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List of blues musicians

List of blues musicians

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Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music.[1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime-vaudeville, Delta and country blues, and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast.[2] In the last several decades, blues music has developed a less regional character and has been influenced by rhythm and blues, rock, and other popular music.[3]

Pre-1940 blues

Son House
Mississippi John Hurt, 1964
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lonnie Johnson, 1941
Lead Belly
Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982
Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver
Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972
Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995
Memphis Minnie, 1930
Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941
Ma Rainey
Jimmy Rushing, 1946
Bessie Smith, 1936
Mamie Smith
Henry Townsend, 1983
Ethel Waters, 1943
Curley Weaver
Big Joe Williams, 1971
Jimmy Witherspoon, 1974
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1940–1979 blues

Luther Allison
Billy Boy Arnold
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999
Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979
Eric Clapton, 2006
Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978
Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990
Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981
Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980
Buddy Guy, 2008
John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978
Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946
Albert King in Paris, 1978
B.B. King in Rome, 1984
Freddie King in Paris, 1975
Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971
Charlie Musselwhite, 2003
Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976
Jimmy Rogers, 1991
Otis Rush, 1997
Son Seals, 1977
Eddie Shaw, 2015
George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980
Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978
Koko Taylor, 2006
Luther Tucker, 1964
Big Joe Turner, 1955
T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972
Junior Wells, 1983
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Blues since 1980

Dexter Allen, 2004
Eric Bibb, 2006
Jimmy Burns, 2012
Cedric Burnside, 2018
Deborah Coleman, 2009
Shemekia Copeland, 2019
Robert Cray, 2007
Debbie Davies, 2019
RonnieEarl, 1996
Robben Ford, 2007
Corey Harris, 2006
Alvin Youngblood Hart, 2009
Keb' Mo', 2012
Chris Thomas King, 2005
Kenny Neal, 2012
Lucky Peterson
Roy Rogers, 2014
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 2010
Susan Tedeschi, 2006
Joe Louis Walker, 2007
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