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
• Raful Neal
• Tabby Thomas
• Katie Webster
• Robert Pete Williams
• Snooks Eaglin

[edit] See also

• Swamp blues
• Music of Louisiana

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