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 Styles (Musicians Active before 1930)
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Early Country Blues
- Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Blind Blake
- Big Bill Broonzy, (born 1893)
- Ida Cox
- Reverend Gary Davis, (1896-1972)
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Robert Johnson, (1911-1939)
- Mance Lipscomb, (1895-1976)
- Brownie McGhee, (1915-1996)
- Blind Willie McTell, (1901-1959)
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Memphis Minnie
- Frank Stokes
- Bessie Tucker
- Sippie Wallace
- Josh White
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Bumble Bee Slim
- Charley Patton
- Tampa Red
- Bo Carter
- Sleepy John Estes
- Jesse Fuller
- Son House
- Sonny Terry
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Leadbelly, (1885-1949)
- Skip James, (1902-1969)
- Furry Lewis
- Memphis Blues Band
- Victoria Spivey
- Butterbeans & Susie
- Bukka White
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Gus Cannon, (1883-1979)
- Sonny Boy Williamson I
Early Urban Blues
- Lucille Bogan
- Georgia Tom Dorsey, (1899-1993)
- Lil Green
- Creole George Gusenon
- Lucille Hegamin, (1894-1970)
- Mamie Smith, (1883-1946)
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, (1886-1939)
- Clara Smith
- Bessie Smith, (1894-1937)
- Ethel Waters, (1896-1977)
- Sippy Wallace
Pre WWII Jazz Blues
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Louis Armstrong, (1901-1971)
- Sidney Bechet, (1897-1959)
- Johnny Dodds
- Big Joe Turner, (1911-1985)
- Big Maceo Merriweather
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Floyd Dixon
- Jay McShann (born 1909)
- Lux Lewis
- Leroy Carr
- Albert Ammons
- Roy Brown
- Pee Wee Crayton
- Ivory Joe Hunter
- Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
- Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
- Little Brother Montgomery, (c. 1906-1985)
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
- Jimmy Rushing, (1902-1972)
- Sam Taylor
- Roy Milton
- Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
- T-bone Walker
- Kazumi Watanabe
Post War Jazz Blues
- Mose Allison, (born 1927)
- Charles Brown, (1922-1999)
- Ray Charles, (1930-2004)
- Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Wynonie Harris
- Louis Jordan
- Percy Mayfield
- Amos Milburn
- Pinetop Perkins, (born 1913)
- Jimmy Witherspoon
Kansas City Blues
- Walter Brown
- Jay McShann
- Arnold Moore
- Jimmy Rushing
- Big Joe Turner, (1911-1985)
Later Styles
- Lee McBee, (born 1951)
- Little Hatch, (1921-2003)
Chicago/Detroit Blues
- Luther Allison, (1939-1997)
- Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
- James Cotton
- Willie Dixon, (died 1992)
- Buddy Guy, (born 1936)
- Earl Hooker, (1929-1970)
- John Lee Hooker, (1917-2001)
- Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
- JB Hutto
- Elmore James, (1918-1963)
- Albert King, (1924-1992)
- Freddie King (1934-1976)
- Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
- Robert Nighthawk
- Pinetop Perkins
- Jimmy Reed
- Jimmy Rogers, (born 1924)
- Otis Rush, (born 1934)
- Magic Sam, (1937-1970)
- Johnny Shines, (1915-1992)
- Magic Slim
- Otis Spann
- Hound Dog Taylor, (1915-1975)
- Little Walter, (1930-1968)
- Muddy Waters, (1915-1983)
- Junior Wells, (1934-1998)
- Howlin' Wolf, (1910-1976)
- Bo Diddley, (born 1928)
- Sonny Boy Williamson II(Rice Miller)
Modern Blues (post 1950s)
- James Anthony (Pecchia)
- Marcia Ball, (born 1949)
- Bobby Blue Bland, (born 1930)
- Michael Bloomfield, (1944-1981)
- Blues Brothers
- Lonnie Brooks
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown
- Eric Clapton, (born 1945)
- Albert Collins, (1932-1993)
- Robert Cray, (born 1953)
- Willie Dixon, (died 1992)
- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Robben Ford, (born 1951)
- John Hammond, (born 1942)
- Alvin Hart
- Ted Hawkins
- ZZ Hill, (1935-1984)
- John Lee Hooker, (1917-2001)
- Lightnin' Hopkins, (1912-1982)
- Hot Tuna
- Colin James, (born 1964)
- Etta James, (born 1938)
- B.B. King, (born 1925)
- Freddie King (1934-1976)
- Taj Mahal (born 1942)
- Magic Slim, (born 1937)
- John Mayall, (born 1933)
- Keb' Mo', (born 1951)
- Rod Piazza, (born 1947)
- Fenton Robinson
- Roomful of Blues
- Bobby Rush
- Son Seals, (born 1942)
- Koko Taylor, (born 1935)
- Rufus Thomas
- Ali Farka Toure, (born 1939)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, (1954-1990)
- Lil' Ed Williams
- Johnny Winter, (born 1944)
Blues in late 1960s Rock Music
- Allman Brothers Band
- The Animals
- Captain Beefheart
- Canned Heat
- Cream
- Fleetwood Mac
- Free
- Hot Tuna
- Jimi Hendrix
- Humble Pie
- Janis Joplin, (1943-1970)
- Alexis Korner
- Led Zeppelin
- John Mayall
- The Rolling Stones
- Santana
- Taste and Rory Gallagher
- Ten Years After
- Van Morrison
- The Yardbirds
Blues since 1990
- RL Burnside
- Tab Benoit,(born 1967)
- Tommy Castro, (born 1959)
- Chris Duarte, (born 1964)
- Ronnie Earl, (born 1953)
- Tinsley Ellis, (born 1957)
- Sue Foley, (born 1968)
- Anson Funderburgh, (born 1954)
- Anthony Gomes, (born 1975)
- Jeff Healy, (born 1966)
- Alvin Hart, (born 1965)
- Colin James
- Harry Manx
- David Miller, (born 1961) http://davidmiller.us
- Keb Mo', (born 1951)
- Jonny Lang, (born 1981)
- Coco Montoya
- Kenny Neal, (born 1957)
- North Mississippi All Stars
- Kelly Joe Phelps
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd, (born 1976)
- Susan Tedeschi, (born 1970)
- Jimmy Thackery, (born 1953)
- Joe Louis Walker, (born 1949)
Blues in conventional pop music
- Harold Arlen, "Blues in the Night" and "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime"
- DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson, "Birth of the Blues"
- Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good"
- George Gershwin, (1898-1937), "Porgy and Bess"
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), 's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Concerto in F"
- Honegger's "Pacific 231", the "train song" as concerto.
- William Grant Still, "Afro-American Symphony"
Blues in contemporary rock and pop music
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- Moby
- The White Stripes
- The Black Keys
- Nick Cave
- Tom Waits, (born 1949)
- Jon Spencer
- Los Lonely Boys
Blues from Europe
- Eric Clapton
- Cyril Davies
- Rory Gallagher
- Alexis Korner
- John Mayall
- Abi Wallenstein
- Peter Green
- Steve Baker
- Pee Dee River Blues
- Hans Theessink
- Das Dritte Ohr
- Blues Company
| Blues | Blues genres |
| Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Jazz blues - Jump blues - Piano blues |
| Blues-rock - Soul blues |
| African blues - British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues |
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| Styles of American folk music |
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| Appalachian | Blues (Ragtime) | Cajun and Creole (Zydeco) | Country (Honky tonk and Bluegrass) | Jazz | Native American | Spirituals and Gospel | Tejano |
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