Louisiana blues

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The Louisiana blues is a type of blues music that is characterized by plodding rhythms that make the sound dark and tense. As a result of this sound, a subgenre appeared called swamp blues (based largely out of Baton Rouge), which emphasizes the dark sound and laidback rhythms of the standard Louisiana blues.

[edit] Louisiana blues musicians

• Nathan Abshire
• Marcia Ball
• Guitar Junior
• Slim Harpo
• Lazy Lester
• Lightnin' Slim
• Lonesome Sundown
• Raful Neal
• Tabby Thomas
• Leroy Washington
• Katie Webster
• Robert Pete Williams

[edit] See also

• Swamp blues
• Music of Louisiana

Blues | Blues genres

Jug band - Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Jump blues - Piano blues - Fife and drum blues

Jazz blues - Blues-rock - Soul blues- Punk blues

African blues - British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues

Musicians

Louisiana roots music and dance
Cajun Jig (One Step) | Cajun Jitterbug (Two Step) | Cajun music | Creole music | Dixieland | Jazz | Jazz funeral | Louisiana blues | New Orleans R&B | Second line | Swamp blues | Swamp pop | Zydeco | Zydeco (dance)