. ▁Other ▁women ▁influenced ▁by ▁D elta ▁bl ues , ▁who ▁learned ▁from ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁artists ▁still ▁living , ▁include ▁Bon nie ▁Ra itt , ▁R ory ▁Block , ▁and ▁Susan ▁Ted esch i . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁Many ▁D elta ▁bl ues ▁artists , ▁such ▁as ▁Big ▁Joe ▁Williams , ▁moved ▁to ▁Detroit ▁and ▁Chicago , ▁creating ▁a ▁pop - infl uen ced ▁city ▁bl ues ▁style . ▁This ▁was ▁disp la ced ▁by ▁the ▁new ▁Chicago ▁bl ues ▁sound ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁pione ered ▁by ▁D elta ▁bl ues men ▁M ud dy ▁W aters , ▁How lin ' ▁Wolf ▁and ▁Little ▁Walter , ▁h ark ing ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁D elta - infl uen ced ▁sound , ▁but ▁with ▁ampl ified ▁instruments . ▁ ▁D elta ▁bl ues ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁British ▁sk iff le ▁music , ▁from ▁which ▁eventually ▁came ▁the ▁British ▁invasion ▁bands , ▁while ▁simultaneously ▁influen cing ▁British ▁bl ues , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁early ▁hard ▁rock ▁and ▁heavy ▁metal . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁D elta ▁bl ues ▁mus icians ▁ ▁D elta ▁Blues ▁Museum ▁ ▁D elta ▁Cultural ▁Center ▁ ▁Music ▁of ▁Mississippi ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁C obb , ▁Charles ▁E ., ▁Jr . ▁" Tra vel ing ▁the ▁Blues ▁Highway ", ▁National ▁Geographic ▁Magazine , ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁vol . ▁ 1