Blog: The Ripple Effect

The Delta blues are harmonica and guitar based - best exemplified by Robert Johnson . As the blues moved north up the Mississippi River to St. Louis piano was added, as in the works of Lonnie Johnson and Roosevelt Sykes . Once the blues hit Chicago guitars and bass were amplified and drums were added. Dominant 9th chords also joined the major scale blues chord structure, as in the music of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon Back down in Texas the blues integrated [...]