• Louisiana blues is a genre of blues music that developed in the period after World War II in the state of Louisiana. It is generally divided into two...
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  • Providence Anchors New England Outtatowners New Mexico Style New Orleans Blues/Louisiana Blues – expansion team that did not begin play in 2006–2007 season New...
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  • (2020). Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians: Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Gospel. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press....
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  • Swamp blues is a type of Louisiana blues that developed in the Black communities of Southwest Louisiana in the 1950s. It incorporates influences from...
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    Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known as Louisiana Red, was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more...
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    the Chicago blues, their enthusiastic playing styles departed from the melancholy aspects of blues. Chicago blues also influenced Louisiana's zydeco music...
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  • Orleans, and north Louisiana. The region in and around Greater New Orleans has a unique musical heritage tied to Dixieland jazz, blues, and Afro-Caribbean...
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  • Unterberger, "Louisiana blues", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, eds, All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (Milwaukee...
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  • Slim Harpo (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    tracing his remarkable mainstream ascension – from the rich central-Louisiana blues scene to gigs at the Fillmore East – with deep local research and detailed...
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    Marcia Ball (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949) is an American blues singer and pianist raised in Vinton, Louisiana. Ball was described in USA Today as "a sensation...
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    pianist who performed New Orleans blues. He was active in two distinct periods, first in the heyday of early rhythm and blues and later in the resurgence of...
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    Robert Pete Williams (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional structures...
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  • Mousette undoes the spell to allow the Blues Brothers to play against the Louisiana Gator Boys, a supergroup of blues musicians who win the battle. After...
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  • Orleans Blues (song), a 1947 song by Johnny Moore New Orleans rhythm and blues, a genre of music from New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Blues, an American...
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  • Little Walter (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-313-34424-4. Tomko, Gene (2020). Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians:...
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    Zydeco (category Louisiana Creole culture)
    rural Southwest Louisiana by Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles, such...
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  • Raful Neal (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    2004) was an American Louisiana blues singer, harmonicist and songwriter from the United States. Neal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and reared by his...
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    Tab Benoit (category Blues musicians from Louisiana)
    to the Blues with Louisiana's LeRoux 2007 – Power of the Pontchartrain with Louisiana's LeRoux 2008 – Night Train To Nashville with Louisiana's LeRoux...
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  • Lightnin' Slim (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    1974), known as Lightnin' Slim, was an American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues for Excello Records. According to most sources...
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    Kenny Wayne Shepherd (category Louisiana blues musicians)
    experienced significant commercial success as a blues rock artist. Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from Caddo Magnet High School...
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    "New Orleans blues". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011. Unterberger, R., "Louisiana blues", in V. Bogdanov...
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  • Silas Hogan (category Blues musicians from Louisiana)
    1994) was an American blues musician who played swamp blues and Louisiana blues. His most notable recordings are "Airport Blues" and "Lonesome La La"...
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    Sonny Landreth (category American blues guitarists)
    "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was...
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  • May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was...
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  • 13, 1993) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Campbell was born and grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. His first group...
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  • The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating...
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    Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions...
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  • vocals, guitar Ernest "Big" Crawford – bass on "Long Distance Call", "Louisiana Blues", "Honey Bee", "I Want You To Love Me", and "I Can't Be Satisfied"...
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    Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (category American blues drummers)
    from Louisiana. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again! Brown was born in Vinton, Louisiana, and...
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