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Teacher Information Page <br /> Introducing s <br /> 8lues <br /> r <br /> At the concert, Guy Davis performs Ask students to look at Picture 2. Tell <br /> traditional blues music and stories. He students: <br /> plays the guitar and harmonica, old- <br /> time blues instruments. Introduce "The oldest blues expressed hard times <br /> students to blues music's roots using and suffering. People created blues musi- <br /> Student Activity Page 5. cal styles while working hard. Early blues <br /> musicians made their own musical instru- <br /> Activity: <br /> ments because they could not afford to <br /> buy them. <br /> Meet the Blues Ask <br /> Invite students to - <br /> examine the pictures Meet the Blues "What are the workers in Picture 2 <br /> on Student Activity doing?"(Picking cotton) Resources <br /> Page 5 as you read Ask Enjoy blues music with <br /> and discuss the fol- '• recordings by: <br /> lowing text. "Why did early blues musicians make Blind Lemon Jefferson <br /> their own instruments?"(Instruments Lonnie Johnson <br /> Ask students to look M1' )s were too expensive.) Bessie Smith <br /> at Picture 1. Read Muddy Waters <br /> aloud: ` ,; Ask students to look at Picture 3. <br /> Read: Read: <br /> "The blues is a style of Jones,B.and Hawes,B.L.Step It Down. <br /> music.African-Americans living in the "Guy Davis is a professional musician liv- Games,Plays,Songs,and Stories from <br /> ing in New York City.He studies to learn the Afro-American Heritage.New York: <br /> southern United States created the blues <br /> over 100 years ago.Many people who cre- about blues styles of the past.We will Harper and Row,1972. <br /> ated blues music lived in a region called hear Guy Davis play old-time blues music Silverman,Jerry.Traditional Black <br /> the Mississippi Delta.Their music is some- at the Kennedy Center." Music.Chitdrem Songs,New York: <br /> times called the Delta blues. Look at the Ask, Chelsea House Publishers,1993. <br /> map of the United States and find the <br /> Delta—the triangular-shaped region <br /> "What style of music does Guy Davis v <br /> where the Mississippi River flows into the play?"(Old-time blues) <br /> Gulf of Mexico." <br /> Ask, <br /> "Why is early blues music sometimes <br /> called the Delta blues?"(People living in ` t <br /> the Mississippi Delta region created early <br /> Bessie Smith <br /> � <br /> " <br /> blues music.) 'IN RU, UM . <br /> �� <br /> 2b <br /> t - harmonica <br /> Y <br /> e r <br /> r <br /> LONNIE JOHNSON AND BESSIE SMITH PHOTOS FROIA NOTHING BUT THE BLUES.EDITED BY LAWRENCE COHN,ABBEYVILLE PRESS,NEW YORK <br />