!question!?

in the history of American Blues music what part did hollars and calls play in the development of the blues?

The call and response of field songs, work songs, hollers, etc. was supplanted by an interplay between voice and instrument in blues. This is readily discernible in the music of Delta bluesmen such as Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, Son House, & Robert Johnson. A steel knife or a bottleneck in the hands of a master musician can sound much like the human voice. I believe that the incorporation of the harmonica had as much to do with it's ability to provide another "response" as it did with the cost/portability of the instrument.

So.....the long history of call and response in the black tradition had a large role in the development of the blues.

Its simple call and response. much the same way work songs developed

they were the earlyiest part part of the equation

Call and response was prevelent in African music (and still is) from the dawn of singing itself. Thus, as slaves were brought to the colonies, so too did as much of their culture and herritage as they could manage to hold onto.

This call and response has ALWAYS been a par of African-American music.

this just leads to improvisation an naturaly evolves into a
more developed music. as you can well hear !!!!!!!