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The Delta Blues at Dockery Farms

Delta Blues at Dockery Farms

These musicians, who lived on and around Dockery Farms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, invented a new style of singing and playing guitar. At Dockery Farms, they sang, played, and wrote the haunting songs that influenced music from jazz to rock & roll.

  • The Mississippi Delta Blues
  • Henry Sloan (1870-?)
  • Charley Patton (1891–1934)
  • Son House (1902–1988)
  • Robert Johnson (1911–1938)
  • Howlin’ Wolf (1910–1976)
  • Pops Staples (1914–2000)
  • Honeyboy Edwards (1915–2011)
  • Legacy & Influences

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