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Strehli continues to lead the four Blues Broads, with Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson, and Dorothy Morrison, as of 2019. The Blues Broads are based in Marin County, California. Their live November 4, 2011, performance from the Throckmorton Theatre was released as a CD + DVD recording by Delta Groove Productions in 2012. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre (104 km 2) cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi.It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. [2]
Grady Gaines – (May 14, 1934 – January 29, 2021) Gaines was an electric Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist who recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s. He also backed other musicians such as Clarence Hollimon, Joe Medwick and James Brown. He released a few records for Black Top Records. [107]
Charlie Patton (April 1891 (probable) – April 28, 1934), more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians.
Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues. It originated in the Mississippi Delta and is regarded as a regional variant of country blues . Guitar and harmonica are its dominant instruments; slide guitar is a hallmark of the style.
Houston Goff (September 28, 1910 – September 23, 1980), known as Houston Stackhouse, was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer.He is best known for his association with Robert Nighthawk. [1]
Delta blues [55] Blind Lemon Jefferson: 1893 1929 Texas Country blues [56] Blind Willie Johnson: 1897 1945 Texas Gospel blues [57] Edith North Johnson: 1903 1988 Missouri Classic female blues [58] Lonnie Johnson: 1899 1970 Louisiana Urban blues [59] Mary Johnson: 1898 1983 Mississippi Classic female blues [60] Robert Johnson: 1911 1938 ...
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. [6]