What we usually think of as Delta blues is one person with a guitar, typically a slide guitar, and that real raw kind of singing. Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues. If you listen to ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

Johnson was a pioneer of the Delta blues, with a powerful, haunting voice, and a remarkable guitar style for the era; he could seamlessly blend rhythm, slide guitar, and walking bass at the same time.