Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues ... like the Grand Ole Opry, which had a black harmonica player, but it was pretty unusual. Record players would have been one of the few luxuries ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

Phil Wiggins, a blues harmonica virtuoso who embraced the jaunty ... and country and evolved separately from the better-known ...

Johnson picked up harmonica as a young child ... Johnson returned from what would be an 18-month hiatus from the Delta blues scene. Suddenly, he could pluck out entire band arrangements with ...