What is Chicago blues?
{{Infobox Music genre |bgcolor=#0000E1 |color=white |name=Chicago blues |stylistic_origins=[[Delta blues]], instrumentation |cultural_origins=Early [[twentieth century]]: [[US]] |instruments=[[Electric guitar]], [[Harmonica]], [[Drums]], [[Piano]], [[Bass guitar]], [[Saxophone]] |popularity= |derivatives= |subgenrelist= |subgenres= |fusiongenres=[[Rock and roll]], [[Rock music]] |regional_scenes= |other_topics= }} The '''Chicago blues''' is a form of [[blues]] music that developed in [[Chicago, Illinois]] by adding [[electric guitar|electrically amplified guitar]], [[drums]], [[piano]], [[bass guitar]] and sometimes [[saxophone]] to [[Delta blues]]. ==Important Chicago blues musicians== Below is a list of notable Chicago blues musicians (and groups) alphabetized by '''first''' name (or stage name): {| |- | *[[Big Bill Broonzy]] *[[Big Maceo Merriweather]] *[[Big Time Sarah]] *[[Big Walter Horton]] *[[Bo Diddley]] *[[Bonnie Lee]] *[[Boston Blackie]] *[[Buddy Guy]] *[[Charlie Musselwhite]] *[[Carey Bell]] *[[Charlie Love]] *[[Chico Banks]] *[[Siegel-Schwall Band|Corky Siegel]] *[[David Honeyboy Edwards]] *[[Detroit Junior]] *[[Dion Payton]] *[[Earl Hooker]] *[[Elmore James]] | *[[Erwin Helfer]] *[[Fenton Robinson]] *[[Floyd Jones]] *[[Freddie King]] *[[Gerry Hundt]] *[[Homesick James]] *[[Hound Dog Taylor]] *[[Howlin' Wolf]] *[[Hubert Sumlin]] *[[J.B. Hutto|J. B. Hutto]] *[[J. B. Lenoir]] *[[Jake La Botz]] *[[Jimmy Cotton]] *[[Jimmy Dawkins]] *[[Jimmy Johnson]] *[[Jimmy Rogers]] *[[Joanna Connor]] *[[John Brim]] | *[[John Primer]] *[[Johnny Shines]] *[[J. T. Brown|J.T. Brown]] *[[Junior Wells]] *[[Kansas Joe McCoy]] *[[Koko Taylor]] *[[Kokomo Arnold]] *[[Little Walter]] *[[Lonnie Brooks]] *[[Lovie Lee]] *[[Luther Allison]] *[[Lurrie Bell]] *[[Magic Sam]] *[[Magic Slim]] *[[Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis]] *[[Mighty Joe Young]] *[[Mike Bloomfield]] *[[Muddy Waters]] |} ==Other websites== * [http://www.scopecreep.com/Rhapsody/2005/03/chicago-blues-chicago-blues-is-form-of.html Chicago Blues Playlist] {