Talk:Delta blues
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The last paragraph is a mixture of geography lesson and plugs for venues. I'm going to edit it pretty severely in a few days when I have time. Any objections? --Squiddy 00:32, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Not from me - thanks for tackling this much-needed cleanup. --RobHutten 10:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
I was cleaning up the rest and thought I was done when I hit that para...all I have time for now is the wfy. Could go on for pages about how the DB are being preserved. Ain't nobody's fault but mine. --24.221.8.253 16:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for today's edits... a definite improvement! --RobHutten 17:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
From the final paragraph:
- The Delta is changing in so many ways and the style is losing young people, mostly to rap.
That's a pretty bold statement. Yes, I agree that the Delta is changing, but Delta blues is losing younger listeners to rap (hip-hop)? Blues from the Delta may be less popular in the hundred or so years since its incarnation, and hip-hop may have gained popularity in the more recent generation, but that doesn't necessarily equate a direct correlation, nor is hip-hop at "fault". This sentence sounds more like someone has a personal grudge against hip-hop. --buck 16:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
- Post-cleanup looks much better. Thanks. --buck 15:40, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Correction
I changed the following line from the first paragraph:
- Slide guitar and harmonica dominate the instruments used.
To: Guitar and harmonica dominate the instruments used because Slide Guitar is a style of guitar playing, not an instrument used by delta bluesmen or anyone else.JUICE66 08:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] R. L. Burnside not a delta blue sman...
R. L. Burnside was a northern Mississippi hill country blues man. Listing him as a delta blues man is incorrect. - Buster 05:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I have updated the list to exclude Country blues artist R.L. Burnside. 71.7.243.163 14:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
