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History of Rock N Roll- Blues
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8th Grade
09/21/2010

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What are B.B. King's dates?
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1925-
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What are Charlie Patton's dates?
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1891-1934
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What are Muddy Waters' dates?
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1915-1983
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What are Robert Johnson's dates?
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1911-1938
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Why was Muddy Waters important to the development of the blues?
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He was one of the originators of the electric blues
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Who was said to have sold his soul to the devil in order to play the blues?
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Robert Johnson
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Who started the devil rumor?
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Son House
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How did Robert Johnson die?
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He was poisoned
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Why is Robert Johnson important to the development of the blues?
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He is known as being the greatest of all the blues guitarists and influenced many other musicians
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What is the delta blues lyric style?
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A three lined stanza where the first two lines repeat and the third line rhymes with the first two
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What were the original blues instruments?
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Guitar and harmonica
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Why was Charlie Patton important to the development of the blues?
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He was the first to record the delta blues
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What did B.B King name his guitar?
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Lucille
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What does the "B.B" stand for in B.B King's name?
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Blues Boy
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What is B.B King's real name?
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Riley B. King
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Why is B.B King important to the development to the blues?
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He was the first blues musician to tour the world and he has remained popular for over fifty years
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What was so different about B.B King's 1970 tour?
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He only played prisons
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What was the prison that B.B King played at on September 10, 1970?
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Cook County Jail, Illinois
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What instrument did Muddy Waters first learn to play?
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Harmonica
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Which bottleneck players did Muddy Waters listen to?
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Robert Johnson and Son House
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What single was Muddy Waters' first hit record?
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"I Can't Be Satisfied"
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Who was Muddy Waters' audience in the 1960s?
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A young, white, middle class audience
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What group got its name from a Muddy Waters' tune?
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The Rolling Stones
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What was one distinction of B.B King's guitar playing?
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The voice-like string vibrato
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What was B.B King's first number one hit?
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"Three O'Clock Blues"
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When Muddy Waters left Mississippi, which big city did he go to?
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Chicago
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