The Department of Blues: Freddie King 20 - 21 Pee Wee Crayton - Rory Block 22 - 23 Corey Harris 
20 - Freddie King (1934-1976) also known as Freddie King Texas Cannonball, guitarist, one of the first blues musicians to play in the group, also white, in a period where this was not entirely possible.
His hits were: Have You Ever Loved A Woman of 1960 by 61 Hide Away, the album Let's Hide Away and Dance with Freddie King Burglar's always 61 and 74.
began playing guitar at 6 years and 16 to listen to blues masters such as Elmore James, Howlin'Wolf and T-Bone Walker. He played with Muddy Waters
and 52 enters the Sonny Cooper Band in Early Payton's Blues Cats.
In 53 accounts for the Parrot Records affected and in 56 Country Boy in a duo with Margaret Whitfield for El-Bee Records.
King played with insight and often created the guitar parts like a second voice, but always loud and agrressivo. In 60 affected
You've Got To Love Her with Feeling that it was his first record in the same year and Have You Ever Loved a Woman.
In 1961 Hide Away Hideaway and side B, a cover of Hound Dog Taylor.
After the great success of this album he recorded with Sonny Thompson on piano thirty songs, including The Strumble, Just Pickin ', Sen-Sa-Shun, Side Tracked, San-Ho-Zay, High Rise, I'm Torn Down and The Sad Nite Owl.
The band also included his brother Benny Turner on bass and Lonnie Mack as a second guitar.
In recent years has often toured with the likes of Sam Cooke and James Brown.
In the Atlantic accounts for 68 and 69 participate in the Texas Pop Festival with Led Zeppelin. In 70
collaborates with pianist Leon Russell and affects Woman Across The River Texas Cannonball. In 74 affected
Burglar and collaborated with Eric Clapton and Mike Vernon with whom he recorded the album Larger Than Life.
died in 1976 at age 42 of a heart attack.
21 - Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985) guitarist.
started playing in 1935 following in the footsteps of T-Bone Walker, but soon developed his own style, an aggressive sound at odds with his voice sweet and harmonious style which is then copied by many blues guitarists.
in 1948 accounts for the Modern Records and one of his first successes was Blues After Hours, an instrumental piece that he had in his side b I'm Still in Love With You
In 1950, accounts for several labels and was the first bluesman to use a Fender Stratocaster. In 60
leaves the stage to return in 71 accounting for the Vanguard Album Things I Used To Do.
was certainly a pioneer in the sound of the guitar, sing and stand in the way of the public, but did not despite this success it deserved.
As said before, not just in music, to become a character and not enough talent to succeed and skill, other components are not always decipherable.
In the history of music have often met with minor characters who were nevertheless essential for understanding the evolution of a style.
died in 1985 of a heart attack.
22 - Rory Block Founded in 1949, leading member of the Country Blues and Modern Acoustic Blues, was born as a famous artist in Greenwich Village in New York.
Greenwich, the famous artists' quarter, was at that time the center of American avant-garde culture, a culture which will come from unconventional and brilliant people like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen and Dustin Hoffman, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, and many others.
Rory was 14 he discovered the blues of the Mississippi Delta and he remains fascinated, so much so that after the year runs away from home to follow Mississippi John Hurt and Son House.
In 67 records for Elektra How To Play Blues Guitar. In 75
omonino the album and then others where it exits from the classic blues, we returned in 1981 with High Heeled Blues, which became a success.
began to affect so many classic blues album very well accepted by critics, including as a cover of Robert Johnson Terraplane Blues Come On In My Kitchen, cover of women artists and acoustic blues. In
album as Turning Point, Angel of Mercy and Tornado enters its tracks while others like Mama's Blues, Is not IA Woman and When A Women Gets The Blues follow the style of Robert Johnson and blueswomen as Lottie Beaman and Mattie Delaney.
In his concerts is often accompanied by his son Jordan Block, which is sometimes also present on his albums. In 2000
affect I'm Every Woman, 2003 Last Fair Deal, in 2004 Sister & Brothers, The Dust Forms in 2005, very well received by critics.
In 2006 The Lady and Mr. Johnson in 2008 and Blues Walkin 'Like a Man: A Tribute to Son House.
23 - Corey Harris born in 1969, plays Modern Acoustic Blues, famous for his research on the origins of the blues. His first album
is the 1995 Between Midnight and Day, covers of songs by Charlie Patton, Fred McDowell and Muddy Waters.
In 2002 he worked with Ali Farka Toure, a leading figure of the African Blues, album, Mississippi to Mali, which in fact studies the African origins of the blues.
then collaborated with Billy Bragg on two albums of music Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Vol.II, two very beautiful album on the poems of Woody Guthrie.
In his research often lives in Africa to study traditional songs from which he draws inspiration for suio songs.
Daily Bread In 2005 they published in 2007 and Zion Crossroads.
