Question: Who was considered the father of the blues?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Who referred to himself as the father of the blues?
Who was considered by many to be the father of the Delta blues?
Who was considered the father of Chicago blues?
answer: W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy
Charley Patton
Charlie Patton
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield
Natural Questions answer: William Christopher Handy (from the Wikipedia article "W. C. Handy")