Editing Chicago blues (section)

==Influence==
Chicago blues was one of the most significant influences on early rock music. [[Chuck Berry]] originally signed with [[Chess Records]]—one of the most significant Chicago blues record labels. Berry met and was influenced by Muddy Waters in Chicago and Waters suggested he audition for Chess. [[Willie Dixon]] and other blues musicians played on some of Berry's early records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Berry|url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/berry.htm |work=history-of-rock.com|access-date=15 December 2013|quote=While attending a nightclub in Chicago in 1955, Berry met his idol Muddy Waters and asked Waters where he might be able to cut a record. Waters directed him to Leonard Chess of Chess Records}}</ref>  In the UK in the early 1960s, [[beat music|beat groups]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartz |first1=Roberta |title=How Britain Got the Blues: The Transmission and Reception of American Blues Style in the United Kingdom |publisher=Routledge |location=London}}</ref> such as [[the Rolling Stones]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hart |first1=Ron |title=The Surprising Key Influence Behind The Rolling Stones' 'Blue & Lonesome' |url=http://observer.com/2016/12/the-surprising-key-influence-behind-the-rolling-stones-blue-lonesome/ |website=Observer.com |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=2 December 2016 |quote=When the Rolling Stones first got together in 1962, it was a shared love for Chicago blues that congealed them into a cohesive group.}}</ref> [[the Yardbirds]], and [[the Animals]] (dubbed the [[British invasion]] in the US), were heavily influenced by Chicago blues artists.<ref>Inaba, Mitsutoshi. Willie Dixon's Work on the Blues: From the Early Recordings through the Chess and Cobra Years, 1940--1971. Diss. University of Oregon, 2005. N.p.: UMI, 2005.</ref><ref>Foundation for Research in the Afro-American Creative Arts. "Muddy (né McKinley Morganfield) Waters." The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11. No. 2 (1983): 230-31</ref><ref>"Howlin' Wolf." Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 4th ed. 2006</ref> The last two served as backing musicians for [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]] and made their first recordings with him when he toured England in 1963 and 1964.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/uk-blues-mw0000011269
| title = ''Sonny Boy Williamson: U.K. Blues''
| last = MacNeil
| first = Jason
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = February 14, 2020
}}</ref>  At the same time, American artists, such as the [[Paul Butterfield Blues Band]] (who included two members of [[Howlin' Wolf]]'s band),<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paul-butterfield-blues-band-mn0000016835/biography
| last = Leggett
| first = Steve
| title = The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Biography
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = February 14, 2020
}}</ref> [[John P. Hammond]], and [[Charlie Musselwhite]] performed in the style of Chicago blues. Later, [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Rory Gallagher]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Connaughton|first=Marcus|title=Rory Gallagher His Life and Times|year=2012|publisher=The Collins Press|isbn=9781848891531}}</ref> and [[the Allman Brothers Band]] also pursued their own interpretations of Chicago blues songs and helped popularize [[blues rock]].