CHICAGO BLUES

The 'Chicago blues' is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois by adding electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes saxophone to the basic guitar/harmonica Delta blues. The music developed mainly as a result of the "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial cities of the North such as Chicago in particular, in the first half of the twentieth century.
Chicago Blues has a more extended palette of notes than the standard six-note blues scale; often, notes from the major scale are added, which gives the music a more "jazz feel" whilst still being in the confines of the blues genre. This is not, however, as prominent as Texas blues, which contains many other notes such as the major 3rd and major 6th. Chicago blues is also known for its heavy rolling bass.
Another notable point is that Chicago blues contains many dominant 9th chords, and the scales usually contain 9th notes. Note that a 2nd is the same as a 9th (The notoriously confusing '9=2' that many chord charts show is showing this fact), and this is especially emphasized on guitar, which it is much more difficult to span octaves, versus a piano.

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Notable Chicago blues musicians

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Notable Chicago blues musicians

Below is a list of notable Chicago blues musicians (and groups) alphabetized by 'first' name (or stage name):

★ Big Bill Broonzy ★ Big Maceo Merriweather ★ Big Walter Horton ★ Blue Plate Special ★ Bonnie Lee ★ Boston Blackie ★ Buddy Guy ★ Charlie Musselwhite ★ Carey Bell ★ Charlie Love ★ Corky Siegel ★ David "Honeyboy" Edwards ★ Detroit Junior ★ Dion Payton ★ Earl Hooker ★ Eric Clapton ★ Elmore James

★ Erwin Helfer ★ Fenton Robinson ★ Freddie King ★ Harry Binford ★ Homesick James ★ Hound Dog Taylor ★ Howlin' Wolf ★ Hubert Sumlin ★ J.B. Lenoir ★ Jimmy Cotton ★ Jimmy Dawkins ★ Jimmy Johnson ★ Jimmy Rogers ★ John Brim ★ John Primer ★ Johnny Shines

★ J.T. Brown ★ Junior Wells ★ Kansas Joe McCoy ★ Koko Taylor ★ Kokomo Arnold ★ Little Walter ★ Lonnie Brooks ★ Lovie Lee ★ Luther Allison ★ Lurrie Bell ★ Magic Frank ★ Magic Sam ★ Magic Slim ★ Mighty Joe Young ★ Mike Bloomfield ★ Muddy Waters ★ Otis Rush ★ Otis Spann

★ Papa Charlie McCoy ★ Paul Butterfield ★ Pinetop Perkins ★ R.P. Michaels ★ Robert Nighthawk ★ Robert Lockwood Jr. ★ Ronnie Baker Brooks ★ Robert Johnson ★ Sammy Fender ★ Snooky Pryor ★ Son Seals ★ Sonny Boy Williamson ★ Sunnyland Slim ★ Vince Agwada ★ Wayne Baker Brooks ★ Willie Dixon ★ Willie Kent

See also

★ Chicago record labels

★ Maxwell Street

External links

★ Chicago Blues Playlist

★ France Jean Baptiste

★ [1] Chicago blues example and lesson.

★ Windy City Blues Internet Radio Station Featuring The Best In Chicago Blues Plus Other Blues Greats