The Memphis style of acoustic country blues is historically important for the rise of two distinct changes it brought to the music. First was the rise of the jug band, a style of lighthearted blues played on homemade instruments with a pronounced Dixieland jazz feel to it. The second influence -- and perhaps most important -- was the beginnings of assigning parts to guitarists for solo and rhythm work, a now-commonplace form of arranging that is part and parcel of all modern day blues bands.

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