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Willie Johnson: The Architect of Howlin' Wolf's Memphis Sound In the history of the electric blues—a style of blues music played with amplified instruments—few guitarists left as visceral...
Read Willie Johnson: The Architect of Howlin' Wolf's Memphis SoundGood Rockin' Tonight: The Jump Blues Classic That Predicted Rock and Roll Long before the electric guitar riffs of the 1950s dominated the airwaves, a song titled "Good Rockin' Tonight" w...
Read Good Rockin' Tonight: The Jump Blues Classic That Predicted Rock and RollLittle Brother Montgomery: The Legacy of a Boogie-Woogie Pioneer Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery was a towering figure in the world of American music, blending the raw energy ...
Read Little Brother Montgomery: The Legacy of a Boogie-Woogie PioneerMa Rainey: The Mother of the Blues Before the world knew the electric roar of modern blues, there was Gertrude Pridgett, the powerhouse vocalist known to history as Ma Rainey. A pioneer o...
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