I have always loved Blues music. I once even considered myself very knowledgeable about Blues music. The concept of diaspora has made me think differently about my range of knowledge. However, my new perspective taking American migration patterns in mind introduces me to many artists I wouldn't have considered connected to the Blues movement. My more contemporary 1960s and 1970s focused Blues knowledge (including the music of John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Homesick James, Albert King, etc.) has been given a reality check in relation to what was happening before and after in American migration patterns. After the Civil War, Vaudeville performers like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith toured the Theatre Owners Booking Association circuit performing 12-bar blues which would inspired the next generation of music when mass migration to the North brought African-Americans to cities like Chicago and New York. In these cities where rock n roll was becoming popular as well, Blues guitarists could be affected by the community in which they are immersed and American rocks bands could experiment with blues patterns of playing rock. I feel like I have a lot of historical context like migration patterns to learn about until I can truly consider myself knowledgeable.