The Blues was a form of regional Black Folk Music composed of African rhythms, the musical structure of the English/ Scottish song, the acoustic guitar and the Black version of the English language. It is generally, but not exclusively associated with the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta’s cotton plantation workers, those that built the levees along the Mississippi, the stevedores and the convicts from the penitentiaries.

Presented by Paul Groom
This presentation will take place in Meeting Room 1.