ok i admit i am obsessed with blues at he mmnt, having seen ronnie baker brooks band from chicago last night !

i want to to there someday, so my question os .

IS Chicago really the blues capital og the world ?

Yup...Chicago and Memphis.

Home Sweet Home.

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Bamako, Mali

am sorry, that my initial post had some keybord errors,
i wanted to say that i longed to to to the capital of blues someday,

maybe there are some play-blues-academies, or things like that, or facilities to play your guitar-blues in the streets or on stage for travelling amaterus
have been playing my blues since 1962, ever since "what a shame" came out.

Hard to beat Memphis as the capital of American music, including blues and rock and roll (and country to some extent since Johnny Cash started there on Sun).

I haven't made it to the blues museum in Clarsdale yet, I think it's only an hour, maybe hour and a half, south of Memphis off highway 61 (of course!).

I've always thought of New Orleans as being the home of the blues and jazz.

His Majesty Wrote:
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> I've always thought of New Orleans as being the
> home of the blues and jazz.

N.O. is the home of jazz, but I think rural Mississippi is the home of blues.

See if this link works:

[en.wikipedia.org]

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> His Majesty Wrote:
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> > I've always thought of New Orleans as being the
> > home of the blues and jazz.
>
> N.O. is the home of jazz, but I think rural
> Mississippi is the home of blues.

Isn't that part of New Orleans?

His Majesty Wrote:
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> Isn't that part of New Orleans?

N.O. is in southeast Louisiana, but less than an hour drive from coastal Mississippi. Clarksdale is in northwestern Mississippi, closer to Memphis and about a six or seven hour drive from New Orleans.

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> His Majesty Wrote:
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>
> > Isn't that part of New Orleans?
>
> N.O. is in southeast Louisiana, but less than an
> hour drive from coastal Mississippi. Clarksdale is
> in northwestern Mississippi, closer to Memphis and
> about a six or seven hour drive from New Orleans.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.

Answer to this threads headline question is:
The heart. Especially it dwells within us which have
a bleeeedin' 'eart.

Anyone from Greensborro?

As a Chicagoan, I feel Austin deserves mention....

There's only ONE answer. The Capital of the Blues is Clarksdale, as Edith Grove already stated. The question doesn't ask about cities/places that have Blues influences and such. Sorry kids, that's it, over and out....

Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Answer to this threads headline question is:
> The heart. Especially it dwells within us which
> have
> a bleeeedin' 'eart.

I thought bleedin' 'earts were for country & western lovers. You know, bleedin' 'earts, dead dogs, cryin' in your beer, that kind of stuff.

I mean real effin bleedin 'earts. mate ! Not just in the lyrics...

Just kiddin' Bro! Have a great weekend!

Same to you, hope ya gonna be feelin'Grovey!

I must say though, I heard some ferkin' fantastic blues and jazz when I was in New Orleans in 2002 and met some amazing people. I really learned what music is all about during that trip...

Watching the hurricane events unfold a few years later was very sad!!!

His Majesty Wrote:
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> I must say though, I heard some ferkin' fantastic
> blues and jazz when I was in New Orleans in 2002
> and met some amazing people. I really learned what
> music is all about during that trip...
>
> Watching the hurricane events unfold a few years
> later was very sad!!!

I would imagine you probably visited the French Quarter (aka Vieux Carre) while you were here. I live one block off Bourbon Street.

The F.Q. is the original city of N.O. founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1718. With the advice of the local natives, Bienville situated the city on the highest ground on the banks of the Mississippi. The city expanded over the years by filling in the surrounding swamp land. Eighty per cent of the city flooded when the levees broke, but the F.Q. and most of the land along the river stayed high and dry.

If you can't get enough N.O. music, check out [www.wwoz.org] and click on "listen to WWOZ."





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Edith Grove Wrote:

> I would imagine you probably visited the French
> Quarter (aka Vieux Carre) while you were here. I
> live one block off Bourbon Street.

I did indeed, hotel was just a few blocks way!

> The F.Q. is the original city of N.O. founded by
> Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1718. With
> the advice of the local natives, Bienville
> situated the city on the highest ground on the
> banks of the Mississippi. The city expanded over
> the years by filling in the surrounding swamp
> land. Eighty per cent of the city flooded when the
> levees broke, but the F.Q. and most of the land
> along the river stayed high and dry.
>
> If you can't get enough N.O. music, check out
> wwoz.org and click on "listen to WWOZ."

I loved the place, hope to g backsomeday! Thanks for the links!

I have always wanted to go there.

[p207.ezboard.com]

HelterSkelter Wrote:
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> There's only ONE answer. The Capital of the Blues
> is Clarksdale, as Edith Grove already stated. The
> question doesn't ask about cities/places that have
> Blues influences and such. Sorry kids, that's it,
> over and out....

Clarksdale and the surrounding areas of the Mississippi Delta are hugely important, central, etc. Hugely.

But the impulse to designate Clarksdale as the undisputed capital of Delta Blues and the Delta tradition as the central fact of the music comes in large part from our orientation as Stones fans.

Whatever else Clarksdale is, it's most famous as the birthplace of Muddy Waters. And Muddy's journey to Chicago and his amplification of the blues and his turning "Catfish Blues" into "Rollin' Stone" has special importance for us that shouldn't obscure all the other people and places that comprise the history of the blues. Just think of Blind Willie McTell and the Piedmont Style...

But having said all that, I'd rank Clarksdale, Memphis and Chicago about equally. Maybe Memphis takes it as the "way station" between the Country Blues of the Delta and the Electric Blues of Chicago.

I want to know what Rockman thinks...

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> I have always wanted to go there.

Clarksdale or New Orleans?

is clarksdale the city where they used to hng black people in the 60s???

The capital of blues is the CD in the shop, no?

The capitol of blues, as Gazza could have suggested, is Ulan Bator


well, I could be wrong^^

..... fifth and main street, los angeles.

I once visited Blues Museum years and years ago.
I don't remember it was Clarksdale or Jackson, Mississippi.
I bought some records of unknown blues musician there and after that I passed over Yazoo City. That city had a flavor of blues.
"O Brother, Where Art Thou? by The Coen Brothers" echos the sentiments of me.