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Work song
Sung while conducting a task -
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Spiritual songs
Christian songs that were created by African Americans -
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Syncopated Brass Bands
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Boggie-woggie
Mainly associated with dancing -
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Country blues
Rural areas of the South -
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Gospel
religious song -
Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
He recorded some spirituals -
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Delta Blues
playedwith acoustic musical instruments -
Pete Johnson (1904-1967)
Pianist, one of the members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio -
Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
He plays the guitar -
Ma Rainey(1886-1939)
The mother of the Blues -
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Female Blues
Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, popular in the 20's, also known as vaudeville blues -
Charley Patton
Delta Blues musician from Mississippi died in 1934 -
B.B. King (1925-2015)
Electric guitarist. The king of Blues. -
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Urban Blues
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Chicago Blues
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Muddy Waters (1914-1983)
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John Lee Hooker (1912-1972)
Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
