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]
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.
1940–1979 bluesEdit
Luther AllisonBilly Boy ArnoldBobby "Blue" BlandClarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979Eric Clapton, 2006Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980Buddy Guy, 2008John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946Albert King in Paris, 1978B.B. King in Rome, 1984Freddie King in Paris, 1975Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971Charlie Musselwhite, 2003Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976Jimmy Rogers, 1991Otis Rush, 1997Son Seals, 1977Eddie Shaw, 2015George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978Koko Taylor, 2006Luther Tucker, 1964Big Joe Turner, 1955T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972Junior Wells, 1983
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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 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Pre 1940 blues Edit 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 1974Contents A B C D E F G H J K L M O P R S T V W List of Pre 1940 blues musicians showing name birth and death year origin primary style and references Name Birthyear Deathyear Origin Primary style Ref s Mozelle Alderson 1904 1994 Ohio Country blues 4 Alger Texas Alexander 1900 1954 Texas Country blues 5 Ora Alexander c 1909 Unknown Alabama Classic female blues 6 Albert Ammons 1907 1949 Illinois Boogie woogie 7 Pink Anderson 1900 1974 South Carolina Piedmont blues 8 Kokomo Arnold 1901 1968 Georgia Acoustic blues 9 Barbecue Bob 1902 1931 Georgia Acoustic blues 10 Ed Bell 1905 1960s Alabama Piedmont blues 11 Gladys Bentley 1907 1960 Pennsylvania Vaudeville blues 12 Black Ace 1905 1972 Texas Country blues 13 Scrapper Blackwell 1903 1962 North Carolina Urban blues 14 Blind Blake 1896 1934 Florida Piedmont blues 15 Lucille Bogan 1897 1948 Mississippi Classic female blues 16 Ted Bogan 1909 1990 South Carolina Country blues 17 Son Bonds 1909 1947 Tennessee Country blues 16 Big Bill Broonzy 1893 1958 Mississippi Urban blues 18 Kitty Brown 1899 Unknown New York Classic female blues 19 Willie Brown 1900 1952 Mississippi Delta blues 20 Bumble Bee Slim 1905 1968 Georgia Urban blues 21 Gus Cannon 1883 1979 Mississippi Jug band 22 Leroy Carr 1905 1935 Tennessee Urban blues 23 Doctor Clayton 1898 1947 Georgia Country blues 24 Sam Collins 1887 1949 Louisiana Country blues 25 Elizabeth Cotten 1893 1987 North Carolina Country blues 26 Floyd Council 1911 1976 North Carolina Piedmont blues 27 Ida Cox 1896 1967 Georgia Vaudeville blues 28 Blind Blues Darby 1906 1975 Kentucky St Louis blues 29 Reverend Gary Davis 1896 1972 South Carolina Piedmont blues 30 Walter Davis 1911 1963 Mississippi St Louis blues 31 Tom Delaney 1889 1963 South Carolina Urban blues 32 Georgia Tom Dorsey 1899 1993 Georgia Urban blues 33 Little Buddy Doyle 1911 1960 Tennessee Memphis blues 34 Bernice Edwards 1907 1969 Texas Classic female blues 35 Sleepy John Estes 1899 1977 Tennessee Country blues 36 Ethel Finnie 1898 1981 Louisiana Classic female blues 37 Blind Boy Fuller 1907 1941 North Carolina Piedmont blues 38 Jesse Fuller 1896 1976 Georgia Piedmont blues 38 Jazz Gillum 1904 1966 Mississippi Urban blues 39 Boyd Gilmore 1905 1976 Mississippi Delta blues 40 Coot Grant 1893 1970 Alabama Classic female blues 41 Lil Green 1919 1954 Mississippi Urban blues 42 Shirley Griffith 1907 1974 Mississippi Country blues 43 Richard Hacksaw Harney 1902 1973 Mississippi Delta blues 44 Lucille Hegamin 1897 1970 Georgia Classic female blues 45 Edmonia Henderson 1898 1947 Tennessee Classic female blues 46 Katherine Henderson 1909 Unknown Missouri Classic female blues 47 Edna Hicks 1895 1925 Louisiana Classic female blues 48 Son House 1902 1988 Mississippi Delta blues 49 Peg Leg Howell 1888 1966 Georgia Country blues 50 Alberta Hunter 1895 1984 Tennessee Classic female blues 51 Mississippi John Hurt 1894 1966 Mississippi Country blues 52 Jim Jackson 1890 1937 Mississippi Country blues 53 Papa Charlie Jackson 1890 1950 Louisiana Country blues 54 Skip James 1902 1969 Mississippi Delta blues 55 Blind Lemon Jefferson 1893 1929 Texas Country blues 56 Blind Willie Johnson 1897 1945 Texas Gospel blues 57 Edith North Johnson 1903 1988 Missouri Classic female blues 58 Lonnie Johnson 1899 1970 Louisiana Urban blues 59 Mary Johnson 1898 1983 Mississippi Classic female blues 60 Robert Johnson 1911 1938 Mississippi Delta blues 61 Tommy Johnson 1896 1956 Mississippi Delta blues 62 Little Hat Jones 1899 1981 Texas Country blues 63 Lottie Kimbrough 1893 Unknown Arkansas Country blues 64 Lead Belly 1889 1949 Louisiana Country blues 65 Furry Lewis 1893 1981 Mississippi Country blues 66 Meade Lux Lewis 1905 1964 Illinois Boogie woogie 67 Charley Lincoln 1900 1963 Georgia Country blues 68 Mance Lipscomb 1895 1976 Texas Country blues 69 Virginia Liston 1890 1932 Louisiana Classic female blues 70 Robert Lockwood Jr 1915 2006 Arkansas Delta blues 71 72 Cripple Clarence Lofton 1887 1957 Tennessee Boogie woogie 71 Eddie Mapp 1910 1931 Georgia Country blues 73 Sara Martin 1884 1955 Kentucky Vaudeville blues 74 Lil McClintock 1883 Unknown U S Country blues 75 Kansas Joe McCoy 1905 1950 Mississippi Country blues 76 Papa Charlie McCoy 1909 1959 Mississippi Delta blues 77 Mississippi Fred McDowell 1904 1972 Tennessee Delta blues 78 Charlie Specks McFadden 1895 1966 Illinois Country blues 79 Fred McMullen 1905 Unknown Florida Piedmont blues 80 Jay McShann 1916 2006 Oklahoma Blues 81 Blind Willie McTell 1901 1959 Georgia Country blues 82 Memphis Minnie 1897 1973 Louisiana Memphis blues 83 Mississippi Sheiks Mississippi Country blues 83 Little Brother Montgomery 1906 1985 Louisiana Barrelhouse blues 84 Whistlin Alex Moore 1899 1989 Texas Boogie woogie 84 Buddy Moss 1914 1984 Georgia Piedmont blues 85 Hambone Willie Newbern 1901 1965 Tennessee Country blues 86 St Louis Jimmy Oden 1903 1977 Tennessee Urban blues 87 Charley Patton 1891 1934 Mississippi Delta blues 88 Piano Red 1911 1985 Georgia Boogie woogie 89 Buster Pickens 1916 1964 Texas Country blues 90 Joe Pullum 1905 1964 Alabama Urban blues 91 Ma Rainey 1886 1939 Georgia Classic female blues 92 Red Nelson 1907 1970 Mississippi Urban blues 93 Walter Roland c 1902 or 1903 1972 Alabama Boogie woogie 94 Jimmy Rushing 1903 1972 Oklahoma Urban blues 95 Dan Sane 1896 1956 Mississippi Memphis blues 96 Alec Seward 1901 1972 Virginia Piedmont blues 97 Robert Shaw 1908 1985 Texas Boogie woogie 98 J D Short 1902 1962 Mississippi Delta blues 99 Henry Son Sims 1890 1958 Mississippi Delta blues 100 Bessie Smith 1894 1937 Tennessee Classic female blues 101 Clara Smith 1894 1935 South Carolina Classic female blues 102 J T Funny Papa Smith 1885 1940 U S Country blues 103 Mamie Smith 1883 1946 Ohio Vaudeville blues 45 Pinetop Sparks 1910 1935 Mississippi Boogie woogie 104 Speckled Red 1892 1973 Louisiana Boogie woogie 105 Victoria Spivey 1906 1976 Texas Vaudeville blues 106 Frank Stokes 1888 1955 Tennessee Memphis blues 107 Roosevelt Sykes 1913 1984 Arkansas Urban blues 108 Tampa Red 1904 1981 Georgia Urban blues 109 Johnny Temple 1906 1968 Mississippi Delta blues 110 Henry Thomas 1874 1930 Texas Country blues 111 Ramblin Thomas Unknown Unknown Louisiana Country blues 112 Henry Townsend 1909 2006 Mississippi St Louis blues 113 Willie Trice 1910 1977 North Carolina Piedmont blues 8 Bessie Tucker c 1906 1933 Texas Country blues 114 115 Walter Vinson 1901 1975 Mississippi Country blues 116 Sippie Wallace 1898 1986 Arkansas Classic female blues 117 Washboard Sam 1910 1966 Arkansas Country blues 118 Ethel Waters 1896 1977 Pennsylvania Urban blues 119 Curley Weaver 1906 1962 Georgia Country blues 120 Sylvester Weaver 1897 1960 Kentucky Country blues 121 Casey Bill Weldon 1909 Unknown Arkansas Country blues 122 Peetie Wheatstraw 1902 1941 Tennessee St Louis blues 123 Bukka White 1909 1977 Mississippi Delta blues 124 Josh White 1908 1969 South Carolina Country blues 125 Big Joe Williams 1903 1982 Mississippi Delta blues 126 Sonny Boy Williamson I 1914 1948 Tennessee Urban blues 127 Ralph Willis 1910 1957 Alabama Piedmont blues 128 Oscar Buddy Woods c 1890 1950 Louisiana Urban blues 129 An asterisk denotes that other sources give different dates origin or style 1940 1979 blues Edit 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 1983ContentsA B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T V W YList of 1940 1979 blues musicians showing name birth and death years origin primary style and references Name Birthyear Deathyear Origin Primary style Ref s The Aces Illinois Chicago blues 130 Woodrow Adams 1917 1988 Mississippi Electric blues 131 Luther Allison 1939 1997 Arkansas Chicago blues 132 Mose Allison 1927 2016 Mississippi Urban blues 133 Kip Anderson 1938 2007 South Carolina Soul blues 134 Etta Baker 1913 2006 North Carolina Country blues 135 John Henry Barbee 1905 1964 Tennessee Acoustic blues 10 Lou Ann Barton 1954 Texas Electric blues 136 Johnnie Bassett 1935 2012 Florida Electric blues 137 Lefty Bates 1920 2007 Alabama Chicago blues 138 Carey Bell 1936 2007 Mississippi Chicago blues 139 Buster Benton 1932 1996 Arkansas Chicago blues 140 Roy Book Binder 1943 New York Acoustic blues 141 Elvin Bishop 1942 California Electric blues 142 Bobby Bland 1930 2013 Tennessee Soul blues 143 Rory Block 1949 New Jersey Country blues 144 Mike Bloomfield 1943 1981 Illinois Electric blues 145 Boogie Woogie Red 1925 1985 Louisiana Boogie woogie 146 Eddie Boyd 1914 1994 Mississippi Chicago blues 147 Lonnie Brooks 1933 2017 Louisiana Electric blues 148 Charles Brown 1922 1999 Texas West Coast blues 149 Clarence Gatemouth Brown 1924 2005 Louisiana Electric blues 150 Roy Brown 1925 1981 Louisiana Jump blues 151 Walter Brown 1917 1956 Texas Memphis blues 152 Roy Buchanan 1939 1988 Alabama Electric blues 153 George Mojo Buford 1929 2011 Mississippi Chicago blues 154 Eddie Guitar Burns 1928 2012 Mississippi Detroit blues 155 R L Burnside 1926 2005 Mississippi Hill country blues 156 Aron Burton 1938 2016 Mississippi Chicago blues 157 Paul Butterfield 1942 1987 Illinois Electric blues 22 Carolina Slim 1923 1953 North Carolina Piedmont blues 158 Eric Clapton 1945 England Electric blues 159 Willie Cobbs 1932 2021 Arkansas Electric blues 160 Albert Collins 1932 1993 Texas Electric blues 161 Johnny Copeland 1937 1997 Louisiana Texas blues 162 James Cotton 1935 2017 Mississippi Chicago blues 163 Pee Wee Crayton 1914 1985 Texas West Coast blues 164 Arthur Big Boy Crudup 1905 1974 Mississippi Urban blues 165 James Crutchfield 1912 2001 Louisiana Barrelhouse blues 166 Cyril Davies 1932 1964 England Electric blues 167 Blind John Davis 1913 1985 Mississippi Urban blues 168 James Thunderbird Davis 1938 1991 Alabama Electric blues 169 Larry Davis 1936 1994 Arkansas Texas blues 170 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis 1925 1995 Mississippi Electric blues 171 Jimmy Dawkins 1936 2013 Mississippi Chicago blues 172 Floyd Dixon 1929 2006 Texas West Coast blues 33 Willie Dixon 1915 1992 Mississippi Chicago blues 173 Champion Jack Dupree 1910 1992 Louisiana Louisiana blues 174 Big Joe Duskin 1921 2007 Alabama Barrelhouse blues 175 Johnny Dyer 1938 2014 Mississippi Electric blues 176 Snooks Eaglin 1936 2009 Louisiana Electric blues 175 Archie Edwards 1918 1998 Virginia Country blues 35 David Honeyboy Edwards 1915 2011 Mississippi Electric blues 177 Robert Big Mojo Elem 1931 1997 Mississippi Delta blues 178 Margie Evans 1939 2021 Louisiana Electric blues 179 The Fabulous Thunderbirds Texas Texas blues 180 Turner Foddrell 1928 1995 Virginia Acoustic blues 181 Forest City Joe 1926 1960 Arkansas Electric blues 182 Baby Face Leroy Foster 1923 1958 Mississippi Chicago blues 183 Guitar Pete Franklin 1928 1975 Indiana Electric blues 184 Calvin Frazier 1915 1972 Arkansas Detroit blues 185 Denny Freeman 1944 2021 Florida Texas blues 186 Johnny Fuller 1929 1985 Mississippi West Coast blues 187 Lowell Fulson 1921 1999 Oklahoma West Coast blues 188 Bob Gaddy 1924 1997 West Virginia Urban blues 189 Rory Gallagher 1948 1995 Ireland Electric blues 190 Clarence Garlow 1911 1986 Louisiana Louisiana blues 191 Lee Gates 1937 2020 Mississippi Electric blues 192 Lacy Gibson 1936 2011 North Carolina Chicago blues 193 Good Rockin Charles 1933 1989 Alabama Chicago blues 194 Henry Gray 1925 2020 Louisiana Chicago blues 195 L C Green 1921 1985 Mississippi Electric blues 196 Peter Green 1946 2020 England Electric blues 197 Guitar Nubbit 1923 1995 Florida Electric blues 198 Guitar Slim 1926 1959 Louisiana Louisiana blues 199 Buddy Guy 1936 Louisiana Chicago blues 200 Phil Guy 1940 2008 Louisiana Electric blues 201 John P Hammond 1942 New York Electric blues 199 James Harman 1946 2021 Alabama Electric blues 202 Harmonica Slim 1934 1984 Texas Texas blues 203 Wynonie Harris 1915 1969 Nebraska Jump blues 204 Shakey Jake Harris 1921 1990 Arkansas Chicago blues 205 Little Hatch 1921 2003 Mississippi Electric blues 196 Johnny Heartsman 1936 1996 Texas Electric blues 206 Duke Henderson 1925 1973 Missouri West Coast blues 207 Z Z Hill 1935 1984 Texas Soul blues 208 Silas Hogan 1911 1994 Louisiana Louisiana blues 209 Smokey Hogg 1914 1960 Texas Electric blues 210 John Dee Holeman 1929 2021 North Carolina Piedmont blues 211 Earl Hooker 1930 1970 Mississippi Chicago blues 212 John Lee Hooker 1917 2001 Mississippi Detroit blues 213 Lightnin Hopkins 1912 1982 Texas Country blues 214 Big Walter Horton 1917 1981 Mississippi Chicago blues 214 Howlin Wolf 1910 1976 Mississippi Chicago blues 215 Long John Hunter 1931 2016 Louisiana Texas blues 216 J B Hutto 1926 1983 South Carolina Chicago blues 53 John Jackson 1924 2002 Virginia Piedmont blues 217 Elmore James 1918 1963 Mississippi Chicago blues 218 Etta James 1938 2012 California Soul blues 219 Bobo Jenkins 1916 1984 Alabama Detroit blues 146 Jimmy Johnson 1928 2022 Mississippi Chicago blues 220 Luther Johnson Guitar Junior 1939 2022 Mississippi Electric blues 221 Luther Georgia Boy Johnson 1934 1976 Georgia Chicago blues 222 Floyd Jones 1917 1990 Arkansas Electric blues 223 Little Sonny Jones 1931 1989 Louisiana New Orleans blues 224 Moody Jones 1908 1988 Arkansas Chicago blues 225 Tail Dragger Jones 1940 Arkansas Chicago blues 226 Louis Jordan 1908 1975 Arkansas Jump blues 227 Kansas City Red 1926 1991 Mississippi Chicago blues 228 Jo Ann Kelly 1944 1990 England Electric blues 229 Junior Kimbrough 1930 1998 Mississippi Hill country blues 230 Albert King 1923 1992 Mississippi Electric blues 231 B B King 1925 2015 Mississippi Electric blues 232 Earl King 1934 2003 Louisiana New Orleans blues 233 Eddie King 1938 2012 Alabama Chicago blues 234 Freddie King 1934 1976 Texas Electric blues 235 Little Freddie King 1940 Mississippi Electric blues 236 Bob Kirkpatrick 1934 Louisiana Texas blues 237 Alexis Korner 1928 1984 France Electric blues 238 Sammy Lawhorn 1935 1990 Arkansas Chicago blues 239 Lazy Lester 1933 2018 Louisiana Swamp blues 240 Calvin Leavy 1941 2010 Arkansas Soul blues 241 Lovie Lee 1908 1997 Mississippi Chicago blues 242 Lefty Dizz 1937 1993 Arkansas Chicago blues 243 J B Lenoir 1929 1967 Mississippi Urban blues 244 Lightnin Slim 1913 1974 Missouri Louisiana blues 245 Hip Linkchain 1936 1989 Mississippi Chicago blues 246 Little Joe Blue 1934 1990 Mississippi Electric blues 247 Little Sonny 1932 Alabama Electric blues 248 Little Walter 1930 1968 Louisiana Chicago blues 249 Little Willie Littlefield 1931 2013 Texas West Coast blues 250 John Littlejohn 1931 1994 Mississippi Chicago blues 251 Lonesome Sundown 1928 2005 Louisiana Swamp blues 252 Louisiana Red 1932 2012 Alabama Electric blues 253 Willie Love 1906 1953 Mississippi Electric blues 254 Magic Sam 1937 1969 Mississippi Chicago blues 255 Magic Slim 1937 2013 Mississippi Chicago blues 256 J J Malone 1935 2004 Alabama West Coast blues 257 Johnny Mars 1942 2011 South Carolina Electric blues 258 John Mayall 1933 England Electric blues 259 Pete Mayes 1938 2008 Texas Texas blues 260 Percy Mayfield 1920 1984 Louisiana West Coast blues 261 Earring George Mayweather 1928 1995 Alabama Chicago blues 262 Delbert McClinton 1940 Texas Electric blues 263 Jimmy McCracklin 1921 2012 Texas West Coast blues 264 Brownie McGhee 1915 1996 Tennessee Piedmont blues 265 Memphis Slim 1915 1988 Tennessee Urban blues 266 Big Maceo Merriweather 1905 1953 Georgia Barrelhouse blues 267 Amos Milburn 1927 1980 Texas Urban blues 268 Luke Long Gone Miles 1925 1987 Louisiana Texas blues 269 Roy Milton 1907 1983 Oklahoma Jump blues 270 Gatemouth Moore 1913 2004 Kansas Urban blues 271 Johnny B Moore 1950 Mississippi Chicago blues 272 Muddy Waters 1913 1983 Mississippi Chicago blues 273 Matt Guitar Murphy 1929 2018 Mississippi Chicago blues 274 Charlie Musselwhite 1944 Mississippi Electric blues 85 Sam Myers 1936 2006 Mississippi Electric blues 275 Robert Nighthawk 1909 1967 Arkansas Chicago blues 276 Andrew Odom 1936 1991 Louisiana Chicago blues 277 Johnny Otis 1921 2012 California West Coast blues 278 Junior Parker 1932 1971 Mississippi Memphis blues 279 Odie Payne 1926 1989 Illinois Chicago blues 280 Dave Peabody 1948 England Acoustic blues 281 Pinetop Perkins 1913 2011 Mississippi Chicago blues 282 Rod Piazza 1947 California Electric blues 283 Dan Pickett 1907 1967 Alabama Country blues 284 Snooky Pryor 1919 2006 Mississippi Chicago blues 285 Doug Quattlebaum 1927 1996 South Carolina Piedmont blues 286 Bonnie Raitt 1949 Ohio Electric blues 287 Jimmy Reed 1925 1976 Mississippi Electric blues 288 Sonny Rhodes 1940 Texas Electric blues 288 Fenton Robinson 1935 2007 Mississippi Electric blues 289 Jimmie Lee Robinson 1931 2002 Illinois Chicago blues 290 Sonny Rodgers 1939 1990 Arkansas Electric blues 291 Jimmy Rogers 1924 1997 Mississippi Chicago blues 292 Roomful of Blues Rhode Island Electric blues 288 Bobby Rush 1933 Louisiana Soul blues 237 Otis Rush 1924 1997 Mississippi Chicago blues 293 Son Seals 1942 2004 Arkansas Electric blues 294 Eddie Shaw 1937 2018 Mississippi Chicago blues 295 Roscoe Shelton 1931 2002 Tennessee Electric blues 296 Johnny Shines 1915 1992 Tennessee Chicago blues 297 Frankie Lee Sims 1917 1970 Louisiana Texas blues 298 Drink Small 1933 South Carolina Acoustic blues 299 Barkin Bill Smith 1928 2000 Mississippi Chicago blues 300 George Harmonica Smith 1924 1983 Arkansas Electric blues 297 Moses Whispering Smith 1932 1984 Mississippi Louisiana blues 301 Robert Curtis Smith 1930 2010 Mississippi Piedmont blues 302 Smoky Babe 1927 1975 Mississippi Acoustic blues 303 Little Smokey Smothers 1939 2010 Mississippi Chicago blues 304 Otis Big Smokey Smothers 1929 1993 Mississippi Chicago blues 303 Otis Spann 1930 1970 Mississippi Chicago blues 305 Arthur Big Boy Spires 1912 1990 Mississippi Electric blues 306 Arbee Stidham 1917 1988 Arkansas Electric blues 307 Taj Mahal 1942 New York Acoustic blues 308 Baby Tate 1916 1972 Georgia Piedmont blues 309 Eddie Taylor 1923 1985 Mississippi Chicago blues 310 Hound Dog Taylor 1917 1975 Mississippi Electric blues 311 Koko Taylor 1935 2009 Tennessee Electric blues 312 Sam Taylor 1916 1990 Tennessee Urban blues 313 Sonny Terry 1911 1986 Georgia Country blues 314 Tabby Thomas 1929 2014 Louisiana Louisiana blues 315 Big Mama Thornton 1926 1984 Alabama Electric blues 316 Luther Tucker 1936 1993 Tennessee Chicago blues 317 Big Joe Turner 1911 1985 Missouri Jump blues 114 Ike Turner 1931 2007 Mississippi Electric blues 318 Titus Turner 1933 1984 Georgia Soul blues 319 Jimmie Vaughan 1951 Texas Electric blues 320 Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954 1990 Texas Electric blues 297 Mose Vinson 1917 2002 Mississippi Electric blues 321 Johnny Big Moose Walker 1927 1999 Mississippi Chicago blues 322 T Bone Walker 1910 1975 Texas West Coast blues 323 Baby Boy Warren 1919 1977 Louisiana Detroit blues 118 Willie D Warren 1924 2000 Arkansas Detroit blues 324 Washboard Willie 1909 1991 Alabama Detroit blues 11 Boogie Bill Webb 1924 1990 Mississippi Electric blues 325 Junior Wells 1934 1998 Arkansas Chicago blues 326 Golden Big Wheeler 1929 1998 Georgia Chicago blues 327 Lavelle White 1929 Louisiana Soul blues 328 Joe Willie Wilkins 1921 1979 Mississippi Memphis blues 329 Jody Williams 1935 2018 Alabama Chicago blues 330 Johnny Williams 1906 2006 Louisiana Chicago blues 331 Lester Williams 1920 1990 Texas Texas blues 332 Sonny Boy Williamson II 1909 1965 Mississippi Chicago blues 333 Alan Wilson 1943 1970 Massachusetts Electric blues 334 U P Wilson 1934 2004 Louisiana Texas blues 237 Johnny Winter 1944 2014 Texas Electric blues 335 Jimmy Witherspoon 1920 1997 Arkansas Jump blues 336 Big John Wrencher 1924 1977 Mississippi Chicago blues 337 Billy Wright 1918 1991 Georgia Jump blues 338 Johnny Man Young 1918 1974 Mississippi Chicago blues 339 An asterisk denotes that other sources give different dates origin or style Blues since 1980 Edit 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 2007ContentsA B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T V WList of blues musicians since 1980 showing name birth and death years origin primary style and references Name Birthyear Deathyear Origin Primary style Ref s Linsey Alexander 1942 Mississippi Electric blues 340 James Armstrong 1957 California Electric blues 341 Dexter Allen 1970 Mississippi Electric blues 342 Marcia Ball 1949 Texas Electric blues 343 Chico Banks 1962 2008 Illinois Chicago blues 344 L V Banks 1932 2011 Missouri Chicago blues 345 Barrelhouse Chuck 1958 2016 Ohio Chicago blues 346 Tab Benoit 1967 California Electric blues 140 Terry Harmonica Bean 1961 Mississippi Electric blues 347 Chris Beard 1957 New York Electric blues 348 Adolphus Bell 1944 Alabama Electric blues 349 Lurrie Bell 1958 Illinois Electric blues 139 Eric Bibb 1951 New York Acoustic blues 350 Blind Mississippi Morris 1955 Mississippi Electric blues 351 Skeeter Brandon 1948 Virginia Electric blues 352 Ronnie Baker Brooks 1967 Illinois Electric blues 353 Jimmy Burns 1943 Mississippi Electric blues 354 Cedric Burnside 1978 Mississippi Electric blues 342 Charles Caldwell 1943 2003 Mississippi Electric blues 355 Karen Carroll 1958 Illinois Electric blues 356 William Clarke 1951 1996 California Electric blues 357 Deborah Coleman 1956 2018 Virginia Electric blues 358 Shemekia Copeland 1979 New York Electric blues 359 Robert Cray 1953 Georgia Electric blues 360 Debbie Davies 1952 California Electric blues 164 Boo Boo Davis 1943 Mississippi Electric blues 354 Guy Davis 1952 New York Electric blues 361 Thornetta Davis 1963 Michigan Electric blues 362 Little Arthur Duncan 1934 2008 Mississippi Electric blues 363 Ronnie Earl 1953 New York Electric blues 178 Tinsley Ellis 1957 Georgia Electric blues 364 Kirk Fletcher 1975 California Electric blues 365 Sue Foley 1968 Canada Electric blues 366 Robben Ford 1951 California Electric blues 366 Rick Franklin 1941 2005 Virginia Electric blues 367 Anson Funderburgh 1954 Texas Electric blues 188 Grady Gaines 1934 2021 Texas Electric blues 368 Terry Garland 1953 Tennessee Country blues 369 Larry Garner 1952 Louisiana Electric blues 370 Otis Grand 1950 U S Electric blues 371 Guitar Slim Jr 1951 Louisiana Electric blues 372 Sandra Hall 1951 Georgia Electric blues 373 Larry Hamilton 1951 2011 Texas Electric blues 374 Odessa Harris 1936 2003 Arkansas Electric blues 226 Alvin Youngblood Hart 1963 California Acoustic blues 365 Ted Hawkins 1936 1995 Mississippi Acoustic blues 375 Big Boy Henry 1921 2004 North Carolina Electric blues 376 George Higgs 1930 2013 North Carolina Electric blues 377 Fruteland Jackson 1953 Mississippi Electric blues 377 Colin James 1964 Canada Electric blues 378 Steve James 1950 New York Acoustic blues 379 L V Johnson 1946 U S Electric blues 380 Johnny Yard Dog Jones 1941 Illinois Electric blues 381 Paul Wine Jones 1946 2005 Mississippi Electric blues 340 Tutu Jones 1957 Texas Electric blues 382 Keb Mo 1955 California Acoustic blues 383 Harrison Kennedy 1942 Canada Electric blues 348 Chris Thomas King 1962 Louisiana Electric blues 384 Little Jimmy King 1968 2002 Tennessee Electric blues 385 Lady Bianca 1953 Kansas Electric blues 386 Johnny Laws 1943 Illinois Electric blues 387 Professor Eddie Lusk 1948 1992 Illinois Electric blues 387 Bob Margolin 1949 Massachusetts Electric blues 74 Johnnie Marshall 1961 Georgia Electric blues 388 Larry McCray 1962 Arkansas Electric blues 389 Clara McDaniel 1948 Michigan Electric blues 390 Johnny B Moore 1952 U S Chicago blues 391 Kenny Neal 1957 Louisiana Electric blues 392 Jay Owens 1947 Florida Electric blues 393 Sista Monica Parker 1956 Indiana Electric blues 394 Neal Pattman 1927 2005 Georgia Electric blues 395 Asie Payton 1937 1997 Mississippi Electric blues 396 Lucky Peterson 1964 New York Electric blues 397 Kelly Joe Phelps 1960 Washington Electric blues 397 Lonnie Pitchford 1955 Kentucky Electric blues 398 Gene Birdlegg Pittman 1947 Pennsylvania Electric blues 399 Gary Primich 1958 Illinois Electric blues 400 Henry Qualls 1934 Texas Acoustic blues 401 Johnny Rawls 1951 Mississippi Electric blues 347 Sherman Robertson 1948 Louisiana Electric blues 402 Duke Robillard 1948 Rhode Island Electric blues 402 Andy Rodgers 1922 2004 Mississippi Acoustic blues 403 Mighty Mo Rodgers 1942 Illinois Electric blues 404 Roy Rogers 1950 California Electric blues 292 Saffire The Uppity Blues Women Acoustic blues 255 Isaac Scott 1945 2001 Washington Electric blues 405 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1977 Louisiana Electric blues 406 Lonnie Shields 1956 Arkansas Electric blues 407 Cootie Stark 1926 2005 South Carolina Acoustic blues 408 Angela Strehli 1945 Texas Electric blues 353 Demetria Taylor 1973 Illinois Chicago blues 107 Eddie Taylor Jr 1972 Illinois Electric blues 353 Melvin Taylor 1959 Mississippi Electric blues 409 Otis Taylor 1948 Illinois Electric blues 387 Susan Tedeschi 1970 Massachusetts Electric blues 410 Lil Dave Thompson 1969 2010 Mississippi Electric blues 342 Pyeng Threadgill 1977 New York Electric blues 359 Teeny Tucker 1958 Ohio Electric blues 411 Maurice John Vaughn 1953 Illinois Chicago blues 412 Joe Louis Walker 1949 California Electric blues 413 Carl Weathersby 1953 Mississippi Electric blues 414 Valerie Wellington 1959 1991 Illinois Electric blues 325 Mike Wheeler 1961 Illinois Electric blues 353 Albert White 1942 Georgia Electric blues 373 Lil Ed Williams 1955 U S Chicago blues 391 Zora Young 1948 Mississippi Electric blues 415 An asterisk denotes that other sources give different dates origin or style See also EditList of nicknames of blues musicians Lists of blues musicians by genre Blues portalReferences EditCitations Shadwick 2001 p 447 AllMusic 1996 pp 351 382 AllMusic 1996 pp 381 382 Eagle amp LeBlanc 2013 p 254 Shadwick 2001 p 228 Eagle amp LeBlanc 2013 p 534 Herzhaft 1992 pp 34 35 a b Herzhaft 1992 p 103 AllMusic 1996 p 8 a b AllMusic 1996 p 12 a b Eagle amp LeBlanc 2013 p 88 Eagle amp LeBlanc 2013 p 333 Herzhaft 1992 p 20 Shadwick 2001 p 239 AllMusic 1996 p 21 a b AllMusic 1996 p 26 Herzhaft 1992 p 220 Shadwick 2001 p 249 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