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Chicago blues
The
Chicago blues
is a form of
blues
music indigenous to
Chicago, Illinois
. Chicago blues is a type of
urban blues
. Urban blues evolved from
classic blues
as a result of the
great depression
and developed in the first half of the twentieth century during the
Great Migration
, when Black workers moved from the
Southern United States
into the industrial cities of the
Northern United States
such as Chicago. Chicago blues is based around the sound of the
electric guitar
and the
harmonica
, with the harmonica played through a
PA system
or
guitar amplifier
.
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