Talk:Delta blues

The last paragraph is a mixture of geography lesson and plugs for venues. I'm going to edit it pretty severely in a few days when I have time. Any objections? --Squiddy 00:32, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Not from me - thanks for tackling this much-needed cleanup. --RobHutten 10:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I was cleaning up the rest and thought I was done when I hit that para...all I have time for now is the wfy. Could go on for pages about how the DB are being preserved. Ain't nobody's fault but mine. --24.221.8.253 16:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for today's edits... a definite improvement! --RobHutten 17:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

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From the final paragraph:

The Delta is changing in so many ways and the style is losing young people, mostly to rap.

That's a pretty bold statement. Yes, I agree that the Delta is changing, but Delta blues is losing younger listeners to rap (hip-hop)? Blues from the Delta may be less popular in the hundred or so years since its incarnation, and hip-hop may have gained popularity in the more recent generation, but that doesn't necessarily equate a direct correlation, nor is hip-hop at "fault". This sentence sounds more like someone has a personal grudge against hip-hop. --buck 16:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Post-cleanup looks much better. Thanks. --buck 15:40, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

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Correction

I changed the following line from the first paragraph:

Slide guitar and harmonica dominate the instruments used.

To: Guitar and harmonica dominate the instruments used because Slide Guitar is a style of guitar playing, not an instrument used by delta bluesmen or anyone else.JUICE66 08:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

R. L. Burnside not a delta blue sman...

R. L. Burnside was a northern Mississippi hill country blues man. Listing him as a delta blues man is incorrect. - Buster 05:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I have updated the list to exclude Country blues artist R.L. Burnside. 71.7.243.163 14:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Willie McTell was an Atlanta musician. He had no connection with the 'Delta blues' - a notion which itself is in dire need of examination. Perhaps we'll end up calling it the Charley Patton/Son House school of blues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr12stringblues (talk • contribs) 22:14, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

labels

i'll be going through my notes and adding citations to remove the tags put on this page, which i have for some reason long over looked but am in the process of shaping up. Ishmaelblues (talk) 17:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

i have added a section on delta blues women, not that anyone is reading this. Ishmaelblues (talk) 03:43, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, I just did. In line citations to specific pages are the prefered method. Otherwise, someone will probably slap another tag on the article. I don't put anything in an article unless I can provide a reference. And, let me say that most of these "Delta Blues musicians" played lots of different music, where authors have really looked into what they recorded, or tried to record. But, I've got plenty of other stuff to do. Steve Pastor (talk) 19:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Sold down river

I grew up learning that Delta blues were considered to be more "authentic" if you will, than Chicago blues. That slaves were worse off as they were "sold down river," and that the worst place to be was in Mississippi. That this was what spurred the blues into existence. Over time, and after emancipation, as blues became appreciated as a musical style, one could make a living in New Orleans or Chicago as a musician so folks would pack up and move. I'd really like to know how much fact is there to this story?

--Jndrline (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2010 (UTC)