Artist	Song
Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues
from King of the Delta Blues (1997)
Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Stop Breakin' Down Blues
from Delta Crossroads (2000)
Bukka White	Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
from The Complete Bukka White (1994)
Charlie Patton	High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
from People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938 (2008)
James "Son" Thomas	61 Highway
from James "Son" Thomas (1996)
Big Joe Williams	Worried Man Blues
from Big Joe Williams Vol. 1 1935 - 1941 (2005)
Mississippi Fred McDowell	61 Highway
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits - The First Recordings (1997)
Blind Joe Reynolds	Outside Woman Blues
from Blues from the Delta to the City - Country Blues and Spirituals, Jug Bands and Hokum (2008)

Comment:

The haunted howl of Charley Patton, the angelic croon of Blind Willie McTell, the weary growl of Son House — Delta blues blossomed all along the Mississippi River in the '20s and '30s. Echoes of Africa and old-time string bands could be heard even in the devil-dueling dark visions of Delta blues king Robert Johnson, whose own influence hangs heavy over everyone from the Rolling Stones to Eric Clapton.

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