While watching the documentary in class on Friday, I was intrigued by the segment on the Delta Blues. According to Brittanica, the delta blues are described as, "emphasized solo performances by singers accompanying themselves on guitar or relying on a host of distinctive techniques, such as the sliding of a bottleneck or metal object (such as a knife) along the fingerboard to bend notes." The songs also display a pattern of call and response, which was popular in songs of slaves working in the fields. Music was an escape from what was the reality at Parchman, which as we saw on Friday, was pretty harsh. Music was something they could make of their own that was not something tangible that could be taken away. I looked up some of the most popular songs that fall into the genre of Delta Blues, and I'll leave them below so yall can check them out too.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/art/Mississippi-Delta-blues
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/106364432/mississippi-delta-blues-american-cornerstone
Songs:
Cross Roads Blues by Robert Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsB_cGdgPTo
Parchman Farm Blues by Bukka White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM23S12LXaE
Cool Drink of Water Blues by Tommy Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o808EmOukDQ
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