10 Facts About Electric blues

Electric blues refers to any type of blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.

The first star of the electric blues is generally recognized as being T-Bone Walker; born in Texas but moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1930s, he combined blues with elements of swing music and jazz in a long and prolific career.

Chicago Electric blues is influenced to a large extent by the Mississippi Electric blues style, because many performers had migrated from the Mississippi region.

Memphis, with its flourishing acoustic blues scene based in Beale Street, developed an electric blues sound during the early 1950s.

Detroit-based John Lee Hooker pursued a unique brand of electric blues based on his deep rough voice accompanied by a single electric guitar.

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Electric blues continued to play and record until his death in 2001.

Chicago Electric blues influenced Louisiana's zydeco music, with Clifton Chenier using Electric blues accents.

British Electric blues emerged from the skiffle and folk club scene of the late 1950s, particularly in London, which included the playing of American acoustic Electric blues.

The model of British rhythm and Electric blues was emulated by a number of bands including the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Small Faces, and the Yardbirds.

Since the end of the 1960s, electric blues has declined in mainstream popularity, but retained a strong following in the US, Britain and elsewhere, with many musicians that began their careers as early as the 1950s continuing to record and perform, occasionally producing breakthrough stars.