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The saxophone is invented by a Belgian instrument maker named Adolphe Sax. It would later go on to become a very prominent instrument in blues music.
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Antonio Maggio publishes a song called "I Got the Blues", the first known piece of blues sheet music .
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Tin Pan Alley, a collection of music publishers in New York City, adopted blues elements for many of the songs they published.
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The first recording is made of Blind Lemon Jefferson, who would go on to become the first folks blues star
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The Great Depression begins as the stock market crashes, causing music sales to plummet and crippling the recording industry.
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Jump Blues, an up-tempo style of blues with saxophones, is created by Lionel Hampton in the song "Flying Home"
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"Rhythm and Blues", a genre that's a variation of Blues combing it with another genre, is coined by Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine
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Blues Rock Player John Mayall founds his first band.
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Lonnie Mack creates a fast-paced style of blues played with an electric guitar that eventually comes to be known as blues rock
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A book on the social history of blues is published by Amiri Baraka.
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"Living Blues", a magazine focused on the genre, is first published.
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A museum cataloguing Blues' greatest musicians was opened in Memphis/
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The first annual Chicago Blues Festival is held
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starting around the 80s and 90s, the rise of digital recording and mixing provided challenges for blues music, which are usually created spontaneously and improvised.
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Blues Rock had a resurgence in the early 90s and 2000s, with artists such as Gary Moore, The White Stripes, and Mad Season
