The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and
Yazoo Rivers.
The Delta is strongly associated with the origins of several styles of music, including the Delta Blues, slide guitar, jazz, and rock and roll.
The music came out of the struggles of lives in which poverty and hardship were ever present for mostly black sharecroppers
and tenant farmers.
The Delta includes the following counties:
Washington,
DeSoto,
Humphreys,
Carroll,
Issaquena,
Panola,
Quitman,
Bolivar,
Coahoma,
Leflore,
Sunflower,
Sharkey,
Tunica,
Tallahatchie,
Holmes,
Yazoo,
and Warren.
Principal towns on the delta:
Batesville,
Belzoni,
Clarksdale,
Cleveland,
Greenville,
Greenwood,
Indianola,
Marks,
Tunica,
Yazoo City
Bluesmen from the Delta:
B.B. King, Blues musician-
Bukka White, Blues musician-
Charlie Patton, Blues musician-
Ike Turner, Blues musician-
Howlin' Wolf, Blues musician-
Jimmie Rodgers, country musician-
John Lee Hooker, Blues musician-
Mississippi John Hurt, Blues singer-
Mose Allison, jazz pianist and singer-
Muddy Waters, Blues musician-
Robert Johnson, Blues musician-
Sam Cooke, musician RandB Singer, Writer-
Skip James, Blues musician-
Son House, Blues musician-
Elmore James, Blues musician
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