Muddy Waters pioneered the sound of the modern Chicago blues. Yet his influence extended far beyond the city. In America, he influenced a new generation of artists, from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix ...

Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to ... Walk Until I Ride' is a contemporary civil rights manifesto … and 'Money Makes You Ugly' is a protest song for ...

Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues ... A number of Mississippi Delta artists recorded in that decade. This was really a golden age, particularly of the country blues.