Chapter 04 of 5
Going Electric in Chicago
The Great Migration, Muddy Waters and the record label that made the blues loud.
- The Move
The Great Migration
From about 1910 to 1970, around six million Black Southerners moved north and west, escaping segregation and seeking work.
- The City
Chicago calls
Chicago was a major destination, with jobs in factories, stockyards and steel mills, and a growing Black South Side.
- The Man
Muddy Waters
Among the newcomers was McKinley Morganfield from Mississippi, nicknamed "Muddy Waters" as a child for playing in a muddy creek.
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Why did Muddy Waters switch to an electric guitar?
🎸 How the Blues Built Rock
- 01Born in the DeltaHow work songs, field hollers and a few bent notes became the blues.
- 02The Blues QueensThe women who made the first blues records, and sold them by the hundred thousand.
- 03The Crossroads LegendRobert Johnson: 29 songs, a mysterious death and a deal with the devil.
- 04Going Electric in ChicagoThe Great Migration, Muddy Waters and the record label that made the blues loud.
- 05The Blues Comes HomeHow British bands sold the blues back to America, and what they owed.