United Kingdom and Ireland

United Kingdom and Ireland Before the Second World War, the blues in Britain was virtually unknown. A few blues 78s were issued by British companies such as Brunswick and Decca, which released a Sleepy John Estes record, and Parlophone, which released a few Lonnie Johnson instrumentals. Boogie-woogie records were also issued by Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson. British recordings of American blues artists were even rarer. In 1934, Alberta Hunter recorded in London with Jack…