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The first Blues was only a vocal style with no instruments.
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Blues was brought by the African American culture and slaves/
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Original Blues used a technique called "call and response" from the field holler of slaves
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In the 1900's Blues took shape with the song "Mr. Crump" by W.C. Handy, the father of Blues.
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Timeline of historical Blues events.
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The first Black music was published in 1902 so opened up Blues music.
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In 1910 Blues changed and was only instumental
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Mamie Smith changed blues overnight with a new song called "Crazy Blues"
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First Blues was called Delta Blues and was the birthplace that originated in Mississippi.
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Chicago and Detroit Blues changed from regular guitars and added electric guitars.
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Memphis Blues was big on Beale Street and this was the hub for Blues. Artist like Muddy Waters had songs
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Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey begin recording there music and this music reaches large audiences
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When the Great Depression hit sales of all music fell.
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Jump Blues came from big band and was more fast tempo and dance music. This was big in 1940s and 1950s.
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In 1949 B.B. King recorded his first record which created more popularity in Blues music
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Texas Blues moved to a more jazz sound from Jump Blues.
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Blues Rock started in the 1960's and had more electric guitar and more white artists involved
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Blues is not as big today as it was but still has a history of how events and times change in our country
