JUST FOR FUN

A BLUES QUIZ:

1    What was Muddy Waters real name?

2    In what year was the first blues record made?

3    What famous Memphis musician wrote the first published blues song?

4    Where did the blues originate?

5    According to legend, Robert Johnson sold something to the Devil to become a great bluesman.          What did he supposedly sell?

6    Who was known as The Empress Of The Blues?

7    What was T-Bone Walker's real name?

8    What instrument is sometimes called "the blues saxophone"?

9    What record company is famous for its Chicago Blues?

10    Who wrote Crossroads Blues?

(answers below)         

answers:  1   McKinley Morganfield   2   1920   3   W.C. Handy   4   the deep South where slaves worked--mainly Mississippi    5   his soul   6   Bessie Smith   7    Aaron Thibeau Walker  8   the harmonica   9    Chess Records   10   Robert Johnson