Mississippi Delta blues is a regional style of early 20th-century American folk music centered in the Delta region of northwestern Mississippi. The style influenced the popular traditional blues recordings of the 1920s and ’30s and the development of the electric Chicago blues style during the mid-20th century. Delta blues emphasizes solo performances by singers accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar. Among the style’s distinctive techniques are bottleneck sliding (the use of a bottleneck or metal object along the guitar’s fingerboard to bend notes) and call-and-response patterns.
verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.
Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style