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B.B. King W.C. Handy Blind Lemon Jefferson
Hear a discussion of the origin of the blues and the Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi
Ma Rainey and her band Bessie Smith Muddy Waters Koko Taylor Howlin' Wolf
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Hear a discussion of the origin of the blues and the Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi
A discussion of the origins of the blues, from the documentary The Blues Lives...
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B.B. King
B.B. King, 2008.
Dan Steinberg/AP Images
W.C. Handy
W.C. Handy, c. 1930s.
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson, c. 1928.
Archive Photos
Ma Rainey and her band
Ma Rainey (centre) and her band, 1923.
Archive Photos
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Carl Van Vechten Estate/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC-USZ62-11788
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters, 1979.
Eugene Adebari—REX/Shutterstock.com
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor.
© Marc Norberg
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer and composer Howlin' Wolf, 1964.
Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy
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