How Sears And Roebuck Helped Shape The Blues

Here is a fascinating article on how Sears spurred the Blues in America by making guitars affordable and accessible to singers in the Mississippi Delta over a century ago.

On receipt of $1, Sears would send you a guitar C.O.D. The 1897 catalog offered buyers twelve guitars starting at $4. The top of the line model was $27.

H/T to Ed Driscoll at Instapundit