List of Blues Musician

Early country blues

Alger "Texas" Alexander
Pink Anderson
Barbecue Bob Hicks
Scrapper Blackwell
Black Ace
Blind Blake
[[Big Bill Broonzy]
Richard "Rabbit" Brown
[[Willie Brown (musician)Willie Brown
Bumble Bee Slim
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Sam Collins
Floyd Council
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)
John Jackson
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)
Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (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)
Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
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)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
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 (1916-2006)
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)


Postwar 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)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
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)
Carey Bell (1936-2007)
Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
James Cotton (born 1935)
Bo Diddley (1928–2008)
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)
Floyd Jones (1917-1989)
Elmore James (1918-1963)
Albert King (1924-1992)
Freddie King (1934-1976)
Eddie Kirkland
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)

Gaye Adegbalola (1944-)
James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
Back Alley John (1955-2006)
Etta Baker (1913-2006)
Marcia Ball (born 1949)
Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
Rory Block (born 1949)
Michael Bloomfield (1943-1981)
Blues Brothers
Delaney Bramlett(born 1939)
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges (born 1964)
Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
Eric Burdon (born 1941)
Eric Clapton (born 1945)
Albert Collins (1932-1993)
Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
Al Copley (born 1952)
Robert Cray (born 1953)
Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
Snooks Eaglin (born 1936)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Robben Ford (born 1951)
Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
Peter Green (born 1946)
John Hammond (born 1942)
Alvin Youngblood Hart [1](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)
Louisiana Red (born 1932)
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

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)
Sean Costello (1979-2008)
Guy Davis (born 1952)
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 (1966-2008)
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
Ana Popovic (born 1976)
Roxanne Potvin (born 1982)
Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
Otis Taylor (born 1948)
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)
Daniel Springhorn


[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"
[edit] 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)
Hans Olson


Blues from Europe

Alexis Korner
Ana Popovic
Barrelhouse
Bjorn Berge
Cuby and the Blizzards
Cyril Davies
Christian Dozzler
Elmore D
Eric Clapton
Todd Sharpville
Hans Theessink
Herman Brood
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Kirkbride
Simon Allan (Referred to as the Sexy)
Peter Green
Rory Gallagher
Steve Baker
Yavuz Çetin
Philip Fankhauser


Blues from Latin America

Nuno Mindelis
Pappo