Information about blues music and blues singers.

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A definition of blues music.

Quiz: Blues Music

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Test you knowledge of African American history with this quiz on blues music.

From blues music came great artists such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith and others. But the blues might never have been created if it had not been for the influence of hollers, calls, and the changes that occurred in the li