Hill Country Blues
Hill Country Blues (also known as North Mississippi Hill Country Blues or North Mississippi Blues ) is a regional variation on country blues . Characteristic are a strong emphasis on rhythm and percussion , continuous guitar riffs , unusual song structures and a strong groove , which is also known as "hypnotic boogie".
Hill Country
The “Hill Country” region is located in the north of the state of Mississippi on the border with Tennessee . It extends over the Counties of Marshall , Panola , Tate , Tippah and Lafayette . In the Hill Country that are eco-regions ( ecoregions ) "North Hilly Plain" ( "Red Clay Hills" or "North Central Hills"), the "Loess Plains" and "Bluff Hills".
The Hill Country has little fertile arable land, but large areas of forest, so there is a lot of logging with only smaller farms. Holly Springs and Oxford are considered centers of the Hill Country Blues, which is different from the blues of the Mississippi Delta , which lies west of Hill Country. Every year a "picnic" is organized to celebrate the region and its music.
Musician
Mississippi Fred McDowell , who lived in Como , was one of the most famous representatives of the Hill Country Blues. His music was more rhythmic than the traditional Delta Blues . McDowell influenced later musicians such as RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough . Other influential Hill Country musicians included Robert Belfour , Calvin Jackson , Ranie Burnette and Sid Hemphill .
Burnside, Kimbrough, Othar Turner and Jessie Mae Hemphill can be seen and heard in the documentary Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads . Fat Possum Records released the Hill Country Blues and made it so popular. The North Mississippi Allstars and other musicians form a new generation of Hill Country Blues. Banjo player Lucius Smith, the Fife and Drum Blues by Ed Young and Napoleon Strickland and guitarist and singer Rosa Lee Hill also left their mark on this new style. Others like Terry "Harmonica" Bean , Cedric Burnside and Kenny Brown keep the tradition of Hill Country Blues alive to this day. Still others like The Bush League Blues Band play an electric version of the Hill Country Blues.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Noth Mississippi Hill Country Blues: It's NOT the Delta Blues. Hill Country Harmonica. Archived version
- ↑ a b c Oxford Blues . Mississippi Blues Trail
- Jump up ↑ Hill Country Blues - Holly Springs . Mississippi Blues Trail