When the Mississippi river flood of 1927 happened many lost whatever they had such as their houses or belongings it was time where people needed a boost and help. Many blues songs were made specifically about the Mississippi river flood of 1927. According to "soundcheck.why.ord/story/songs-great-flood" artist such as Barbeque Bob wrote "miss heavy water blues" in New York during the horrific disaster was happening, people heard this in a sense gave them little hope to keep battling their struggles .Another big name that wrote a song about the flood was Lonnie Johnson calle...

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Tourists can visit the Cabildo, where the signing of the Louisiana Purchase took place or visit the house of former Confederate General P.T. ... Jazz and Blues can be heard from many places in the French Quarter. ... Tourists can visit the House of Blues for musical entertainment. ...

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It combined elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and Blues. ... There is no doubt that Morton had music not covered by the blues or ragtime and that he applied a swinging to a variety of music. ... Some of the early sounds of jazz where associated with whore houses and "ladies of ill repute." ...

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Then came blues music, which was different from jazz music because they were stories told through song about life's sadness and misery. Chicago blues music has pianos, bases, electric guitars and harmonicas for a different type of sound. ... Together, Addams and her friend leased a house, built by Charles Hull, which was meant to supply a place of social life, work on educational projects and most importantly, to improve the conditions of Chicago. ...

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It has a mixture of blues and jazz music. ... We had only one radio and as a child in my parent's house you didn't get many choices. ... Zydeco music was played everyday in my house, at noon on Sundays following the gospel music and all of our family gatherings. ...

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He grew up with music all around him, so he could hear music from outside his house when he woke up and when he went to bed. ... He was sent to the Coloreds Waif House a reform school on the out skirts of New Orleans. ... These recordings were some of the most famous made by Armstrong, including "Mandy Make up Your Mind" and "Money Blues" (Bergreen 96). . ...

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