The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from north to south between Memphis, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and from east to west between the Yazoo River and the Mississippi River. The Mississippi Delta is historically famous for its fertile soil and the poverty of farm workers living there. Guitar and harmonica are the dominant instruments in Delta blues. Vocal styles range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery. A Woodrow Adams (April 9, 1917 – August 9, 1988). Singer, guitarist and harmonica player who recorded three singles. Cecil Augusta (born 1920). Singer and guitarist who recorded one song for Alan Lomax in 1959. B Kid Bailey. Recorded one known session, in 1929. Tommy Bankhead (October 24, 1931, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi – December 16, 2000). Guitarist and singer who backed other musicians, including Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson I, and released a few albums under his own name. John Henry Barbee (November 14, 1905, Henning, Tennessee – November 3, 1964). Guitarist and singer, an exponent of early country blues and Delta blues, who early in his career performed with Sunnyland Slim. Robert Belfour (September 11, 1940, Red Banks, Mississippi – February 24, 2015). Country blues and Delta blues guitarist and singer, collaborator with Mose Vinson; started recording late in his career, beginning in the 1990s. Charley Booker (September 3, 1925, Sunflower County, Mississippi – September 20, 1989). Singer and guitarist, mostly active around Leland and Greenville, Mississippi, in the 1940s and early 1950s. Ishmon Bracey (January 9, 1889, Byram, Mississippi – February 12, 1970). Early country blues and Delta blues guitarist and vocalist. Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952). Guitarist, singer and songwriter. R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926, Oxford, Mississippi – September 1, 2005). Acoustic and electric North Mississippi hill country blues, Delta blues, and juke joint blues guitarist and singer. C Sam Carr (April 17, 1926, Marvell, Arkansas – September 21, 2009). Drummer best known as a member of the Jelly Roll Kings. Bo Carter (March 21, 1893, Bolton, Mississippi – September 21, 1964). Country blues singer and multi-instrumentalist who performed mostly early Delta blues, playing guitar, banjo, string bass and clarinet, one of the first dirty blues musicians, with songs such as "Banana in Your Fruit Basket". James Cotton (July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi