1. Alan Lomax
2. B. B.King
3. Bonnie Rait
4. Eric Clapton
5. Etta James
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. John Hammond
8. John Lee Hooker
9. Ma Rainey
10. Paul Butterfield
11. Robert Johnson
12. Robert Lockwood, Jr.
13. Son House
14. Stevie Ray Vaughan
15. Verna Hall
16. W. C. Handy
1. Beale Street Historic District
2. Chess Records
3. Clarksdale, Mississippi - Explain what it is and locate the city on the map.
4. Mississippi Delta Explain what it is and locate the city on the map.
5. Muddy Waters' birthplace and childhood - What was it like and where did it take place? What experiences affected his music?
6. Rolling Fork, Mississippi - Explain what it is and locate the city on the map.
7. Sun Records
1. Delta guitar
2. juke joint
3. sharecropper
4. slide guitar
1. What was the Great Migration? When did it occur? Why did it take place?
2. Which important forms of transportation and roads were critical to this migration?
3. What was The Chicago Defender and what was its role in the Great Migration?
4. What was the role of the Illinois Central Railroad in the Great Migration?
5. Why did Chicago become the new home to the Blues?
6. According to legend, how did Robert Johnson learn to play the guitar?
7. Which neighborhoods did Muddy Waters and other Blues artists settle in?
8. Who were Muddy Waters' major influences and/or employers in Chicago?
9. What is Muddy Waters’ connection to the Rolling Stones?
10. What is the origin of Muddy Waters' nickname?
11. What sources combined in the blues? Name four: