Chicago Blues

The Chicago blues• Developed in Chicago, Ill• By taking the basic acoustic guitar of the Delta

blues, they microphone the harmonica and amplified the guitar and bass, added drums, and sometimes saxophone and created a new sound

• The music developed in the first half of the 20th century due to the Great Migration (African American) when ex-slave Black workers moved from the South into the industrial cities of the North.

• Originally, the Chicago Blues was street-corner based music. But the music quickly gained popularity.

• At first, the Blues clubs in Chicago were filled with Black performers, and the music itself was aimed for Black audiences. –Most of the Blues clubs were on the far

south side of Chicago, so White people did not visit them

• Later, however, more and more White audiences visited the clubs and listened to the music.

• Soon the new style of music reached out and touched Europe, which led to many famous English rock n' roll bands to get their inspiration from the Chicago Blues.

The Players

• Well-known Chicago blues players include singer/songwriters such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Willie Dixon

• Guitar players - Freddie King, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Bo Diddley

• Harmonica players - Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield

Chess Records

• Run by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, was probably the most famous of the Chicago record labels to feature or promote the blues.– Musician and critics described Chess Records

as "America's greatest blues label.”• It was active from 1950–1969 when the

brothers sold the company. – Most solo artists also did double duty as

session musicians on the records of others

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