Når blues flyttede ind i chicagos sydlige side, hvilken stil af blues udviklede?
Chicago blues
Chicago blues er en form for bluesmusik, der stammer fra Chicago, Illinois. Chicagoblues er en elektrisk bluesstil inden for urban blues. Urban blues udviklede sig fra den klassiske blues efter den store migration, eller Great Northern Drive, som både var tvunget og til tider frivillig, af afroamerikanere fra det sydlige USA til industribyerne i nord, såsom Chicago. Muddy Waters sluttede sig direkte til denne migration, ligesom mange andre, f.eks. i Florida, og undgik de mere barske sydlige Jim Crow-love. Bruce Iglauer, grundlæggeren af Alligator Records, udtalte, at "Chicago blues er musikken fra industribyen og har en industriel følelse over sig". Derudover anerkendte Chicago-blues-sangeren og guitaristen Kevin Moore bluesens skift og udtrykte bluesens overgang ved at sige: "Man er nødt til at sætte nyt liv i den, nyt blod, nye perspektiver. Man kan ikke blive ved med at tale om muldyr, der arbejder på diget." Chicago-blues blev stærkt påvirket af bluesmænd fra Mississippi, som rejste til Chicago i begyndelsen af 1940'erne. Udviklingen af blues, op til Chicago blues, kan vel siges at være som følger: Country blues, til city blues, til urban blues. Chicago blues er baseret på lyden af elektrisk guitar og mundharmonika, hvor mundharmonikaen spilles gennem et PA-system eller en guitarforstærker.
Chicago blues
The Chicago blues is a form of blues music indigenous to Chicago, Illinois. Chicago blues is an electric blues style of urban blues. Urban blues evolved from classic blues following the Great Migration, or the Great Northern Drive, which was both forced and voluntary at times, of African Americans from the southern United States to the industrial cities of the north, such as Chicago. Muddy Waters directly joined that migration, like many others, such as in Florida, avoiding the more harshly southern Jim Crow laws. Bruce Iglauer, founder of Alligator Records stated that, "Chicago blues is the music of the industrial city, and has an industrial sense about it." Additionally, recognizing the shift in blues, Chicago blues singer and guitarist Kevin Moore expressed the blues transition stating, "You have to put some new life into it, new blood, new perspectives. You can't keep talking about mules, workin' on the levee." Chicago blues was heavily influenced by Mississippi bluesmen who traveled to Chicago in the early 1940s. The development of blues, up to Chicago blues, is arguably as follows: Country blues, to city blues, to urban blues. Chicago blues is based on the sound of the electric guitar and the harmonica, with the harmonica played through a PA system or guitar amplifier.
Chicago blues