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The Mississippi Delta gave rise to one of the most

distinctive and unique kinds of music in the world-

the Mississippi Delta Blues, principally the Guitar

with bottle neck slide and the Harmonica.

It is copied and imitated world wide and has

influenced British and American Rock Musicians.

 

 

 

Mississippi Blues Musicians Roll Call

 Jamie Anderson   Dick Bankston  Ishman Bracey 

Big Bill Broonzy  Willie Brown  R.L. Burnside 

Sam Chatmon   Bob Cob  James Cotton  Mike Cross

Arthur Crudup

Willie Dixon  CeDell Davis  David Honeyboy Edwards

Earl Hooker John Lee Hooker Jim Holloway  Son House 

Mississippi John Hurt

Paul Jones 

Junior Kimbrough  Albert King    Riley (B.B.) King

Rubin Lacy  Furry Lewis  Robert Lockwood, Jr  

Robert Lowery

Skip James  Elmore James

Robert Johnson  Tommy Johnson   Blind Willie Johnson

Tommy McClennan   Blind Willie McTell 

Mississippi Fred McDowell  Little Milton

Charlie Patton    Paul Pena   Pinetop Perkins

Snooky Pryor   Jimmie Rodgers

Mississippi Sheiks Johnny Shines Sunnyland Slim 

Henry Sloan  Willie “Big Eyes” Smith   Napoleon Strickland

Belton Sutherland

Hound Dog Taylor

Muddy Waters  Bukka White   Big Joe Williams

Howlin' Wolf

 

                    

 

 

 

 

 

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The life stories of all of these Mississippi Delta 

musicians can be found on Wikipedia.

Their music can be found on Youtube

and other similar channels.

Most of these artists died impoverished and

without Wills.

Their music sells on every continent of the world

and still earns millions of dollars yearly.

 

Mississippi Rock and Roll Legends

Bo Diddley

 

The Mississippi Delta

It begins a few miles outside of Memphis, Tennesee,

heading toward Clarksdale, Mississippi,

and ends in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

Although 61 and 49 continues down to Louisiana and

Alabama, Delta flat Lands

ends around Yazoo City.

The land is perfectly flat (hence delta), and is often called

The Flat Lands. It has few hills or elevated areas. Some areas are

characterized by swamps, bogs, and creeks similar to

those in Louisiana. Rice and fish farming are now the largest industries.

 

Residents of the Mississippi Delta include

African Americans, Caucasians, and descendants

of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Tunica tribes of Native Americans,

and Hispanics. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      

 

 The Emmett Till Memorial Highway -a 30 mile stretch from

Tutwiler, Ms, to Greenwood, Ms