Rough Guide To Chicago Blues Various Artists

Vinyl LP pressing. With it's roots in the Mississippi Delta, the Chicago blues exploded onto the scene in the late 1940s as an electrified and souped-up brand of blues. This Rough Guide features many pioneering artists including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter, whose influence helped shape the future of rock music. An album which traces the development of the Chicago blues scene during it's late 1940s/1950s heyday and presents some of the finest blues guitar tracks you will ever hear from the likes of Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Earl Hooker. Also Includes tracks by Harmonica pioneers Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II.