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. The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from 1935 until the late 1940s. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...

Early country blues

• Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900-1954)
• 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)
• 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)
• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
• Son House (c. 1902-1988)
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
• Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
• 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)
• Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
• 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)
• Memphis Blues Band
• 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)
• Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
• Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
• Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
• Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
• Bessie Tucker
• Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
• Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
• Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
• Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
• Bukka White (1909-1977)
• Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
• Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)

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Gus Cannon (September 12, 1883 - October 15, 1979) was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannons Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced artists like Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. ... Armenter Bo Carter Chatmon Armenter Bo Carter Chatmon was born March 21, 1893 in Bolton, Mississippi & died in Memphis, Tennessee on September 21, 1964. ... Ida Cox (25 February 1896 - 10 November 1967) was a popular African American singer, best known for her Blues performances and recordings. ... Reverend Gary Davis (Blind Gary Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. ... John Adam Estes, commonly known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a blues guitarist and vocalist born January 25, 1904 in Ripley, Tennessee. ... Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. ... Jesse Fuller with fotdella Jesse the Lone Cat Fuller (1896-January 30, 1976) was a once well-known American one-man-band musician, best known for his song San Francisco Bay Blues. He was born in Jonesboro, Georgia near Atlanta. ... Billy Garland (William Jefferson Garland)(Jun 17, 1918 – March 16, 1960) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Compilation album cover William McKinley Gillum (b 11 September 1904, Indianola, Mississippi - d 29 March 1966, Chicago), known as Jazz Gillum, was an American blues harmonica player. ... Shirley Griffith on cover of Flyright LP 523 Shirley Griffith (April 26, 1908 - June 18, 1974) Blues singer and guitarist from Indianapolis External links Illustrated Shirley Griffith discography Categories: | | | | | | | | | ... Arvella Gray on cover of Heritage HLP 1004 Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906 - September 07, 1980) Blues Singer and Guitarist (real name either James or Walter Dixon), born in Texas but spending the latter part of his life performing folk, blues and gospel music at Chicago’s Maxwell Street flea... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984), was a celebrated African-American jazz singer, songwriter and nurse. ... Mississippi John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1892 , Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Nehemiah Curtis Skip James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ... Alfonzo Lonnie Johnson (February 8, 1894 – June 6, 1970) was a pioneering blues and jazz singer/guitarist born in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential delta blues musician. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American blues, jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ... Furry Lewis (March 6, 1899- September 14, 1981) was a blues guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. ... Mance Lipscomb on Arhoolie F 1001 Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Biography Cripple Clarence Lofton, was born Albert Clemens on January 9th, in Kingsport, Tennessee Though he was born with a limp (from which he derived his trade-mark name), Clarence actually started his career as a tap-dancer. ... Robert Junior Lockwood, Jr. ... Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 - July 3, 1972), called Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player. ... Walter Brownie McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. ... Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901 (Thomson, Georgia) – August 15, 1959 (Milledgeville, Georgia), probably born William Samuel McTear, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... This music article needs to be wikified. ... Big Maceo Merriweather (b. ... Memphis Minnie McCoy (born June 3, 1897 - died August 6, 1973) was an American Blues musician. ... Charlie Patton (May 1, 1891 - April 28, 1934) is best known as an American Delta blues musician. ... Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues singers3 and one of the first generation of such singers to record. ... Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Mamie Smith on the sleeve of volume 1 of the Complete Recorded Works reissue collection Mamie Smith (May 26, 1883 - September 16, 1946) was a vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, and appeared in several motion pictures late in her career. ... Victoria Spivey (died 1976) was an American female blues singer. ... Frank stokes played blues!! ... Sonny Terry performing live at Nambassa festival 1981. ... Henry Townsend (born October 27, 1909 in Shelby, Mississippi) is an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist. ... Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November 1898 - 1 November 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Robert Brown (b 15 July 1910, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas – d 6 November 1966, Chicago), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician. ... Peetie Wheatstraw Peetie Wheatstraw (December 21, 1902 - December 21, 1941) was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, a greatly influential figure among 1930s Delta Blues singers. ... Bukka White album cover Booker T. Washington Bukka White (November 12, 1906– February 26, 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer born near Houston, Mississippi. ... Josh White (born Josha Daniel White in Greensboro, North Carolina, February 11, 1914 or 1915; d. ... John Lee Williamson (March 30, 1914- June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. ...

Early Urban Blues

• Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
• Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
• Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
• Creole George Gusenon
• Lil Green (1919-1954)
• Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
• 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)

Gladys Bentley (12 August 1907-18 January 1960) was a famous butch lesbian African-American blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 - August 10, 1948) was an early Blues singer (among the first to be recorded) who used the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. ... Come on Mama, Do That Dance Georgia Tom Dorsey Yazoo 1041 For the big band trombonist and bandleader, see Tommy Dorsey. ... Lillian Green (1919-1954) was an American blues singer and songwriter. ... Lucille Nelson Hegemin (November 29, 1894 - 1 March 1970) was a United States singer and entertainer, and a pioneering African American blues recording artist. ... Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984), was a celebrated African-American jazz singer, songwriter and nurse. ... Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues singers3 and one of the first generation of such singers to record. ... Drawing of Clara Smith from the cover of her album the essential Clara Smith (c. ... Mamie Smith on the sleeve of volume 1 of the Complete Recorded Works reissue collection Mamie Smith (May 26, 1883 - September 16, 1946) was a vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, and appeared in several motion pictures late in her career. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November 1898 - 1 November 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an Oscar-nominated American blues vocalist and actress. ...

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)
• 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)
• 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)

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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)

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Kansas City blues

• Walter Brown
• Jay McShann (c.1916-2006)
• Arnold Moore (1914-2004)
• Jimmy Rushing (c. 1902-1972)
• Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)

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Later styles

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

Little Hatch (born October 25, 1921, died January 16, 2003) was a blues singer, musician and harmonica player. ... Lee McBee (born March 22, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American blues musician, singer and harmonica player. ...

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)
• Fird Eaglin, Jr. (born 1936)
• Buddy Guy (born 1936)
• Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
• JB 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)

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Modern blues (post 1950s)

• James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
• Gwen Avery (born 1941)
• Etta Baker (1913-2006)
• Marcia Ball (born 1949)
• Lou Ann Barton (born 1954)
• Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
• Rory Block (born 1949)
• Michael Bloomfield (1944-1981)
• Michael Burks (1957)
• Blues Brothers
• Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
• Clarence Gatemouth Brown (1924-2005)
• Keith B. Brown [1]
• 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)
• Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Robben Ford (born 1951)
• Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
• John Hammond (born 1942)
• Alvin Youngblood Hart [2](born 1963)
• Waymon Buttermilk Meeks [3](born 1965)
• Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
• ZZ Hill (1935-1984)
• John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
• Hot Tuna
• Colin James (born 1964)
• Etta James (born 1938)
• Tutu Jones (born 1965)
• 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)
• Louisiana Red [4](born 1932)
• Fenton Robinson
• 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 (born 1942)
• Angela Strehli
• 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)
• Lil' Ed Williams
• Johnny Winter (born 1944)

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The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd (left) and the late John Belushi The Blues Brothers is the name of a blues band fronted, incognito, by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. ... Lonnie Brooks (December 18, 1933-) is an American blues singer and guitarist. ... American blues and Tex-Mex musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown (April 18, 1924–September 10, 2005) was a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played a impressive array of instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. ... Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 - August 14, 1988) was an American guitar virtuoso and blues musician, and was considered a soulful master of the electric guitar. ... The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall... Albert Collins album cover Albert Collins (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993) was a blues guitarist, singer and musician. ... Album cover Johnny Copeland (b. ... Pianist Al Copley co-founded the American jump blues band Roomful of Blues with guitarist Duke Robillard in Westerley, Rhode Island in 1967. ... Robert Cray (foreground) Robert Cray (born 1 August 1953, in Columbus, Georgia) is a blues musician, guitarist and singer. ... Willie Dixons style of blues was one of the inspirations for a new generation of music, rock and roll. ... The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a blues-rock band, formed in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951) is a blues, jazz and rock guitarist. ... Rory Gallagher (March 2, 1948 – June 14, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. ... There are two John Hammonds of note. ... Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1963) is an American musician who defies categorization. ... Ted Hawkins (d. ... Z. Z. Hill (born Arzell Hill September 30, 1935 in Naples, Texas - April 27, 1984 in Dallas) was an American blues singer, in the Soul blues tradition, known for his 1970s and 80s records for Malaco. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hot Tuna at Merlefest, 2006. ... Colin James Colin James Munn (born August 17, 1964 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter who plays in the blues and rock and Swing genres. ... Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Blues, R&B and Gospel singer. ... Riley B. King, better known as B. B. King (born September 16, 1925), is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. ... Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer, best known for his recordings Hide Away, Have You Ever Loved A Woman and Going Down. // King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. ... Taj Mahal. ... John Mayall, OBE, (born 29 November 1933) is a pioneering British blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sam Myers (February 19, 1936 – July 17, 2006) was an American blues musician and songwriter. ... Odetta (b. ... Rod Piazza (born November 18, 1947 in Riverside, California is a blues harmonica player, singer and band leader. ... Lonnie Pitchford (b. ... Fenton Robinson (b. ... Roomful of Blues is musical group that plays Chicago Blues and started in 1967. ... Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1940) is an American blues and R&B musician, composer and singer. ... Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women is a three-woman blues musical group in the Washington, D.C. area. ... Steven Wold, more commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American bluesman. ... The blues singer and guitarist, Magic Slim, along with Magic Sam, is one of the best known representative of the West Side Chicago blues. ... Frank Son Seals (August 13, 1942 -December 20, 2004) was an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Koko Taylor (Undated photograph) Koko Taylor sometimes called KoKo Taylor (born September 28, 1935 as Cora Walton, on a farm just outside Memphis, Tennessee) is an American blues musician, popularly known as the Queen of the Blues. ... Tabby Thomas Tabby Thomas (born Ernest Joseph Thomas, January 5, 1929; also known as Rockin Tabby Thomas) is an American blues musician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ... Rufus 1990 album for Alligator Records, That Woman Is Poison! Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Ali Farka Toure (born 1939 in Niafunke, Mali) is an African blues singer and guitarist, known throughout the continent as one of its most famous performers. ... Jimmie Vaughan (born in March 21, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... Kazumi Watanabe was born on October 14, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Johnny Winter (born John Dawson Winter III on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer, well known for his albinism, as well as his musical skills. ...

Blues in late 1960s rock music

• Allman Brothers Band
• The Animals
• The Jeff Beck Group
• Captain Beefheart (born 1941)
• Canned Heat
• Cream
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Fleetwood Mac
• Free
• Hot Tuna
• Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)
• Matt Boat (1943-1970)
• Johnny Winter (born 1944)
• Humble Pie
• Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
• Alexis Korner (1928-1984)
• Led Zeppelin
• The Doors
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
• The Rolling Stones
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Santana
• Taste and Rory Gallagher
• Ten Years After
• Van Morrison (born 1945)
• The Who
• The Yardbirds
• ZZ Top

The original Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... The Jeff Beck Group was a rock band formed in 1968. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Canned Heat album cover Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. ... Cream was a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly referred to by their initials CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band, fronted by John Fogerty. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Free was a British R&B-style rock band which formed in London in 1968 best known for their popular song All Right Now. Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums, while lead guitarist Paul... Hot Tuna at Merlefest, 2006. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Johnny Winter (born John Dawson Winter III on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer, well known for his albinism, as well as his musical skills. ... For the hard rock band of the same name, see Humble Pie (band). ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a highly distinctive voice. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles by keyboardist Ray Manzarek, vocalist Jim Morrison, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. ... John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a blues-rock band, formed in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Taste on the cover of their 1969 album On The Boards. ... Rory Gallagher (March 2, 1948 – June 14, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. ... Ten Years After is a British blues rock band popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... who this nigga ... The Who is an English rock band formed in 1964. ... The Yardbirds were an early English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ...

Blues since 1990

• Ana Popovic (born 1976)
• Tab Benoit (born 1967)
• Deanna Bogart (born 1960)
• Joe Bonamassa (born 1977)
• Kenny Brown
• R. L. Burnside (1926-2005)
• Tommy Castro (born 1959)
• Joanna Connor (born 1962)
• Shemekia Copeland (born 1979)
• Guy Davis (born 1952)
• Darren Deicide
• Diablo Dimes
• 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)
• Colin James
• Gene Kelton
• Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
• Chris Thomas King (born 1964)
• Jonny Lang (born 1981)
• Harry Manx
• David Miller (musician) [5] (born 1961)
• 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
• Satan and Adam (Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow, born 1936 and 1958)
• 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)

Ana Popovic (born 13 May 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia) Blues-guitarist and singer. ... Image:Tab Benoit. ... Deanna Bogart (born September 5, 1960) is a Washington, DC-area blues singer/pianist/saxophone player. ... Joe Bonamassa (born May 8, 1977) is an American blues guitarist/singer, well known for his raw, gritty voice and technically accomplished playing[]. His style is considered in the same blues-rock style as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jonny Lang. ... Kenny Brown (born on the Air Force base in Selma, Alabama) is a blues guitarist from Mississippi. ... R. L. Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, November 21 or November 23, 1926; d. ... Tommy Castro (born in 1955 in San Jose, California) is a blues guitarist and singer. ... Joanna Connor (born August 31, 1962) is a Chicago-based blues singer/songwriter/guitarist. ... Shemekia Copeland (1979 – ) is a notable American blues singer born in Harlem, New York. ... For the comic book artist, see Guy Davis Guy Davis (May 12, 1952- ) is a blues guitarist. ... Darren Deicide (formerly known as Darren Deicide Kramer), from Jersey City, New Jersey, was in the band Hopeless Dregs of Humanity but is now a solo musician that blends elements of blues, boogie, punk, spoken word, rock n roll and folk-punk together to create an alternative modern roots rock... Chris Duarte (born February 16, 1963, San Antonio, Texas, USA) is a blues guitarist who has released six LPs over the last two decades. ... Ronnie Earl (b. ... Tinsley Ellis (1957-), a blues musician, was born in Atlanta, Georgia and spent his early years in Florida. ... Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968) is a Canadian blues singer/guitarist. ... Anson Funderburgh (born November 15, 1954 in Plano, Texas) is a blues guitar player and band leader. ... Anthony Gomes (born in 1975) is a Canadian blues and blues-rock guitarist and singer. ... Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1963) is an American musician who defies categorization. ... Jeff Healey (born Norman Jeffrey Healey, 25 March 1966, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian blues-rock guitarist. ... Colin James Colin James Munn (born August 17, 1964 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter who plays in the blues and rock and Swing genres. ... Mean Gene Kelton is a guitarist and song writer currently based out of Houston, Texas, though he was originally born in Booneville, Mississippi. ... Junior Kimbrough (born David Kimbrough in Hudsonville, Mississippi, July 28, 1930; d. ... Chris Thomas King is an American Actor and blues guitar player. ... Jonny Lang (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. ... Harry Manx is a musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. ... David Miller is a harmonica player and vocalist for the David Miller Blues Band. ... Keb Mo is a noted blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ... Coco Montoya (b. ... Kenny Neal (born October 14, 1957 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a blues and Swamp blues guitar player, singer and band member. ... North Mississippi Allstars is a country blues band from Hernando, Mississippi. ... Morris Blind Mississippi Morris Cummings (b. ... Charlie Parr is a country blues musician hailing from Duluth, Minnesota, the legendary birthplace of Bob Dylan on the windswept western shore of Lake Superior. ... Asie Payton (1937-1997) was a blues musician who lived most of his life in Holly Ridge, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta. ... Kelly Joe Phelps is an American musician and songwriter. ... A fixture on Harlems sidewalks in the late 1980s and early 1990s, blues duo Satan and Adam consists of Sterling Mister Satan Magee (b. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Kenny Wayne Shepherd or KWS (Kenny Wayne Brobst, Jr) (musician) (June 12, 1977-) is an American Blues musician. ... Bobby Sowell, born July 8, 1947 in Memphis, Tennessee is an American musician, pianist and composer. ... Susan Tedeschi (pronounced te-DES-ki) (November 9, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American blues and soul artist. ... Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953) is a blues singer/guitarist. ... T-Model Ford (born James Lewis Carter Ford in Forest, Mississippi, 1924) is a blues musician. ... Joe Louis Walker (born December 25, 1949 in San Francisco, California) is an American blues guitarist, singer and producer. ... William Elliott Whitmore photo by Curtis Lehmkuhl William Elliott Whitmore is a deep-blues vocalist and musician from Iowa. ... Seinfeld is an American television situation comedy set in New York City that ran from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998. ...

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"
• John Mayer Trio, "Try!" 2005

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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 Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was a multi Grammy Award-winning influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... Merle Ronald Haggard (nicknamed The Hag; born April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, CA) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Hank Williams Sr. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest and most important styles of rock n’ roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ...

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"

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Blues in contemporary rock and pop music

• Bonnie Raitt
• G. Love & Special Sauce
• Moby (born 1965)
• The White Stripes
• The Black Keys
• Nick Cave (born 1957)
• Tom Waits (born 1949)
• Ben Harper (born 1969)
• Jon Spencer
• Los Lonely Boys
• Tesla
• Cinderella
• The Black Crowes
• Chris Thomas King (born 1962)
• Great White
• Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
• Glenn Danzig

Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... G. Love & Special Sauce is an alternative hip-hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Moby(born Richard Melville Hall on September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York, and raised in Darien, Connecticut) is an American singer and electronic musician. ... The White Stripes are a Grammy Award-winning American rock music duo from Detroit, composed of songwriter Jack White on guitar, piano, lead vocals, and Meg White on drums, percussion and vocals. ... The Black Keys are a blues-rock duo consisting of Daniel Auerbach (vocals and guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums) from Akron, Ohio. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Ben Harper (Born Benjamin Chase Harper On October 28, 1969 In Claremont, California, USA) is an American musician. ... The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (sometimes abbreviated JSBX) is a New York based band, made up of members Jon Spencer (vocals, guitar), Judah Bauer (guitar) and Russell Simins (drums). ... The 2006 tour has included shows with the Doobie Brothers and the Rolling Stones. ... SI unit, see Tesla (unit). ... Cinderella is a hair metal band with some power pop thrown in for good measure. ... The Black Crowes are a blues-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 15 million albums and were hailed by Melody Maker as The Most Rock n Roll Rock n Roll Band in the World. The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Jimmy Page... Chris Thomas King is an American Actor and blues guitar player. ... Great White is an American blues-based Rock and Glam Metal band. ... Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Anzalone on June 23, 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey, USA), is an American singer, songwriter and musician who is largely considered to be one of the fathers of the Horrorpunk genre of music. ...

Blues from Europe

• Abi Wallenstein
• Alexis Korner
• Ana Popovic
• Barrelhouse
• Blues Breakers
• Blues Company
• Blues Travellers
• Cuby and the Blizzards
• Cyril Davies
• Das Dritte Ohr
• Elmore D
• Eric Clapton
• Flavium
• Hans Theessink
• Herman Brood
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
• Livin' Blues
• Martin Harley Band
• Pee Dee River Blues
• Peter Green
• Rory Gallagher
• Steve Baker
• Led Zeppelin
• Cream

Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... Ana Popovic (born 13 May 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia) Blues-guitarist and singer. ... A bar or saloon. ... John Mayall and Paul Butterfield, 1967 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE, that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in... Cuby & the Blizzards is a Dutch blues group that started in 1964. ... Cyril Davies All-Stars:L-R: Nicky Hopkins, Cyril Davies, Carlo Little, Rick Brown, Bernie Watson Cyril Davies (1932 - January 7, 1964) was a British harmonica player and blues musician. ... Elmore D., born near Liège in 1946, blues musician. ... The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall... Hans Theessink is a Dutch guitarist, singer and songwriter living in Vienna. ... // Biography Herman Brood (pronounced Broat /bro:t/; Zwolle, November 5, 1946 – Amsterdam, July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. ... John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned... Pee Dee River Blues is a German blues music band. ... Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... Rory Gallagher (March 2, 1948 – June 14, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Cream was a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ...

Blues from Latin America

• Nuno Mindelis
• Pappo

Nuno Mindelis, born on August 7, 1957 in Cabinda, Angola, is a Brazilian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, highly regarded for his visceral guitar playing and intelligent lyrics. ... Pappo is the pseudonym of Argentine rock musician Norberto Napolitano (Buenos Aires, 10 March 1950 - Luján, Buenos Aires province, 24 February 2005). ...

See also

• Blues
• List of British blues musicians

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External links

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