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There are distinct blues styles associated with [[Atlanta]], [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], the [[East Coast]], [[Kansas City]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], the [[Mississippi Delta]] region, [[New Orleans]] (which is separate from Louisiana blues), [[St. Louis]], [[Texas]], and the [[West Coast]].

There are distinct blues styles associated with [[Atlanta]], [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], the [[East Coast]], [[Kansas City]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], the [[Mississippi Delta]] region, [[New Orleans]] (which is separate from Louisiana blues), [[St. Louis]], [[Texas]], and the [[West Coast]].

==Common Characteristics of Blues==

==Common Characteristics of Blues==

==Further Migration of Blues==

==Further Migration of Blues==

[[Chicago blues|Chicago style blues]] was started after the “great migration” of poor black workers into the industrial Northeast and Midwest in the first half of the twentieth century. Chicago style blues is traditional Delta style, but with electric guitar added as well as drums, bass, piano and sometimes saxophone. It has a more electrofied and gritty feel than the Delta style.

[[Chicago blues|Chicago style blues]] was started after the “great migration” of poor black workers into the industrial Northeast and Midwest in the first half of the twentieth century. Chicago style blues is traditional Delta style, but with electric guitar added as well as drums, bass, piano and sometimes saxophone. It has a more electrified and gritty feel than the Delta style.

After the great migration blues moved across the country; it even was highly influential in the [[British rock invasion]] of the 60’s. Almost every modern American genre of music, especially [[jazz]], [[country music|country]], and [[rock and roll|rock]] were greatly influenced by, or inseparably linked with blues.

After the great migration blues moved across the country; it even was highly influential in the [[British rock invasion]] of the 60’s. Almost every modern American genre of music, especially [[jazz]], [[country music|country]], and [[rock and roll|rock]] were greatly influenced by, or inseparably linked with blues.

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