Statistics for Blues Cities

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Where most blues musicians migrating north from the Delta settled, including Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf	Chicago	87%
Beale Street, Stax Records, Sun Records, Blues Foundation, etc.	Memphis	86%
Home to a distinctive R&B style and musicians such as Irma Thomas and Dr. John	New Orleans	85%
Where John Lee Hooker began his recording career	Detroit	63%
Home of Chuck Berry, Jimmy Oden, and Henry Townsend	St. Louis	61%
Piedmont city and base of musicians such as Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver, and Barbecue Bob	Atlanta	54%
Birthplace of Stevie Ray Vaughan and site of Robert Johnson's second recording sessions	Dallas	54%
Where R&B was developed by the likes of Louis Jordan and Charles Brown	Los Angeles	49%
Home base of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds	Austin	48%
Home of blues shouter Big Joe Turner and contemporary musicians Trampled Under Foot, Mary Bridget Davies, and Samantha Fish	Kansas City	40%
Home of many contemporary blues musicians such as Ronnie Earl, Tony Z, and David Maxwell	Boston	38%
Home of Blind Pig Records and contemporary blues musicians such as Joe Louis Walker, John Nemeth, and Chris Cain	San Francisco/Oakland	37%
Base of early urban blues singer Leroy Carr during his short career	Indianapolis	20%
Home of the Delta Blues Museum, Red's Lounge, the Ground Zero Blues Club, and birthplace of many blues musicians	Clarkesdale, MS	14%
Town where Robert Johnson was poisoned	Greenwood, MS	8%
Home of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, where many work songs were recorded by Alan Lomax	Parchman, MS	8%
Home of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center	Indianola, MS	6%
Where Mississippi Fred McDowell was discovered	Como, MS	5%
Where Roomful of Blues was founded	Providence (actually Westerly, RI)	5%
Home of the King Biscuit Time radio show on KFFA	Helena, AR	3%