Mississippi Bluesmen

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1. What Blues King was born to the Nelson family in Indianola, MS? B.B. King King Edward Freddie King Albert King

2. Who claimed to have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads? Tommy Johnson Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson Howlin' Wolf

3. What Inverness native was signed to three of the most important labels in music history, cutting records for Sun, Chess, and Stax? Howlin' Wolf Little Milton Rufus Thomas Albert King

4. Who was born McKinley Morganfield? Howlin' Wolf B.B. King Sonny Boy Williamson II Muddy Waters

5. Which one of these artists is not associated with the delta area of the state? Howlin' Wolf Muddy Waters Elmore James Charley Patton

6. What Vicksburg born songwriter's classics, recorded by the likes of Muddy Waters and Mississippi Fred MacDowell, became some of the definitive and most imitated staples of Urban Blues? Artie "Blues Boy" White Jimmy Rodgers Louisian Red Willie Dixon

7. Who was the Northern Mississippian famous for playing a fife? Son House Jimmy Reed Otha Turner Skip James

8. A Baptist preacher in his early teens, what man's almost supernatural and super powerful playing mesmorized delta youths such as Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters? Charley Patton Son House Skip James Big Bill Broonzy

9. What primal force and delta icon recorded what might be his most well known tune with members of the Motown house band? John Lee Hooker Son House Jimmy Reed Albert King

10. What 1920's delta superstar was famous for his stage antics and, despite his tiny frame, his huge voice? Son House Mississippi John Hurt Skip James Charley Patton