WidowSpider's Home Of The Blues

HOME OF THE BLUES
Sounds from the Soul

The Blues is one of the moste influential music styles in the world. In all the modern styles is still a remnant of the blues. From Rock and Roll to even Metal, all guitarist and musicians still use elements of the blues. Many poeple use guitar licks they learned from Blues artists like Johnny Lee Hooker, B.B. King, & the legendary Robert Johnson. History It all started around 1900 when black slaves sang the Blues to lift their spirits. Each country Blues artist made his own lyrics and usually accompanied themselves with the harmonica or guitar. Famous singers of this style are Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. In 1912 the Blues became a popular music style. A few years later city Blues becomes popular. And in the fourties singers like T-Bone Walker had a lot of succes. And only a decade later poeple like B.B. King and John Lee Hooker became the most influential, using sustained tones and more volume with the electric guitar. Soon this became known as Rythm and Blues. And from there styles like Soul, R&B and rap originated. What's it all about... This page is dedicated to blues music and the artists who sing and play nothing but the blues. If you like blues music too and you're looking for information and biography's on blues artists, browse thru the many pages I have here. There are many different Styles of Blues that have been played and are still being played today. Here is a list of the different styles, just click on each one and read the information about each style and the artists who play and sing them.

List of Blues Styles

MODERN ACOUSTIC BLUES

MODERN ELECTRIC BLUES

NEW ORLEANS BLUES

AND ALSO...

If you would like to read more about the Origin of the Blues, you can do so by going here:

MORE BLUES INFO.

If you would like to read biography's about your favorite blues singers or read biography's about blues singers you didn't even know about, just go here:

List of Artists Names
and Biography's