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Civil war and abolition of slavery
The slaves that lived in the south suffering difficult working conditions created lots of songs signifying their hope. eventually, the civil war and abolition of slavery brought this hope to life. -
The emancipation proclimation
The emancipation proclamation of 1863 initiated a lot of places where African Americans would play/listen to live blues music -
"slave songs of the united states" gets published
the book "slave songs of the united states" was published. It is a book with 136 African-American compositions sung by working slaves -
"Maple leaf Rag"
This was when Scott Joplin published one of his most well-known songs. -
"Camp Meeting Shouts"
Victor records publishes first ever recordings of African-American field hollers -
"I got the blues"
First ever blues song actually published. Antonio Maggios "I got the blues" -
We have Sheet music!!
More early blues songs are now getting published as sheet music, including W.C handys "Memphis Blues" -
Crazy Blues
Mamie smiths 1920 rendition of Crazy blues sold over 1,000,000 copies in its first year -
The years of bessie smith
Bessie smith was one of the most influental female blues artists of her time, and she was starting to gain recognition. -
New technology
an electrical recording technology for music is introduced and as a result, blues becomes much more widespread and easily accesible -
lead belly
he was the first artist to play blues to a white audience outside the South -
Muddy waters
muddy waters creates his first Chicago blues recordings -
Muddy waters part 2!
Muddy waters performs at Newport Jazz festival to quite an audience -
Fillmore east
the fillmore east is open, moung the first artists to perfrom were janis joplin and albert king -
The year of the blues
Congress declares year 2003 as the year of the blues