List of blues musicians

Performers in the blues style range from primitive, one-chord Delta players to big bands to country music to rock and roll to classical music.

Contents 1 Early country blues 2 Early urban blues 3 Pre-World War II jazz blues 4 Postwar Blues 5 Kansas City blues 6 Later styles 7 Chicago/Detroit blues 8 Modern blues (post 1950s) 9 Blues since 1990 9.1 Blues in conventional pop music 9.2 Blues in country music 9.3 Blues influence in classical music 9.4 Blues in contemporary rock and pop music 9.5 Blues from Europe 9.6 Blues from Latin America 9.7 Blues from Russia 10 See also

Early country blues

• Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900 - 1954)
• Pink Anderson (1900 - 1974)
• Kokomo Arnold
• Barbecue Bob Hicks
• Scrapper Blackwell
• Black Ace
• Blind Blake
• Big Bill Broonzy
• Richard "Rabbit" Brown
• Willie Brown
• Bumble Bee Slim
• Gus Cannon
• Bo Carter (1893 - 1964)
• Sam Collins
• Floyd Council
• Ida Cox (1896-1967)
• Gary Davis (1896-1972)
• Clayton Taliaferro Driver (1885-1952)
• Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
• Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
• Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
• Billy Garland (1918-1960)
• Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
• Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
• Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
• Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
• Son House (c. 1902-1988)
• Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
• Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
• Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
• John Jackson ( 1924 — 2002)
• Skip James (1902-1969)
• Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
• Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
• Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
• Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
• Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
• Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949)
• Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
• Charley Lincoln (1900-1963)
• Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
• Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
• Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
• Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
• Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
• Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
• The Memphis Jug Band
• Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
• Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
• Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
• Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
• Piano Red (1911-1985)
• Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
• Tampa Red (1904-1981)
• Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
• Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
• Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
• Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
• Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
• Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
• Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
• Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
• Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
• Bukka White (1909-1977)
• Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
• Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)

Early urban blues

• Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
• Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
• Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
• Lil Green (1919-1954)
• Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
• Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938)
• Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
• Clara Smith (c. 1894-1935)
• Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
• Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
• Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
• Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
• Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972)

Pre-World War II jazz blues

• Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
• Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
• Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
• Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
• Walter Davis (1912-1963)
• Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
• Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
• Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
• St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
• Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
• Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906-1985)
• Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
• Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
• Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
• Jay McShann (1916-2006)
• Roy Milton (1907-1983)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
• Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
• Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
• Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
• Sam Taylor (born 1916)
• T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)

Postwar Blues

• Mose Allison (born 1927)
• Charles Brown (1922-1999)
• Roy Brown (1925-1981)
• Ray Charles (1930-2004)
• Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
• Floyd Dixon (1929-2006)
• Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
• Wynonie Harris (1915-1969)
• Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
• Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
• Percy Mayfield (1920-1984)
• Piano Red (1911-1985)
• Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
• Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
• Pinetop Perkins (1913)
• Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997)

Kansas City blues

• Walter Brown (1917-1956)
• Jay McShann (c.1916-2006)
• Arnold Moore (1914-2005)
• Jimmy Rushing (c. 1902-1972)
• Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)

Later styles

• Little Hatch (1921-2003)
• Lee McBee (born 1951)

Chicago/Detroit blues

• Luther Allison (1939-1997)
• Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
• John Henry Barbee (1905-1964)
• Carey Bell (1936-2007)
• Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
• James Cotton (born 1935)
• Bo Diddley (1928–2008)
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
• David Honeyboy Edwards (born 1915)
• "Baby Face" Leroy Foster (1923-1958)
• Buddy Guy (born 1936)
• Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
• J.B. Hutto (1926-1983)
• Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
• Floyd Jones (1917-1989)
• Moody Jones (1908-1988)
• Elmore James (1918-1963)
• Albert King (1924-1992)
• Freddie King (1934-1976)
• John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
• Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
• Robert Nighthawk (1909–1967)
• Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
• Snooky Pryor (1921-2006)
• Jimmy Reed (1925-1976)
• Soko Richardson (1939 - 2004)
• Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997)
• Otis Rush (born 1934)
• Magic Sam (1937-1970)
• Johnny Shines (1915-1992)
• Magic Slim (born 1937)
• Otis Spann (1930-1970)
• Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975)
• Eddie Taylor (1923-1985)
• Little Walter (1930-1968)
• Muddy Waters (1915-1983)
• Carl Weathersby (born 1953)
• Junior Wells (1934-1998)
• Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976)
• Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) (c. 1899-1965)
• Johnny 'Man' Young (1918-1974)

Modern blues (post 1950s)

• Gaye Adegbalola (1944-)
• James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
• Back Alley John (1955-2006)
• Etta Baker (1913-2006)
• Marcia Ball (born 1949)
• Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
• Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
• Rory Block (born 1949)
• Michael Bloomfield (1943-1981)
• Blues Brothers
• Delaney Bramlett(born 1939-2009)
• Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
• Bob Brozman (born 1954)
• Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
• Eric Burdon (born 1941)
• Eric Clapton (born 1945)
• Albert Collins (1932-1993)
• Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
• Al Copley (born 1952)
• Robert Cray (born 1953)
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
• Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
• John Fahey (1939-2001)
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Robben Ford (born 1951)
• Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
• Billy F. Gibbons
• Peter Green (born 1946)
• John Hammond (born 1942)
• Alvin Youngblood Hart [1](born 1963)
• Ernie Hawkins (born 1947)
• Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
• Jimi Hendrix(1942-1970)
• Z. Z. Hill (1935-1984)
• John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
• Colin James (born 1964)
• Etta James (born 1938)
• Jimmy Johnson (born 1928)
• Jo Ann Kelly (born 1944)
• B. B. King (born 1925)
• Freddie King (1934-1976)
• Doug Macleod (born 1946)
• Taj Mahal (born 1942)
• John Mayall (born 1933)
• Keb' Mo' (born 1951)
• Sam Myers (born 1936)
• Odetta (1930-2008)
• Toney Perez (born 1956)
• Rod Piazza (born 1947)
• Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1998)
• Louisiana Red (born 1932)
• Fenton Robinson (1935-1997)
• Roomful of Blues
• Bobby Rush (born 1940)
• Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
• Seasick Steve (born c.1940)
• Magic Slim (born 1937)
• Son Seals (1942-2004)
• Arbee Stidham (1917-1988)
• Koko Taylor (born 1935)
• Tabby Thomas (born 1929)
• Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)
• George Thorogood
• Ali Farka Toure (1939-2006)
• Robin Trower (born 1945)
• Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
• Kazumi Watanabe (born 1953)
• Johnny Winter (born 1944)

Blues since 1990

• Gwyn Ashton
• Tab Benoit (born 1967)
• Deanna Bogart (born 1960)
• Joe Bonamassa (born 1977)
• Kenny Brown
• R. L. Burnside (1926-2005)
• Tommy Castro (born 1959)
• Claudia Carawan (born 1959)
• Joanna Connor (born 1962)
• Shemekia Copeland (born 1979)
• Murali Coryell (born 1969)
• Sean Costello (1979-2008)
• Guy Davis (born 1952)
• Chris Duarte (born 1964)
• Ronnie Earl (born 1953)
• Tinsley Ellis (born 1957)
• Sue Foley (born 1968)
• Anson Funderburgh (born 1954)
• Anthony Gomes (born 1975)
• Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1965)
• Jeff Healey (1966-2008)
• Ron Holloway (born 1953)
• Colin James
• Gene Kelton
• Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
• Chris Thomas King (born 1964)
• Jonny Lang (born 1981)
• Harry Manx
• Keb Mo' (born 1951)
• Coco Montoya
• Kenny Neal (born 1957)
• North Mississippi All Stars
• Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955)
• Charlie Parr
• Asie Payton (1937-1997)
• Kelly Joe Phelps (born 1959)
• Ana Popovic (born 1976)
• Roxanne Potvin (born 1982)
• Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
• Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
• Otis Taylor (born 1948)
• Susan Tedeschi (born 1970)
• Jimmy Thackery (born 1953)
• T-Model Ford (born 1924)
• Joe Louis Walker (born 1949)
• William Elliott Whitmore (born 1978)
• Bob Cobb (born 1965)

Blues in conventional pop music

• Harold Arlen, "Blues in the Night" and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
• Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"
• George Gershwin (1898-1937), "Porgy and Bess"
• John Mayer Trio, "Try!" 2005

Blues in country music

• Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
• Merle Haggard (1937)
• Jerry Lee Lewis (1937)
• Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
• Hank Williams (1923-1953)

See also: rockabilly

Blues influence in classical music

• George Gershwin (1898-1937), "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Concerto in F"
• Honegger, "Pacific 231", the "train song" as concerto.
• William Grant Still, "Afro-American Symphony"

Blues in contemporary rock and pop music

• The Black Keys
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Blues Explosion
• Nick Cave (born 1957)
• G. Love & Special Sauce
• Ben Harper (born 1969)
• Chris Thomas King (born 1962)
• Lenny Kravitz (born 1964)
• Los Lonely Boys
• Hans Olson
• Bonnie Raitt
• Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
• Tom Waits (born 1948)
• The White Stripes

Blues from Europe

• Alexis Korner
• Ana Popovic
• Barrelhouse
• Cuby and the Blizzards
• Cyril Davies
• Christian Dozzler
• Elmore D
• Eric Clapton
• Todd Sharpville
• Hans Theessink
• Herman Brood
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
• John Kirkbride
• Peter Green
• Rory Gallagher
• Steve Baker
• Yavuz Çetin
• Alvin Lee

Blues from Latin America

• Nuno Mindelis
• Pappo
• Carlos Santana

Blues from Russia

• Mike Naumenko
• Blackmailers

See also

• Blues
• List of British blues musicians

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