, greatest blues musicians.
Just south of the Loop, Buddy Guy's Legends, has served as a draw for blues fans from Chicago and abroad and has featured local favorites as well as the likes of Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, and Lou Rawls, as well as, performances annually, every January from the bar's owner and namesake, Buddy Guy.
www.chicagofests.com/bluesfest
www.kingstonmines.com
www.chicagobluesbar.com
www.buddyguys.com
McElrath, Jessica. "The History of Blues Music".about.7 Sept 2006.http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/bluesmusic/ a/bluesmusic.htm
Chicago Fest. 2006. 7 September 2006. www.chicagofests.com
"Great Migration (African American)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2006, 23:07 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 Sep 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gr eat_Migration_%28African_American%29&oldid=729 />
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The style of blues that would become the Chicago blues was an early cultural contribution of African Americans as they settled in Chicago. During the early 20th century, fleeing the South as failed cotton crops threatened sharecroppers and racial segregation caused further tension in Southern cities, African Americans looked left the South for the promise of the economic boom that resulted in an influx of jobs in the North as a result of World War I and anti-immigration legislation. African Americans participated in what was to become the Great Migration-- millions leaving the southern United States, especially Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, for large industrial centers especially in Chicago, New York City and Detroit, but also California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri and California.
The variety of African American diaspora in cities like Chicago lead to myriad of different fusions and hybrids of blues music with each city having a multitude of different styles. Chicago blues, perhaps the most popular, tends to combine what is known as Mississippi Delta blues with variations in electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano and saxophone.
Chicago is considered to be the stomping grounds of a pantheon of famous blues musicians with a list talents including Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Otis Rush. Chicago blues is believed to have reached its zenith in the 1950s.
Chicago is home to a long list of blues venues including the Northside's B.L.U.E.S., a hallmark of Chicago blues since 1979 and regularly features local artists.
Blue Chicago, has two Chicago locations in Chicago's River North neighborhood and regularly plays host to Chicago's best and brightest.
An institution of Chicago's Northside since 1968, Kingston Mines has touted itself as Chicago's "oldest and largest real blues club", and features an exhaustive list of Chicago's, and the World's, greatest blues musicians.
Just south of the Loop, Buddy Guy's Legends, has served as a draw for blues fans from Chicago and abroad and has featured local favorites as well as the likes of Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, and Lou Rawls, as well as, performances annually, every January from the bar's owner and namesake, Buddy Guy.
www.chicagofests.com/bluesfest
www.kingstonmines.com
www.chicagobluesbar.com
www.buddyguys.com
McElrath, Jessica. "The History of Blues Music".about.7 Sept 2006.http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/bluesmusic/ a/bluesmusic.htm
Chicago Fest. 2006. 7 September 2006. www.chicagofests.com
"Great Migration (African American)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2006, 23:07 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 Sep 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gr eat_Migration_%28African_American%29&oldid=729 />
"Chicago blues." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 23 Aug 2006, 20:24 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 Sep 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ch icago_blues&oldid=71452684>.
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