In the '60s, rock impresario Bill Graham introduced the electrified Chicago blues sound to Bay Area audiences when he started presenting these artists on the same bill as rock bands. But there was an older Mississippi Delta blues tradition already in place, an acoustic sound that provides the primary inspiration for the band HowellDevine. Music critic Andrew Gilbert reviews "Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju," a new album that harkens back to the blues' rural roots.
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