List of blues musicians

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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]

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Pre-1940 blues

Son House Son House.jpg
Son House
Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 M John Hurt.jpg
Mississippi John Hurt, 1964
Blind Lemon Jefferson Blindlemonjeffersoncirca1926.jpg
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lonnie Johnson, 1941 LonnieJohnsonByRussellLee1941Crop.jpg
Lonnie Johnson, 1941
Lead Belly Leadbelly with Accordeon.jpg
Lead Belly
Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982 Robert Jr Lockwood, 1982.jpg
Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982
Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver Martin&weaver.jpg
Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver
Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell.jpg
Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972
Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995 Jay McShann in Edinburgh.jpg
Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995
Memphis Minnie, 1930 Memphis Minnie.jpg
Memphis Minnie, 1930
Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941 BuddyMossGreeneCountyConvictCampCropped.jpg
Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941
Ma Rainey MaRainey.jpg
Ma Rainey
Jimmy Rushing, 1946 Jimmy Rushing 1946 (Gottlieb 07551).jpg
Jimmy Rushing, 1946
Bessie Smith, 1936 Bessiesmith3.jpg
Bessie Smith, 1936
Mamie Smith MamieSmith.png
Mamie Smith
Henry Townsend, 1983 Henry Townsend.jpg
Henry Townsend, 1983
Ethel Waters, 1943 Ethel Waters - 1943.jpg
Ethel Waters, 1943
Curley Weaver Curley Weaver.jpg
Curley Weaver
Big Joe Williams, 1971 Big Joe Williams 14 11 1971.JPG
Big Joe Williams, 1971
Jimmy Witherspoon, 1974 Jimmy Witherspoon 1974.JPG
Jimmy Witherspoon, 1974
List of Pre-1940 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death year, origin, primary style, and references
NameBirth
year
Death
year
OriginPrimary styleRef(s)
Mozelle Alderson 19041994Ohio Country blues [4]
Alger "Texas" Alexander 19001954Texas Country blues [5]
Ora Alexander c.1909UnknownAlabama Classic female blues [6]
Albert Ammons 19071949Illinois Boogie woogie [7]
Pink Anderson 19001974South Carolina Piedmont blues [8]
Kokomo Arnold 1901*1968Georgia Acoustic blues [9]
Barbecue Bob 19021931Georgia Acoustic blues [10]
Ed Bell 19051960sAlabama Piedmont blues [11]
Gladys Bentley 19071960Pennsylvania Vaudeville blues [12]
Black Ace 19051972Texas Country blues [13]
Scrapper Blackwell 19031962North Carolina Urban blues [14]
Blind Blake 18961934Florida Piedmont blues [15]
Lucille Bogan 18971948Mississippi Classic female blues [16]
Ted Bogan 19091990South Carolina Country blues [17]
Son Bonds 19091947Tennessee Country blues [16]
Big Bill Broonzy 1893*1958Mississippi Urban blues [18]
Kitty Brown 1899UnknownNew York Classic female blues [19]
Willie Brown 19001952Mississippi Delta blues [20]
Bumble Bee Slim 19051968Georgia Urban blues [21]
Gus Cannon 1883*1979Mississippi Jug band [22]
Leroy Carr 19051935Tennessee Urban blues [23]
Doctor Clayton 18981947Georgia Country blues [24]
Sam Collins 18871949Louisiana Country blues [25]
Elizabeth Cotten 18931987North Carolina Country blues [26]
Floyd Council 19111976North Carolina Piedmont blues [27]
Ida Cox 1896*1967Georgia Vaudeville blues [28]
Blind Blues Darby 19061975Kentucky St. Louis blues [29]
Reverend Gary Davis 18961972South Carolina Piedmont blues [30]
Walter Davis 1911*1963Mississippi St. Louis blues [31]
Tom Delaney 18891963South Carolina Urban blues [32]
Georgia Tom Dorsey 18991993Georgia Urban blues [33]
Little Buddy Doyle 1911*1960*Tennessee Memphis blues [34]
Bernice Edwards 19071969Texas Classic female blues [35]
Sleepy John Estes 1899*1977Tennessee Country blues [36]
Ethel Finnie 18981981Louisiana Classic female blues [37]
Blind Boy Fuller 1907*1941North Carolina Piedmont blues [38]
Jesse Fuller 18961976Georgia Piedmont blues [38]
Jazz Gillum 1904*1966Mississippi Urban blues [39]
Boyd Gilmore 19051976Mississippi Delta blues [40]
Coot Grant 18931970Alabama Classic female blues [41]
Lil Green 1919*1954Mississippi Urban blues [42]
Shirley Griffith 19071974Mississippi Country blues [43]
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney 19021973Mississippi Delta blues [44]
Lucille Hegamin 1897*1970Georgia Classic female blues [45]
Edmonia Henderson 18981947Tennessee Classic female blues [46]
Katherine Henderson 1909UnknownMissouri Classic female blues [47]
Edna Hicks 18951925Louisiana Classic female blues [48]
Son House 19021988Mississippi Delta blues [49]
Peg Leg Howell 18881966Georgia Country blues [50]
Alberta Hunter 18951984Tennessee Classic female blues [51]
Mississippi John Hurt 1894*1966Mississippi Country blues [52]
Jim Jackson 1890*1937*Mississippi Country blues [53]
Papa Charlie Jackson 1890*1950*Louisiana Country blues [54]
Skip James 19021969Mississippi Delta blues [55]
Blind Lemon Jefferson 18931929Texas Country blues [56]
Blind Willie Johnson 18971945Texas Gospel blues [57]
Edith North Johnson 19031988Missouri Classic female blues [58]
Lonnie Johnson 18991970Louisiana Urban blues [59]
Mary Johnson 18981983Mississippi Classic female blues [60]
Robert Johnson 19111938Mississippi Delta blues [61]
Tommy Johnson 18961956Mississippi Delta blues [62]
Little Hat Jones 18991981Texas Country blues [63]
Lottie Kimbrough 1893UnknownArkansas Country blues [64]
Lead Belly 18891949Louisiana Country blues [65]
Furry Lewis 1893*1981Mississippi Country blues [66]
Meade Lux Lewis 19051964Illinois Boogie woogie [67]
Charley Lincoln 19001963Georgia Country blues [68]
Mance Lipscomb 18951976Texas Country blues [69]
Virginia Liston 18901932Louisiana Classic female blues [70]
Robert Lockwood, Jr. 19152006Arkansas Delta blues [71] [72]
Cripple Clarence Lofton 1887*1957Tennessee Boogie woogie [71]
Eddie Mapp 19101931Georgia Country blues [73]
Sara Martin 18841955Kentucky Vaudeville blues [74]
Lil McClintock 1883UnknownU.S. Country blues [75]
Kansas Joe McCoy 19051950Mississippi Country blues [76]
Papa Charlie McCoy 19091959Mississippi Delta blues [77]
Mississippi Fred McDowell 19041972Tennessee Delta blues [78]
Charlie "Specks" McFadden 18951966Illinois Country blues [79]
Fred McMullen 1905UnknownFlorida Piedmont blues [80]
Jay McShann 19162006Oklahoma Blues [81]
Blind Willie McTell 1901*1959Georgia Country blues [82]
Memphis Minnie 18971973Louisiana Memphis blues [83]
Mississippi Sheiks Mississippi Country blues [83]
Little Brother Montgomery 19061985Louisiana Barrelhouse blues [84]
Whistlin' Alex Moore 18991989Texas Boogie woogie [84]
Buddy Moss 19141984Georgia Piedmont blues [85]
Hambone Willie Newbern 19011965Tennessee Country blues [86]
St. Louis Jimmy Oden 19031977Tennessee Urban blues [87]
Charley Patton 18911934Mississippi Delta blues [88]
Piano Red 19111985Georgia Boogie woogie [89]
Buster Pickens 19161964Texas Country blues [90]
Joe Pullum 19051964Alabama Urban blues [91]
Ma Rainey 1886*1939Georgia Classic female blues [92]
Red Nelson 19071970Mississippi Urban blues [93]
Walter Roland c.1902 or 19031972Alabama Boogie woogie [94]
Jimmy Rushing 19031972Oklahoma Urban blues [95]
Dan Sane 18961956Mississippi Memphis blues [96]
Alec Seward 19011972Virginia Piedmont blues [97]
Robert Shaw 19081985Texas Boogie woogie [98]
J.D. Short 19021962Mississippi Delta blues [99]
Henry "Son" Sims 18901958Mississippi Delta blues [100]
Bessie Smith 18941937Tennessee Classic female blues [101]
Clara Smith 1894*1935South Carolina Classic female blues [102]
J. T. "Funny Papa" Smith 1885*1940*U.S. Country blues [103]
Mamie Smith 18831946Ohio Vaudeville blues [45]
Pinetop Sparks 19101935Mississippi Boogie woogie [104]
Speckled Red 18921973Louisiana Boogie woogie [105]
Victoria Spivey 19061976Texas Vaudeville blues [106]
Frank Stokes 1888*1955Tennessee Memphis blues [107]
Roosevelt Sykes 19131984Arkansas Urban blues [108]
Tampa Red 19041981Georgia Urban blues [109]
Johnny Temple 19061968Mississippi Delta blues [110]
Henry Thomas 18741930*Texas Country blues [111]
Ramblin' Thomas UnknownUnknownLouisiana Country blues [112]
Henry Townsend 19092006Mississippi St. Louis blues [113]
Willie Trice 19101977North Carolina Piedmont blues [8]
Bessie Tucker c.19061933Texas Country blues [114] [115]
Walter Vinson 19011975Mississippi Country blues [116]
Sippie Wallace 18981986Arkansas Classic female blues [117]
Washboard Sam 19101966Arkansas Country blues [118]
Ethel Waters 18961977Pennsylvania Urban blues [119]
Curley Weaver 19061962Georgia Country blues [120]
Sylvester Weaver 1897*1960Kentucky Country blues [121]
Casey Bill Weldon 1909UnknownArkansas Country blues [122]
Peetie Wheatstraw 19021941Tennessee St. Louis blues [123]
Bukka White 19091977Mississippi Delta blues [124]
Josh White 19081969South Carolina Country blues [125]
Big Joe Williams 19031982Mississippi Delta blues [126]
Sonny Boy Williamson I 19141948Tennessee Urban blues [127]
Ralph Willis 1910*1957Alabama Piedmont blues [128]
Oscar "Buddy" Woods 19031955Louisiana Urban blues [129]
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.

1940–1979 blues

Luther Allison LutherAllison1996.jpg
Luther Allison
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Billy Boy Arnold
Bobby "Blue" Bland Bobby Bland 1974.jpg
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999 Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown.jpg
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999
Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979 Paul Butterfield 1979.jpg
Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979
Eric Clapton, 2006 Clapton2342.jpg
Eric Clapton, 2006
Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978 Eddy Clearwater.jpg
Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978
Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990 AlbertCollins1990.jpg
Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990
Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981 Willie Dixon.jpg
Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981
Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980 Lowell Fulson.jpg
Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980
Buddy Guy, 2008 Buddy Guy 2008.jpg
Buddy Guy, 2008
John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978 John Lee Hooker two.jpg
John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978
Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946 Louis Jordan, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 04731).jpg
Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946
Albert King in Paris, 1978 Albert King 1978.jpg
Albert King in Paris, 1978
B.B. King in Rome, 1984 Bbking.jpg
B.B. King in Rome, 1984
Freddie King in Paris, 1975 Freddie King 1975 4.jpg
Freddie King in Paris, 1975
Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971 Muddy Waters.jpg
Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971
Charlie Musselwhite, 2003 Charlie Musselwhite 7-16-03.jpg
Charlie Musselwhite, 2003
Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976 Pinetop Perkins 2.jpg
Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976
Jimmy Rogers, 1991 Jimmy Rogers.jpg
Jimmy Rogers, 1991
Otis Rush, 1997 Otis Rush at Notodden bluesfestival.jpg
Otis Rush, 1997
Son Seals, 1977 Son Seals 1977.jpg
Son Seals, 1977
Eddie Shaw, 2015 Eddie Shaw at Kingston Mines.JPG
Eddie Shaw, 2015
George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980 George Harmonica Smith.jpg
George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980
Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978 Hubert Sumlin 1978.jpg
Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978
Koko Taylor, 2006 KokoTaylor2006.jpg
Koko Taylor, 2006
Luther Tucker, 1964 LUTHER TUCKER.jpg
Luther Tucker, 1964
Big Joe Turner, 1955 Big Joe Turner Rock and Roll Revue Apollo Theater 1955.jpg
Big Joe Turner, 1955
T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972 T-Bone Walker 1972.jpg
T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972
Junior Wells, 1983 Junior Wells 1983.jpg
Junior Wells, 1983
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List of 1940–1979 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death years, origin, primary style, and references
NameBirth
year
Death
year
OriginPrimary styleRef(s)
The Aces Illinois Chicago blues [130]
Woodrow Adams 19171988Mississippi Electric blues [131]
Luther Allison 19391997Arkansas Chicago blues [132]
Mose Allison 19272016Mississippi Urban blues [133]
Kip Anderson 19382007South Carolina Soul blues [134]
Etta Baker 19132006North Carolina Country blues [135]
John Henry Barbee 19051964Tennessee Acoustic blues [10]
Lou Ann Barton 1954Texas Electric blues [136]
Johnnie Bassett 19352012Florida Electric blues [137]
Lefty Bates 19202007Alabama Chicago blues [138]
Carey Bell 19362007Mississippi Chicago blues [139]
Buster Benton 19321996Arkansas Chicago blues [140]
Roy Book Binder 1943New York Acoustic blues [141]
Elvin Bishop 1942California Electric blues [142]
Bobby Bland 19302013Tennessee Soul blues [143]
Rory Block 1949New Jersey Country blues [144]
Mike Bloomfield 19431981Illinois Electric blues [145]
Boogie Woogie Red 19251985*Louisiana Boogie woogie [146]
Eddie Boyd 19141994Mississippi Chicago blues [147]
Lonnie Brooks 19332017Louisiana Electric blues [148]
Charles Brown 19221999Texas West Coast blues [149]
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924*2005Louisiana Electric blues [150]
Roy Brown 1925*1981Louisiana Jump blues [151]
Walter Brown 19171956Texas Memphis blues [152]
Roy Buchanan 19391988Alabama Electric blues [153]
George "Mojo" Buford 19292011Mississippi Chicago blues [154]
Eddie "Guitar" Burns 19282012Mississippi Detroit blues [155]
R. L. Burnside 19262005Mississippi Hill country blues [156]
Aron Burton 19382016Mississippi Chicago blues [157]
Paul Butterfield 19421987Illinois Electric blues [22]
Carolina Slim 19231953North Carolina Piedmont blues [158]
Eric Clapton 1945England Electric blues [159]
Willie Cobbs 19322021Arkansas Electric blues [160]
Albert Collins 19321993Texas Electric blues [161]
Johnny Copeland 19371997Louisiana Texas blues [162]
James Cotton 19352017Mississippi Chicago blues [163]
Pee Wee Crayton 19141985Texas West Coast blues [164]
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 19051974Mississippi Urban blues [165]
James Crutchfield 19122001Louisiana Barrelhouse blues [166]
Cyril Davies 19321964England Electric blues [167]
Blind John Davis 19131985Mississippi Urban blues [168]
James "Thunderbird" Davis 19381991*Alabama Electric blues [169]
Larry Davis 19361994Arkansas* Texas blues [170]
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis 19251995Mississippi Electric blues [171]
Jimmy Dawkins 19362013Mississippi Chicago blues [172]
Floyd Dixon 19292006Texas West Coast blues [33]
Willie Dixon 19151992Mississippi Chicago blues [173]
Champion Jack Dupree 1910*1992Louisiana Louisiana blues [174]
Big Joe Duskin 19212007Alabama Barrelhouse blues [175]
Johnny Dyer 19382014Mississippi Electric blues [176]
Snooks Eaglin 19362009Louisiana Electric blues [175]
Archie Edwards 19181998Virginia Country blues [35]
David "Honeyboy" Edwards 19152011Mississippi Electric blues [177]
Robert "Big Mojo" Elem 1931*1997Mississippi Delta blues [178]
Margie Evans 19392021Louisiana Electric blues [179]
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Texas Texas blues [180]
Turner Foddrell 19281995Virginia Acoustic blues [181]
Forest City Joe 19261960Arkansas Electric blues [182]
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster 19231958Mississippi Chicago blues [183]
Guitar Pete Franklin 19281975Indiana Electric blues [184]
Calvin Frazier 19151972Arkansas Detroit blues [185]
Denny Freeman 19442021Florida Texas blues [186]
Johnny Fuller 19291985Mississippi West Coast blues [187]
Lowell Fulson 19211999Oklahoma West Coast blues [188]
Bob Gaddy 19241997West Virginia Urban blues [189]
Rory Gallagher 19481995Ireland Electric blues [190]
Clarence Garlow 19111986Louisiana Louisiana blues [191]
Lee Gates 19372020Mississippi Electric blues [192]
Lacy Gibson 19362011North Carolina Chicago blues [193]
Good Rockin' Charles 19331989Alabama Chicago blues [194]
Henry Gray 19252020Louisiana Chicago blues [195]
L.C. Green 19211985Mississippi Electric blues [196]
Peter Green 19462020England Electric blues [197]
Guitar Nubbit 19231995Florida Electric blues [198]
Guitar Slim 19261959Louisiana Louisiana blues [199]
Buddy Guy 1936Louisiana Chicago blues [200]
Phil Guy 19402008Louisiana Electric blues [201]
John P. Hammond 1942New York Electric blues [199]
James Harman 19462021Alabama Electric blues [202]
Harmonica Slim 19341984Texas Texas blues [203]
Wynonie Harris 19151969Nebraska Jump blues [204]
Shakey Jake Harris 19211990Arkansas Chicago blues [205]
Little Hatch 19212003Mississippi Electric blues [196]
Johnny Heartsman 19361996Texas Electric blues [206]
Duke Henderson 19251973Missouri West Coast blues [207]
Z. Z. Hill 19351984Texas Soul blues [208]
Silas Hogan 19111994Louisiana Louisiana blues [209]
Smokey Hogg 19141960Texas Electric blues [210]
John Dee Holeman 19292021North Carolina Piedmont blues [211]
Earl Hooker 19301970Mississippi Chicago blues [212]
John Lee Hooker 1917*2001Mississippi Detroit blues [213]
Lightnin' Hopkins 19121982Texas Country blues [214]
Big Walter Horton 1917*1981Mississippi Chicago blues [214]
Howlin' Wolf 19101976Mississippi Chicago blues [215]
Long John Hunter 19312016Louisiana Texas blues [216]
J. B. Hutto 19261983South Carolina Chicago blues [53]
John Jackson 19242002Virginia Piedmont blues [217]
Elmore James 19181963Mississippi Chicago blues [218]
Etta James 19382012California Soul blues [219]
Bobo Jenkins 19161984Alabama Detroit blues [146]
Jimmy Johnson 19282022Mississippi Chicago blues [220]
Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) 19392022Mississippi Electric blues [221]
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson 19341976Georgia Chicago blues [222]
Floyd Jones 19171990*Arkansas Electric blues [223]
Little Sonny Jones 19311989Louisiana New Orleans blues [224]
Moody Jones 19081988Arkansas Chicago blues [225]
Tail Dragger Jones 19402023Arkansas Chicago blues [226]
Louis Jordan 19081975Arkansas Jump blues [227]
Kansas City Red 19261991Mississippi Chicago blues [228]
Jo Ann Kelly 19441990England Electric blues [229]
Junior Kimbrough 19301998Mississippi Hill country blues [230]
Albert King 19231992Mississippi Electric blues [231]
B.B. King 19252015Mississippi Electric blues [232]
Earl King 19342003Louisiana New Orleans blues [233]
Eddie King 19382012Alabama Chicago blues [234]
Freddie King 19341976Texas Electric blues [235]
Little Freddie King 1940Mississippi Electric blues [236]
Bob Kirkpatrick 1934Louisiana Texas blues [237]
Alexis Korner 19281984France Electric blues [238]
Sammy Lawhorn 19351990Arkansas Chicago blues [239]
Lazy Lester 19332018Louisiana Swamp blues [240]
Calvin Leavy 1941*2010Arkansas Soul blues [241]
Lovie Lee 19081997Mississippi Chicago blues [242]
Lefty Dizz 19371993Arkansas Chicago blues [243]
J. B. Lenoir 19291967Mississippi Urban blues [244]
Lightnin' Slim 19131974Missouri* Louisiana blues [245]
Hip Linkchain 19361989Mississippi Chicago blues [246]
Little Joe Blue 19341990Mississippi Electric blues [247]
Little Sonny 1932*Alabama Electric blues [248]
Little Walter 19301968Louisiana Chicago blues [249]
Little Willie Littlefield 19312013Texas West Coast blues [250]
John Littlejohn 19311994Mississippi Chicago blues [251]
Lonesome Sundown 19282005*Louisiana Swamp blues [252]
Louisiana Red 19322012Alabama Electric blues [253]
Willie Love 19061953Mississippi Electric blues [254]
Magic Sam 19371969Mississippi Chicago blues [255]
Magic Slim 19372013Mississippi Chicago blues [256]
J.J. Malone 19352004Alabama West Coast blues [257]
Johnny Mars 19422011South Carolina Electric blues [258]
John Mayall 19332024England Electric blues [259]
Pete Mayes 19382008Texas Texas blues [260]
Percy Mayfield 19201984Louisiana West Coast blues [261]
Earring George Mayweather 19281995Alabama Chicago blues [262]
Delbert McClinton 1940Texas Electric blues [263]
Jimmy McCracklin 19212012Texas West Coast blues [264]
Brownie McGhee 19151996Tennessee Piedmont blues [265]
Memphis Slim 19151988Tennessee Urban blues [266]
Big Maceo Merriweather 19051953Georgia Barrelhouse blues [267]
Amos Milburn 19271980Texas Urban blues [268]
Luke "Long Gone" Miles 19251987Louisiana Texas blues [269]
Roy Milton 19071983Oklahoma Jump blues [270]
Gatemouth Moore 19132004Kansas Urban blues [271]
Johnny B. Moore 1950Mississippi Chicago blues [272]
Muddy Waters 19131983Mississippi Chicago blues [273]
Matt "Guitar" Murphy 19292018Mississippi Chicago blues [274]
Charlie Musselwhite 1944Mississippi Electric blues [85]
Sam Myers 19362006Mississippi Electric blues [275]
Robert Nighthawk 19091967Arkansas Chicago blues [276]
Andrew Odom 19361991Louisiana Chicago blues [277]
Johnny Otis 19212012California West Coast blues [278]
Junior Parker 19321971Mississippi Memphis blues [279]
Odie Payne 19261989Illinois Chicago blues [280]
Dave Peabody 1948England Acoustic blues [281]
Pinetop Perkins 19132011Mississippi Chicago blues [282]
Rod Piazza 1947California Electric blues [283]
Dan Pickett 19071967Alabama Country blues [284]
Snooky Pryor 1919*2006Mississippi Chicago blues [285]
Doug Quattlebaum 19271996South Carolina Piedmont blues [286]
Bonnie Raitt 1949California Electric blues [287]
Jimmy Reed 19251976Mississippi Electric blues [288]
Sonny Rhodes 19402021Texas Electric blues [288]
Fenton Robinson 19352007*Mississippi Electric blues [289]
Jimmie Lee Robinson 19312002Illinois Chicago blues [290]
Sonny Rodgers 19391990Arkansas Electric blues [291]
Jimmy Rogers 19241997Mississippi Chicago blues [292]
Roomful of Blues Rhode Island Electric blues [288]
Bobby Rush 1933Louisiana Soul blues [237]
Otis Rush 19241997Mississippi Chicago blues [293]
Son Seals 19422004Arkansas Electric blues [294]
Eddie Shaw 19372018Mississippi Chicago blues [295]
Roscoe Shelton 19312002Tennessee Electric blues [296]
Johnny Shines 19151992Tennessee Chicago blues [297]
Frankie Lee Sims 19171970Louisiana Texas blues [298]
Drink Small 1933South Carolina Acoustic blues [299]
Barkin' Bill Smith 19282000Mississippi Chicago blues [300]
George "Harmonica" Smith 19241983Arkansas Electric blues [297]
Moses "Whispering" Smith 19321984Mississippi Louisiana blues [301]
Robert Curtis Smith 19302010Mississippi Piedmont blues [302]
Smoky Babe 19271975*Mississippi Acoustic blues [303]
Little Smokey Smothers 19392010Mississippi Chicago blues [304]
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers 19291993Mississippi Chicago blues [303]
Otis Spann 19301970Mississippi Chicago blues [305]
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires 19121990Mississippi Electric blues [306]
Arbee Stidham 19171988Arkansas Electric blues [307]
Taj Mahal 1942New York Acoustic blues [308]
Baby Tate 19161972Georgia Piedmont blues [309]
Eddie Taylor 19231985Mississippi Chicago blues [310]
Hound Dog Taylor 1917*1975Mississippi Electric blues [311]
Koko Taylor 1935*2009Tennessee Electric blues [312]
Sam Taylor 19161990Tennessee Urban blues [313]
Sonny Terry 19111986Georgia Country blues [314]
Tabby Thomas 19292014Louisiana Louisiana blues [315]
Big Mama Thornton 19261984Alabama Electric blues [316]
Luther Tucker 19361993Tennessee Chicago blues [317]
Big Joe Turner 19111985Missouri Jump blues [114]
Ike Turner 19312007Mississippi Electric blues [318]
Titus Turner 19331984Georgia Soul blues [319]
Jimmie Vaughan 1951Texas Electric blues [320]
Stevie Ray Vaughan 19541990Texas Electric blues [297]
Mose Vinson 1917*2002Mississippi Electric blues [321]
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker 19271999Mississippi Chicago blues [322]
T-Bone Walker 19101975Texas West Coast blues [323]
Baby Boy Warren 19191977Louisiana Detroit blues [118]
Willie D. Warren 19242000Arkansas Detroit blues [324]
Washboard Willie 19091991Alabama Detroit blues [11]
Boogie Bill Webb 19241990Mississippi Electric blues [325]
Junior Wells 19341998Arkansas Chicago blues [326]
Golden "Big" Wheeler 19291998Georgia Chicago blues [327]
Lavelle White 1929Louisiana Soul blues [328]
Joe Willie Wilkins 19211979Mississippi Memphis blues [329]
Jody Williams 19352018Alabama Chicago blues [330]
Johnny Williams 19062006Louisiana Chicago blues [331]
Lester Williams 19201990Texas Texas blues [332]
Sonny Boy Williamson II 1909*1965Mississippi Chicago blues [333]
Alan Wilson 19431970Massachusetts Electric blues [334]
U.P. Wilson 19342004Louisiana Texas blues [237]
Johnny Winter 19442014Texas Electric blues [335]
Jimmy Witherspoon 19201997Arkansas Jump blues [336]
Big John Wrencher 1924*1977Mississippi Chicago blues [337]
Billy Wright 1918*1991Georgia Jump blues [338]
Johnny "Man" Young 19181974Mississippi Chicago blues [339]
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.

Blues since 1980

Dexter Allen, 2004 Dexter Allen 161.jpg
Dexter Allen, 2004
Eric Bibb, 2006 Eric Bibb by Michel Verlinden 2006.jpg
Eric Bibb, 2006
Jimmy Burns, 2012 Jimmy Burns 12-17-12.JPG
Jimmy Burns, 2012
Cedric Burnside, 2018 Cedric burnside-14.jpg
Cedric Burnside, 2018
Deborah Coleman, 2009 Deborah Coleman.jpg
Deborah Coleman, 2009
Shemekia Copeland, 2019 Shemekia Copeland, Summit on Race.jpg
Shemekia Copeland, 2019
Robert Cray, 2007 RobertCray.jpg
Robert Cray, 2007
Debbie Davies, 2019 Debbie Davies at Kitchener Bluesfest 2010.jpg
Debbie Davies, 2019
RonnieEarl, 1996 RonnieEarl1996.jpg
RonnieEarl, 1996
Robben Ford, 2007 Robben Ford.jpg
Robben Ford, 2007
Corey Harris, 2006 Corey Harris 31 Rawa Blues 2011 005.jpg
Corey Harris, 2006
Alvin Youngblood Hart, 2009 Alvin-youngblood-hart.jpg
Alvin Youngblood Hart, 2009
Keb' Mo', 2012 Kebmo.jpg
Keb' Mo', 2012
Chris Thomas King, 2005 ChrisThomasKingKohSamuiFest2005.jpg
Chris Thomas King, 2005
Kenny Neal, 2012 Kenny Neal.jpg
Kenny Neal, 2012
Lucky Peterson LuckyPeterson.jpg
Lucky Peterson
Roy Rogers, 2014 Roy in green big.jpg
Roy Rogers, 2014
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 2010 Kenny wayne shepherd jf.jpg
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 2010
Susan Tedeschi, 2006 Susan Tedeschi 2 in the Netherlands, 2006.jpg
Susan Tedeschi, 2006
Joe Louis Walker, 2007 Joe Louis Walker 2007.jpg
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
NameBirth
year
Death
year
OriginPrimary styleRef(s)
Linsey Alexander 1942Mississippi Electric blues* [340]
James Armstrong 1957California Electric blues [341]
Dexter Allen 1970Mississippi Electric blues* [342]
Marcia Ball 1949Texas Electric blues [343]
Chico Banks 19622008Illinois Chicago blues [344]
L.V. Banks 19322011Missouri Chicago blues [345]
Barrelhouse Chuck 19582016Ohio Chicago blues [346]
Tab Benoit 1967California Electric blues [140]
Terry "Harmonica" Bean 1961Mississippi Electric blues* [347]
Chris Beard 1957New York Electric blues* [348]
Adolphus Bell 1944Alabama Electric blues* [349]
Lurrie Bell 1958Illinois Electric blues [139]
Eric Bibb 1951New York Acoustic blues* [350]
Blind Mississippi Morris 1955Mississippi Electric blues* [351]
Skeeter Brandon 1948Virginia Electric blues* [352]
Ronnie Baker Brooks 1967Illinois Electric blues* [353]
Jimmy Burns 1943Mississippi Electric blues* [354]
Cedric Burnside 1978Mississippi Electric blues* [342]
Charles Caldwell 19432003Mississippi Electric blues* [355]
Karen Carroll 1958Illinois Electric blues [356]
William Clarke 19511996California Electric blues [357]
Deborah Coleman 19562018Virginia Electric blues [358]
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Robert Cray 1953Georgia Electric blues [360]
Debbie Davies 1952California Electric blues [164]
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Guy Davis 1952New York Electric blues [361]
Thornetta Davis 1963Michigan Electric blues* [362]
Little Arthur Duncan 19342008Mississippi Electric blues* [363]
Ronnie Earl 1953New York Electric blues [178]
Tinsley Ellis 1957Georgia Electric blues [364]
Kirk Fletcher 1975California Electric blues* [365]
Sue Foley 1968Canada Electric blues [366]
Robben Ford 1951California Electric blues [366]
Rick Franklin 19412005Virginia Electric blues* [367]
Anson Funderburgh 1954Texas Electric blues [188]
Grady Gaines 19342021Texas Electric blues [368]
Terry Garland 1953Tennessee Country blues [369]
Larry Garner 1952Louisiana Electric blues* [370]
Otis Grand 1950U.S. Electric blues [371]
Guitar Slim Jr. 1951Louisiana Electric blues [372]
Sandra Hall 1951Georgia Electric blues* [373]
Larry Hamilton 19512011Texas Electric blues [374]
Odessa Harris 19362003Arkansas Electric blues* [226]
Alvin Youngblood Hart 1963California Acoustic blues* [365]
Ted Hawkins 19361995Mississippi Acoustic blues [375]
Big Boy Henry 19212004North Carolina Electric blues* [376]
George Higgs 19302013North Carolina Electric blues* [377]
Fruteland Jackson 1953Mississippi Electric blues* [377]
Colin James 1964Canada Electric blues [378]
Steve James 1950New York Acoustic blues [379]
L.V. Johnson 1946U.S. Electric blues [380]
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones 1941Illinois Electric blues* [381]
Paul "Wine" Jones 19462005Mississippi Electric blues* [340]
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Chris Thomas King 1962Louisiana Electric blues* [384]
Little Jimmy King 19682002Tennessee Electric blues [385]
Lady Bianca 1953Kansas Electric blues [386]
Johnny Laws 19432021 [387] Illinois Electric blues* [388]
Professor Eddie Lusk 19481992Illinois Electric blues* [388]
Bob Margolin 1949Massachusetts Electric blues [74]
Johnnie Marshall 1961Georgia Electric blues* [389]
Larry McCray 1962Arkansas Electric blues [390]
Clara McDaniel 1948Michigan Electric blues* [391]
Johnny B. Moore 1952U.S. Chicago blues [392]
Kenny Neal 1957Louisiana Electric blues [393]
Jay Owens 1947Florida Electric blues [394]
Sista Monica Parker 1956Indiana Electric blues* [395]
Neal Pattman 19272005Georgia Electric blues* [396]
Asie Payton 19371997Mississippi Electric blues* [397]
Lucky Peterson 1964New York Electric blues [398]
Kelly Joe Phelps 1960Washington Electric blues* [398]
Lonnie Pitchford 1955Kentucky Electric blues* [399]
Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman 1947Pennsylvania Electric blues* [400]
Gary Primich 1958Illinois Electric blues [401]
Henry Qualls 1934Texas Acoustic blues* [402]
Johnny Rawls 1951Mississippi Electric blues [347]
Sherman Robertson 1948Louisiana Electric blues [403]
Duke Robillard 1948Rhode Island Electric blues [403]
Andy Rodgers 19222004Mississippi Acoustic blues* [404]
Mighty Mo Rodgers 1942Illinois Electric blues* [405]
Roy Rogers 1950California Electric blues* [292]
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women Acoustic blues [255]
Isaac Scott 19452001Washington Electric blues* [406]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1977Louisiana Electric blues [407]
Lonnie Shields 1956Arkansas Electric blues* [408]
Cootie Stark 19262005South Carolina Acoustic blues [409]
Angela Strehli 1945Texas Electric blues [353]
Demetria Taylor 1973Illinois Chicago blues [107]
Eddie Taylor Jr. 1972Illinois Electric blues* [353]
Melvin Taylor 1959Mississippi Electric blues [410]
Otis Taylor 1948Illinois Electric blues* [388]
Susan Tedeschi 1970Massachusetts Electric blues [411]
Lil' Dave Thompson 19692010Mississippi Electric blues* [342]
Pyeng Threadgill 1977New York Electric blues* [359]
Teeny Tucker 1958Ohio Electric blues* [412]
Maurice John Vaughn 1952Illinois Chicago blues [413]
Joe Louis Walker 1949California Electric blues [414]
Carl Weathersby 1953Mississippi Electric blues [415]
Valerie Wellington 19591991Illinois Electric blues [325]
Mike Wheeler 1961Illinois Electric blues* [353]
Albert White 1942Georgia Electric blues* [373]
Lil' Ed Williams 1955U.S. Chicago blues [392]
Zora Young 1948Mississippi Electric blues [416]
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