1.   Chess was the epicenter of post-World War II blues, when the music went from being rural, acoustic country blues to urban and electric.

2.   Far from purists, the Mississippi All-Stars have worked up their own dense hybrid boogie incorporating the riff-heavy and hard-hitting elements of hill country blues.

3.   Influenced by the yodeling country blues of Jimmie Rodgers, Snow eventually saved up enough money for a guitar.

4.   Once a full-fledged punk-rocker, Luther Dickinson has spent recent years immersed in the Mississippi hill country blues and roots-music scene surrounding his home.

5.   Soon, every label in town was looking for a hat act, leaving little room for artists like Brown who were churning out country blues.

6.   The strongest pre-Code movies are as rowdy, pungent and oddball as the Sunday funnies or the country blues.

7.   Geoff Muldaur seems to have distilled country blues, folk and other elements of American roots music into a harmonious, near-perfect blend.

8.   It was a pioneer in the style of Western swing, a combination of jazz, country blues and fiddle music.