THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES (PT 2)- A DEEP DIVE TO REMEMBER FROM 1001 (SEE NOTES)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Resources Used:
https://www.britannica.com/art/blues-music
https://publicdomain4u.com
Ted Lewis Jazz Band, W. C Handy, and Ted Lewis. The Memphis blues. 1923. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-669804/
Ted Lewis Jazz Band, W. C Handy, and Ted Lewis. St. Louis blues. 1922. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-669595
https://jfderry.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/charlie-patton-1891-1934-father-of-the-blues-part-2/
https://visitmississippi.org/experiences/the-history-of-mississippi-delta-blues-music/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ma-rainey-mn0000237213/biography
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/ma-rainey-about/14074/
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197432/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104187.Bessie: A comprehensive biography detailing Bessie Smith's life and career.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bessie-smith-about-the-empress-of-the-blues/724/: An informative documentary exploring her impact on the music world.
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-smith: A detailed biography highlighting her contributions to music and culture.
https://www.biography.com/musician/wc-handy
[Library of Congress’s collection](https://www.loc.gov/collections/w- c-handy-papers/about-this-collection/)
Explore B.B. King's discography: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bb-king-mn0000059156/discography
Listen to B.B. King and Eric Clapton's "Riding with the King": https://www.jamendo.com/track/riding-with-the-king
Discover more about B.B. King's honors: https://rockhall.com/inductees/bb-king
B.B. King's Official Website: https://www.bbking.com
AllMusic Biography: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bb-king-mn0000059156/biography
For more information on the blues and its history, visit https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org
https://blues.org
https://folkways.si.edu/blues
https://www.memphisrocknsoul.org
https://mohistory.org/
https://stlouisbluessociety.org/
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_blues_festival.html is a must-visit for blues enthusiasts.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1217091.Sammy_Davis_Jr_
[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom](https://www.imdb.com/title
https://classicsdujour.com/classic-rock-hits-that-are-actually-blues-songs/
https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/
https://www.pbs.org/robertjohnson/notebooks/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/blues-paramount-records/ - A comprehensive history of Paramount Records, the label that recorded some of Willie Brown's notable tracks.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/robert-johnson-the-search-for-the-man-behind-the-myth-116078151/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries podcast. I'm Giselle Erickson,
0:31.6	doing a tag team co-host with John Haggardoran on this project. John came to me with the
0:37.3	task of writing an episode on
0:39.3	the Birth of the Blues, and I was so thrilled to put this together for you all. And then, as Horace
0:45.2	Haas Logan would say of Elvis, my voice had left the building. A big thank you to John for
0:52.8	stepping in to voice this episode.
0:55.8	I kind of love our teamwork on this, actually,
0:58.4	and John, I think we should do more joint venture projects.
1:02.3	What do you think?
1:03.9	In our last episode, Part 1,
1:06.5	we talked about the incomparable Ma Rainey
1:09.6	and her prolific talent for putting her soul to music.
1:13.6	You can have my money living, hang my own book for God sake, my man of home,
1:31.3	I'm jealous, jealous, jealous heart in me.
1:39.3	I'm just jealous, With her as Mother of the Blues and Charlie Patton as father of the Delta Blues, the two
2:02.6	of them influenced just about every blues singer that followed in some way or the other,
2:07.6	developing what is now known as the Delta Blues.
2:10.6	Pulling from Ma Rainey's stripped down emotionally weighted style, he added a slide
2:16.6	guitar using a particular fingering style and
2:20.2	harmonica, giving the music a distinctive haunting sound. Now, imagine hearing this for the first time
2:28.2	live in a room full of cigar smoke and whiskey in 1930. I woke up in the morning, dingo around your bed. It's all right you're going to
3:03.6	It's no wonder his creative talent sparked a movement through the music industry.
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