List of blues musicians

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

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
List of Pre-1940 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death year, origin, primary style, and references
Name Birth
year 		Death
year 		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

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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List of 1940–1979 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death years, origin, primary style, and references
Name Birth
year 		Death
year 		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 2023 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 California 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

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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List of blues musicians since 1980, showing name, birth and death years, origin, primary style, and references
Name Birth
year 		Death
year 		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 1952 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

References

Citations

  1. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 447.
  2. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 351–382.
  3. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 381–382.
  4. ^ Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 254.
  5. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 228.
  6. ^ Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 534.
  7. ^ Herzhaft 1992, pp. 34–35.
  8. ^ a b Herzhaft 1992, p. 103.
  9. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 8.
  10. ^ a b AllMusic 1996, p. 12.
  11. ^ a b Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 88.
  12. ^ Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 333.
  13. ^ Herzhaft 1992, p. 20.
  14. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 239.
  15. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 21.
  16. ^ a b AllMusic 1996, p. 26.
  17. ^ Herzhaft 1992, p. 220.
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