Welcome to the premier issue of The Blues Note - the online community dedicated to preserving and documenting Americas greatest cultural contribution.

The Blues Note is different from other blues sites in that not only is it a place to read and learn about your favorite music but it is also outlet for opinion and review.

In this months Biography section we start out documenting the careers of the two of the blues most charismatic performers:

T-Bone Walker

Walkers influence on postwar blues is so profound as to be almost incalculable. His most significant musical contribution was the invention of the electric blues style. Walker was also a noted composer of blues tunes his most famous being "Stormy Monday," and ...

Howling Wolf

One of the handful of true giants emanating from the postwar Chicago scene, Howling Wolf aka Chester Burnett spent much of his early life in the Delta region and recorded for the first time in 1951, But in the next 10 years he became the only serious rival to Muddy Waters on ...