List of blues musicians

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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.

Early country blues

• Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900-1954)
• Pink Anderson (1900-1974)
• Barbecue Bob (1902-1931)
• Scrapper Blackwell (1903-1962)
• Black Ace (1907-1972)
• Blind Blake (c. 1893-c. 1933)
• Big Bill Broonzy (1893/1898-1958)
• Richard "Rabbit" Brown (c. 1880-c. 1937)
• Bumble Bee Slim (1905-1968)
• Butterbeans & Susie
• Gus Cannon (1883-1979)
• Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
• Bo Carter (1893-1964)
• Sam Collins (1887-1949)
• Floyd Council (1911-1976)
• Ida Cox (1896-1967)
• Gary Davis (1896-1972)
• 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)
• 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)
• Lead Belly(c. 1889-1949)
• Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
• 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)
• Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
• Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
• 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)

Pre-World War II jazz blues

• Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
• Pink Anderson (1900-1974)
• Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
• Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
• Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
• Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
• Floyd Council (1911-1976)
• 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 (born c. 1916)
• 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)
• Washboard Sam (1910-1966)

Postwar jazz 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)
• Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
• Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
• Pinetop Perkins (born 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)
• Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
• James Cotton (born 1935)
• Bo Diddley (born 1928)
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
• David Honeyboy Edwards (born 1915)
• Buddy Guy (born 1936)
• Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
• J.B. Hutto (1926-1983)
• Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
• 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)
• 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)

Modern blues (post 1950s)

• James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
• Etta Baker (1913-2006)
• Marcia Ball (born 1949)
• Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
• Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
• Rory Block (born 1949)
• Michael Bloomfield (1944-1981)
• Blues Brothers
• Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
• Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
• Eric Clapton (born 1945)
• Albert Collins (1932-1993)
• Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
• Al Copley (born 1952)
• Robert Cray (born 1953)
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
• Bob Dylan (Born 1941)
• Snooks Eaglin (born 1936)
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Robben Ford (born 1951)
• Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
• John Hammond (born 1942)
• Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1963)
• Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
• Z. Z. Hill (1935-1984)
• John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
• Hot Tuna
• Colin James (born 1964)
• Etta James (born 1938)
• Jimmy Johnson (born 1928)
• B. B. King (born 1925)
• Freddie King (1934-1976)
• Taj Mahal (born 1942)
• John Mayall (born 1933)
• Keb' Mo' (born 1951)
• Sam Myers (born 1936)
• Odetta (born 1930)
• Rod Piazza (born 1947)
• Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1998)
• Fenton Robinson (1935-1997)
• Roomful of Blues
• Bobby Rush (born 1940)
• Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
• Seasick Steve Dates Unknown Mid 20th Century to Present
• Magic Slim (born 1937)
• Son Seals (1942-2004)
• Arbee Stidham (1917-1988)
• Koko Taylor (born 1935)
• Tabby Thomas (born 1929)
• Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)
• Ali Farka Toure (1939-2006)
• Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
• Kazumi Watanabe (born 1953)
• Johnny Winter (born 1944)

Blues since 1990

• Ana Popovic (born 1976)
• 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)
• Guy Davis (born 1952)
• Darren Deicide
• 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 (born 1966)
• 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
• Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
• Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
• Susan Tedeschi (born 1970)
• Jimmy Thackery (born 1953)
• T-Model Ford (born 1924)
• Joe Louis Walker (born 1949)
• William Elliott Whitmore
• 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

• Bonnie Raitt
• G. Love & Special Sauce
• Moby (born 1965)
• The White Stripes
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• The Black Keys
• Nick Cave (born 1957)
• Tom Waits (born 1949)
• Ben Harper (born 1969)
• Jon Spencer
• Los Lonely Boys
• Chris Thomas King (born 1962)

Blues from Europe

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

Blues from Latin America

• Nuno Mindelis
• Pappo

See also

• Blues
• List of British blues musicians

External links

• Blues Musicians - Discography, photographs, concert reviews, additional links
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