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Chicago blues
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Chicago blues · After the Second World War many Black Americans moved from the South to Chicago, and the blues went with them. Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf played it electric, with guitar, harmonica, piano, bass and drums, and recorded for the label Chess. Because a whole band had to change chord at the same time, the 12-bar scheme became the standard. British bands such as The Rolling Stones, named after a song by Muddy Waters, built on it.
Listening
Listening tip. In Hoochie Coochie Man, hear the stop-time riff: the band plays a short figure and falls silent, and in that silence Muddy Waters sings.
Hoochie Coochie Man · Muddy Waters, 1954Apple Music ↗
Smokestack Lightnin' · Howlin' Wolf, 1956Apple Music ↗
Juke · Little Walter, 1952Apple Music ↗
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