List of blues musicians

Performers in the blues style range from primitive, one-chord Delta players to big bands to country music to rock and roll to classical music.

Early country blues

Lead Belly

Ma Rainey

Blind Lemon Jefferson c. 1926

Curley Weaver

Lightnin' Hopkins

Name	Birth year	Death year
Mozelle Alderson	1904	1994
Pink Anderson	1900	1974
Kokomo Arnold	1896 or 1901	1968
Barbecue Bob	1902	1931
Ed Bell	1905	1960s
Black Ace	1905	1972
Blind Blake	1896	1934
Ted Bogan	1909	1990
Son Bonds	1909	1947
Big Bill Broonzy	1893 or 1903	1958
Gabriel Brown	1910	1972
Kitty Brown	1899	unknown
Rabbit Brown	c. 1880	c. 1937
Willie Brown	1900	1952
Bull City Red	1917	1958
Bumble Bee Slim	1905	1968
Gus Cannon	1883 or 1884	1979
Alice Leslie Carter	unknown	unknown
Doctor Clayton	1898	1947
Sam Collins	1887	1949
Martha Copeland	c. 1891–1894	unknown
Elizabeth Cotten	1893	1987
Floyd Council	1911	1976
Ida Cox	1888 or 1896	1967
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	1905	1974
Blind Blues Darby	1906	1975
Reverend Gary Davis	1896	1972
Madlyn Davis	unknown	unknown
Mattie Delaney	c. 1905	unknown
Jimmy Dotson	1933	2017
Little Buddy Doyle	1911	c. 1960
Archie Edwards	1918	1998
Bernice Edwards	c. 1907	1969
Sleepy John Estes	1899 or 1900	1977
William Ezell	1892	1963
Blind Boy Fuller	1904 or 1907	1941
Jesse Fuller	1896	1976
Jazz Gillum	1902 or 1904	1966
Boyd Gilmore	1905	1976
Lillian Glinn	1902	1978
Ida Goodson	1909	2000
Fannie May Goosby	1902	after 1934
Coot Grant	1893	1970
Arvella Gray	1906	1980
Shirley Griffith	1907	1974
William Harris	unknown	unknown
Hattie Hart	unknown	unknown
Buddy Boy Hawkins	unknown	unknown
Silas Hogan	1911	1994
Smokey Hogg	1914	1960
Lightnin' Hopkins	1912	1982
Son House	1902	1988
Peg Leg Howell	1888	1966
Alberta Hunter	1895	1984
Mississippi John Hurt	1892 or 1893	1966
Jim Jackson	1876	1933
John Jackson	1924	2002
Skip James	1902	1969
Blind Lemon Jefferson	1893	1929
Blind Willie Johnson	1897	1945
Henry "Rufe" Johnson	1908	1974
Lonnie Johnson	1899	1970
Mary Johnson	1898 or 1900	1983
Robert Johnson	1911	1938
Tommy Johnson	1896	1956
Little Hat Jones	1899	1981
Lottie Kimbrough	1893 or 1900	unknown
King Solomon Hill	1897	1949
Rubin Lacey	1901	1969
Lead Belly	1889	1949
Furry Lewis	1893 or 1899	1981
Charley Lincoln	1900	1963
Mance Lipscomb	1895	1976
Virginia Liston	c. 1890	1932
Robert Lockwood, Jr.	1915	2006
Cripple Clarence Lofton	1887, 1896 or 1897	1957
Ida May Mack	unknown	unknown
Eddie Mapp	c. 1910	1931
Lil McClintock	unknown	unknown
Mississippi Fred McDowell	1906	1972
Charlie "Specks" McFadden	1895	1966
Brownie McGhee	1915	1996
Hayes McMullan	1902	1986
Fred McMullen	c. 1905	unknown
Blind Willie McTell	1898 or 1903	1959
Big Maceo Merriweather	1905	1953
Hazel Meyers	unknown	unknown
Memphis Minnie	1897	1973
Buddy Moss	1914	1984
Charlie Patton	1891	1934
Piano Red	1911	1985
Buster Pickens	1916	1964
Joe Pullum	1905	1964
Ma Rainey	1882 or 1886	1939
Elzadie Robinson	1897	1975
Walter Roland	1902 or 1903	1972
Dan Sane	1896	1956
Irene Scruggs	1901	1981
Alec Seward	1901	1972
Robert Shaw	1908	1985
Henry "Son" Sims	1890	1958
Henry Sloan	1870	1948 (?)
Bessie Smith	1894	1937
J. T. Smith	c. 1890	c. 1940
Laura Smith	1882	1932
Charlie Spand	1893	unknown
Pinetop Sparks	1910	1935
Victoria Spivey	1906	1976
Freddie Spruell	1893	1956
Frank Stokes	1887 or 1888	1955
Tampa Red	1904	1981
Baby Tate	1920	1972
Sonny Terry	1911	1986
Elvie Thomas	1891	1979
Henry Thomas	1874	1930 (?)
Ramblin' Thomas	c. 1902	c. 1945
Henry Townsend	1909	2006
Richard Trice	1917	2000
Willie Trice	1908	1976
Bessie Tucker	c. 1906	1933
Lavinia Turner	c. 1888	after 1937
Sippie Wallace	1898	1986
Washboard Sam	1910	1966
Curley Weaver	1906	1962
Sylvester Weaver	1896 or 1897	1960
Casey Bill Weldon	1909	c. 1970
Peetie Wheatstraw	1902	1941
Bukka White	1909	1977
Josh White	1914	1969
Geeshie Wiley	c. 1908	unknown
Blind Connie Williams	1915	unknown
Sonny Boy Williamson I	1914	1948
Ralph Willis	c. 1910	1957
Wesley Wilson	1893	1958

Early urban blues

Ma Rainey

Bessie Smith in 1936

Ethel Waters in 1943

Name	Birth year	Death year
Ora Alexander	c. 1896	unknown
Gladys Bentley	1907	1960
Lucille Bogan	1897	1948
Bessie Brown	1890	1955
Reverend Gary Davis	1896	1972
Georgia Tom Dorsey	1899	1993
Ethel Finnie	1898	1981
Miss Frankie	unknown	unknown
Lil Green	1919 (?)	1954
Helen Gross	1896	unknown
Edmonia Henderson	c. 1898 or 1900	1947
Katherine Henderson	1909	unknown
Lucille Hegamin	1894	1970
Alberta Hunter	1895	1984
Bertha Idaho	c. 1895	unknown
Papa Charlie Jackson	1887	1938
Edith North Johnson	1903	1988
James "Stump" Johnson	1902	1969
Maggie Jones	1894	unknown
Whistlin' Alex Moore	1899	1989
Ma Rainey	1882 or 1886	1939
Bessie Smith	1894	1937
Clara Smith	c. 1894	1935
Mamie Smith	1883	1946
Ruby Smith	1903	1977
Walter Vinson	1901	1975
Sippie Wallace	1898	1986
Ethel Waters	1896	1977
Jabo Williams	c. 1895	1953 or 1954
Oscar "Buddy" Woods	c. 1900–1903	1955

Pre–World War II jazz blues

Jelly Roll Morton in 1918

Louis Armstrong in 1953

Name	Birth year	Death year
Albert Ammons	1907	1949
Louis Armstrong	1901	1971
Sidney Bechet	1897	1959
Leroy Carr	1905	1935
Walter Davis	1911 or 1912	1963
Tom Delaney	1889	1963
Johnny Dodds	1892	1940
Champion Jack Dupree	1909 or 1910	1992
Ivory Joe Hunter	1914	1974
Meade Lux Lewis	1905	1964
Kansas Joe McCoy	1905	1950
Papa Charlie McCoy	1909	1950
Jay McShann	1916	2006
Big Maceo Merriweather	1905	1953
Roy Milton	1907	1983
Little Brother Montgomery	1906	1985
Jelly Roll Morton	1890	1941
St. Louis Jimmy Oden	1903	1977
Jimmy Rushing	1901	1972
Speckled Red	1892	1973
Roosevelt Sykes	1906	1983
Sam Taylor	1916	1990
Big Joe Turner	1911	1985
T-Bone Walker	1910	1975

Postwar blues

Name	Birth year	Death year
Woodrow Adams	1917	1988
Mose Allison	1927	2016
Buster Benton	1932	1996
Charles Brown	1922	1999
Roy Brown	1920 or 1925	1981
George "Mojo" Buford	1929	2011
Carolina Slim	1923	1953
Ray Charles	1930	2004
Gary B.B. Coleman	1947	1994
Pee Wee Crayton	1914	1985
James Crutchfield	1912	2001
Larry Davis	1936	1994
Little Sammy Davis	1928	2018
Floyd Dixon	1929	2006
Champion Jack Dupree	1909 or 1910	1992
Forest City Joe	1926	1960
Bob Gaddy	1924	1997
Terry Garland	1953
Clarence Garlow	1911	1986
Larry Garner	1952
Good Rockin' Charles	1933	1989
James Harman	1946
Wynonie Harris	1915	1969
Duke Henderson	1925	1973
Louis Jordan	1908	1975
Booker T. Laury	1914	1995
Little Willie Littlefield	1931	2013
Willie Love	1906	1953
Sidney Maiden	1917	c. 1987
Percy Mayfield	1920	1984
Memphis Slim	1915	1988
Amos Milburn	1927	1980
Red Nelson	1907	1970
Dave Peabody	1948
Pinetop Perkins	1913	2011
Piano Red	1911	1985
Dan Pickett	1907	1967
Jimmie Lee Robinson	1931	2002
Andy Rodgers	1922	2004
J.D. Short	1902	1962
Frankie Lee Sims	1917	1970
Robert Curtis Smith	1930	2010
Smoky Babe	1927	1973
Houston Stackhouse	1910	1980
L. C. Ulmer	1928	2016
Lavelle White	1929
Joe Willie Wilkins	1921 or 1923	1979
Lester Williams	1920	1990
Smokey Wilson	1936	2015
U.P. Wilson	1934	2004
Jimmy Witherspoon	1920	1997
Billy Wright	1918 or 1932	1991

Kansas City blues

Name	Birth year	Death year
Scrapper Blackwell	1903	1962
Walter Brown	1917	1956
Jay McShann	1916	2006
Gatemouth Moore	1913	2004
Jimmy Rushing	1901	1972
Big Joe Turner	1911	1985

Later styles

Name	Birth year	Death year
Little Hatch	1921	2003
Lee McBee	1951	2014

Chicago and Detroit blues

Willie Dixon in 1979

Muddy Waters, c. 1970s

Name	Birth year	Death year
Linsey Alexander	1942
Luther Allison	1939	1997
John Henry Barbee	1905	1964
Lefty Bates	1920	2007
Carey Bell	1936	2007
Boogie Woogie Red	1925	1992
Eddie Boyd	1914	1994
Eddie "Guitar" Burns	1928	2012
The Butler Twins	1942	2003, 2004
Paul Butterfield	1942	1987
Karen Carroll	1958	2016
James Cotton	1935	2017
Blind John Davis	1913	1985
Bo Diddley	1928	2008
Willie Dixon	1915	1992
Lefty Dizz	1937	1993
David "Honeyboy" Edwards	1915	2011
Leroy Foster	1923	1958
Little Willy Foster	1922	1987
Calvin Frazier	1915	1972
Jimmie Gordon	1906	c. 1946
Henry Gray	1925
Nick Gravenites	1938
Buddy Guy	1936
Phil Guy	1940	2008
Shakey Jake Harris	1921	1990
Earl Hooker	1930	1970
John Lee Hooker	c. 1912	2001
Big Walter Horton	1921	1981
Howlin' Wolf	1910	1976
J. B. Hutto	1926	1983
Chris James and Patrick Rynn
Elmore James	1918	1963
Bobo Jenkins	1916	1984
L.V. Johnson	1946	1994
Floyd Jones	1917	1989
Moody Jones	1908	1988
Kansas City Red	1926	1991
Albert King	1923	1992
Eddie King	1938	2012
Freddie King	1934	1976
Bonnie Lee	1931	2006
Hip Linkchain	1936	1989
Little Sonny	1932
Little Walter	1930	1968
Magic Sam	1937	1969
Magic Slim	1937	2013
Liz Mandeville	unknown
Earring George Mayweather	1928	1995
Holle Thee Maxwell	1945
James Montgomery	1949
Nick Moss	1972
Charlie Musselwhite	1944
Robert Nighthawk	1909	1967
Junior Parker	1932	1971
Odie Payne	1926	1989
Pinetop Perkins	1913	2011
Snooky Pryor	1919 or 1921	2006
Jimmy Reed	1925	1976
Soko Richardson	1939	2004
Jimmy Rogers	1924	1997
Otis Rush	1935	2018
Eddie Shaw	1937	2018
Johnny Shines	1915	1992
Little Mack Simmons	1933	2000
Jimmie Smith	1945
Little Smokey Smothers	1939	2010
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers	1929	1993
Otis Spann	1930	1970
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires	1912	1990
Bob Stroger	1939
Eddie Taylor	1923	1985
Hound Dog Taylor	1915	1975
Big Mama Thornton	1926	1984
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker	1927	1999
Baby Boy Warren	1919	1977
Muddy Waters	1913	1983
Carl Weathersby	1953
Joe Weaver	1934	2006
Junior Wells	1934	1998
Mike Wheeler	1961
Jody Williams	1935
Johnny Williams	1906	2006
Sonny Boy Williamson I	1914	1948
Sonny Boy Williamson II	c. 1912	1965
Big John Wrencher	1923	1977
Johnny "Man" Young	1918	1974

Modern blues (post-1950s)

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Name	Birth year	Death year
Gaye Adegbalola	1944
Duane Allman	1946	1971
Kip Anderson	1938	2007
James Anthony	1955
Mac Arnold	1942
Back Alley John	1955	2006
Etta Baker	1913	2006
Marcia Ball	1949
Lou Ann Barton	1954
Johnnie Bassett	1935	2012
Norman Beaker	1950
Terry "Harmonica" Bean	1961
Adolphus Bell	1944	2013
Eric Bibb	1951
Elvin Bishop	1942
Bobby Bland	1930	2013
Rory Block	1949
Mike Bloomfield	1943	1981
Little Joe Blue	1934	1990
The Blues Brothers
Roy Book Binder	1943
Delaney Bramlett	1939	2009
Skeeter Brandon	1948	2008
Curley Bridges	1934	2014
Freddie Brooks	1962
Lonnie Brooks	1933	2017
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	1924	2005
Piney Brown	1922	2009
Texas Johnny Brown	1928	2013
Bob Brozman	1954	2013
Cora Mae Bryant	1926	2008
Roy Buchanan	1939	1988
Eric Burdon	1941
Rockin' Johnny Burgin	1969
Michael Burks	1957	2012
Jimmy Burns	1943
Cedric Burnside	1978
Aron Burton	1938	2016
Jim Byrnes	1948
Charles Caldwell	1943	2003
Catfish Keith	1962
Eric Clapton	1945
Albert Collins	1932	1993
Johnny Copeland	1937	1997
Al Copley	1952
Bob Corritore	1956
Robert Cray	1953
Eddie Cusic	1926	2015
Yavuz Çetin	1970	2001
Leroy Dallas	1909	1967
James "Thunderbird" Davis	1938	1992
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis	1925	1995
Willie Dixon	1915	1992
Lefty Dizz	1937	1993
Jimmy Dotson	1933	2017
Little Arthur Duncan	1934	2008
Big Joe Duskin	1921	2007
Johnny Dyer	1938	2014
Snooks Eaglin	1936	2009
Robert Ealey	1925	2001
Clarence Edwards	1933	1993
Robert "Big Mojo" Elem	1928	1997
Margie Evans	1940
Terry Evans	1937
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
John Fahey	1939	2001
Richard Ray Farrell	1956
Cool John Ferguson	1953
Backwards Sam Firk	1943	2007
Billy Flynn	1956
Turner Foddrell	1928	1995
Robben Ford	1951
Carol Fran	1933
Guitar Pete Franklin	1928	1975
Rick Franklin	1952
Denny Freeman	1944
Steve Freund	1952
Johnny Fuller	1929	1985
Earl Gaines	1935	2009
Grady Gaines	1934
Roy Gaines	1934 or 1937
Rory Gallagher	1948	1995
Lee Gates	1937
Paul Geremia	1944
Billy F. Gibbons	1949
Lacy Gibson	1936	2011
Joey Gilmore	1944
Nick Gravenites	1938
L.C. Green	1921	1985
Peter Green	1946
Dennis Gruenling	unknown
Guitar Nubbit	1923	1995
Guitar Slim, Jr.	1951
Steve Guyger	1952
Sandra Hall	c. 1948
Larry Hamilton	1951	2011
John P. Hammond	1942
Terry Hanck	1942
Harmonica Slim	1934	1984
Odessa Harris	1936	2007
Ernie Hawkins	1947
Ted Hawkins	1936	1995
Johnny Heartsman	1936	1996
Scott Henderson	1954
Jimi Hendrix	1942	1970
Big Boy Henry	1921	2004
George Higgs	1930	2013
Z.Z. Hill	1935	1984
Bob Hite	1943	1981
John Dee Holeman	1929
John Lee Hooker	1917	2001
Lightnin' Hopkins	1912	1982
James Hunter	1962
Long John Hunter	1931	2016
Ironing Board Sam	1939
Fruteland Jackson	1953
Vasti Jackson	1959
Colin James	1964
Etta James	1938	2012
Marion James	1934	2015
Steve James	1950
Jimmy Johnson	1928
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson	1934	1976
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones	1948
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones	1926	2010
Little Sonny Jones	1931	1989
Tail Dragger Jones	1940
Tutu Jones	1966
Janis Joplin	1943	1970
Jo Ann Kelly	1944	1990
E.G. Kight	1966
B.B. King	1925	2015
Freddie King	1934	1976
Little Freddie King	1940
Little Mike and the Tornadoes	1978
Bob Kirkpatrick	1934
Pierre Lacocque	1952
Ernie Lancaster	1953	2014
Lady Bianca	1953
Sammy Lawhorn	1935	1990
Lazy Lester	1933
Johnny Laws	1943
Calvin Leavy	1940	2010
Alvin Lee	1944	2013
Frankie Lee	1941	2015
Lovie Lee	1909	1997
The Legendary Blues Band
Barry Levenson	unknown
Lightnin' Slim	1913	1974
John Long	1950
John "Juke" Logan	1954	2013
Louisiana Red	1932	2012
Professor Eddie Lusk	1948	1992
Lonnie Mack	1941	2016
Cash McCall	1941
Delbert McClinton	1940
Kevin McKendree	1969
Big Dave McLean	1951
Doug MacLeod	1946
Magic Slim	1937	2013
Janiva Magness	1957
Taj Mahal	1942
J.J. Malone	1935	2004
Johnny Mars	1942
Johnnie Marshall	1961
David Maxwell	1943	2015
John Mayall	1933
Pete Mayes	1938	2008
Memphis Willie B.	1911	1993
Michael Messer	1956
Floyd Miles	1943	2018
Luke "Long Gone" Miles	1925	1987
Biscuit Miller	1961
Keb' Mo'	1951
Gary Moore	1952	2011
Johnny B. Moore	1950
Mike Morgan	1959
Jim Morrison	1943	1971
Sam Myers	1936	2006
Slash	1965
Steve Nardella	1948
Sugar Ray Norcia	1954
Darrell Nulisch	1952
Odetta	1930	2008
Andrew Odom	1936	1991
Jay Owens	1947	2005
Jimmy Page	1944
Lucky Peterson	1964
Rod Piazza	1947
Lonnie Pitchford	1955	1998
Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman	1947
Elvis Presley	1935	1977
Lou Pride	1944	2012
Gary Primich	1958	2007
Henry Qualls	1934	2003
Doug Quattlebaum	1929	1996
Kid Ramos	1959
Keith Richards	1943
Sherman Robertson	1948
Fenton Robinson	1935	1997
Mighty Mo Rodgers	1942
Sonny Rodgers	1939	1990
Roy Rogers	1950
Roomful of Blues
Freddie Roulette	1939
Bobby Rush	1933
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women
Johnny Sansone	1957
Ken Saydak	unknown
Isaac Scott	1945	2001
Seasick Steve	1941
Son Seals	1942	2004
Pete Sears	1948
Harmonica Shah	1946
Preston Shannon	1947
Roscoe Shelton	1931	2002
Drink Small	1933
Barkin' Bill Smith	1928	2000
Jimmie Smith	1945
Moses "Whispering" Smith	1932	1984
Arbee Stidham	1917	1988
Angela Strehli	1945
Percy Strother	1946	2005
Koko Taylor	1928	2009
Mick Taylor	1949
Tabby Thomas	1929	2014
Rufus Thomas	1917	2001
Lil' Dave Thompson	1969	2010
Ron Thompson	1953
George Thorogood	1950
Andrew Tibbs	1929	1991
Ali Farka Touré	1939	2006
Robin Trower	1945
Walter Trout	1951
Duke Tumatoe	1947
Titus Turner	1933	1984
Jimmie Vaughan	1951
Stevie Ray Vaughan	1954	1990
Mose Vinson	1917	2002
Willie D. Warren	1924	2000
Boogie Bill Webb	1924	1990
Stan Webb	1946
Valerie Wellington	1959	1993
Lightnin' Wells	unknown
Golden "Big" Wheeler	1929	1998
Albert White	1942
Lil' Ed Williams	1955
Alan Wilson	1943	1970
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson	1953
Johnny Winter	1944	2014
Mitch Woods	1951

Blues since 1990

Name	Birth year	Death year
Alto Reed	1975
Bonny B.	1974
Jim Allchin	1951
Dexter Allen	1970
John Altenburgh	1960
Grego Anderson	1968
James Anthony	1955
James Armstrong	1957
Gwyn Ashton	1961
Joe Asselin	1977
Dan Auerbach	1979
Brant Parker	1974
Chico Banks	1962	2008
L.V. Banks	1932	2011
Barrelhouse Chuck	1958
Chris Beard	1957
Tab Benoit	1967
Scott H. Biram	1974
Deanna Bogart	1960
Joe Bonamassa	1977
Marcus Bonfanti	unknown
Pat Boyack	1967
Ronnie Baker Brooks	1967
Kenny Brown	1953
R. L. Burnside	1926	2005
Albert Castiglia	1969
Tommy Castro	1959
Claudia Carawan	1959
Yavuz Çetin	1970	2001
Grady Champion	1969
Michael Coleman	1956	2014
Joanna Connor	1962
Eli Cook	1986
Shemekia Copeland	1979
Murali Coryell	1969
Sean Costello	1979	2008
Boo Boo Davis	1943
Guy Davis	1952
Thornetta Davis	1963
Johnny Drummer	1938
Chris Duarte	1964
Ronnie Earl	1953
Tinsley Ellis	1957
Julian Fauth	unknown
Sue Foley	1968
Anson Funderburgh	1954
Anthony Gomes	1975
Otis Grand	1950
Alvin Youngblood Hart	1965
Jeff Healey	1966	2008
Matt Hill	unknown
Ron Holloway	1953
Rick Holmstrom	1965
Jay Hooks	1959
Daniel Ivankovich aka "Chicago Slim"	1963
Colin James	1964
Jeremiah Johnson	1972
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones	1941	2015
Paul "Wine" Jones	1946	2005
Gene Kelton	1953	2010
Harrison Kennedy	1942
Junior Kimbrough	1930	1998
Chris Thomas King	1964
Little Jimmy King	1964	2002
Davy Knowles	1987
Guy King	1977
Greg Koch	1966
Pierre Lacocque	1952
Paul Lamb	1955
Jonny Lang	1981
Lightnin' Willie & the Poorboys	1990s
Hamilton Loomis	1975
Wolf Mail	1972
Harry Manx	1955
Krissy Matthews	1992
John Mayer	1977
Randy McAllister	unknown
Larry McCray	1960
R.J. Mischo	1960
Coco Montoya	1951
Bobby Murray	1953
Kenny Neal	1957
John Németh	1975
North Mississippi Allstars	1996
Iron Mike Norton	1973
Blind Mississippi Morris	1955
Charlie Parr	unknown
Neal Pattman	1926	2005
Asie Payton	1937	1997
Kelly Joe Phelps	1959
Ana Popović	1976
Roxanne Potvin	1982
Johnny Rawls	1951
Sugaray Rayford	1969
Del Rey	1959
Terry Robb	1956
Mason Ruffner	1953
Matt Schofield	1977
Reggie Sears	1991
Todd Sharpville	1970
Kenny Wayne Shepherd	1976
Lonnie Shields	1956
Innes Sibun	1968
Ian Siegal	1971
Southern Avenue
Bobby Sowell	1947
Dave Specter	1963
Cootie Stark	1927	2005
Alexis P. Suter	1963
Otis Taylor	1948
Susan Tedeschi	1970
Jimmy Thackery	1953
T-Model Ford	1924
Derek Trucks	1979
Redd Velvet	1968
Victor Wainwright	1981
Joe Louis Walker	1949
Seth Walker	1974
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne	1944
Monster Mike Welch	1979
Jack White	1975
Carolyn Wonderland	1972
Tommy Z	unknown
Rusty Zinn	1970
Philip Sayce	1976

Female blues musicians

Name	Birth year	Death year
Reneé Austin	c. 1966
Duffy Bishop	unknown
Diana Braithwaite	unknown
Nora Jean Bruso	1956
Deborah Coleman	1956	2018
Vanessa Collier	unknown
Debbie Davies	1952
Amanda Fish	unknown
Samantha Fish	1989
Mary Flower	unknown
Diunna Greenleaf	1957
Kelley Hunt	c. 1957
Candye Kane	1965	2016
Karen Lovely	1959
Clara McDaniel	1948
Lisa Mann	unknown
Sista Monica Parker	1956	2014
E.C. Scott	1951
Pyeng Threadgill	1977
Teeny Tucker	1958

Blues in conventional pop music

Name	Birth year	Death year	Song(s) / Work
Harold Arlen	1905	1986	"Blues in the Night" and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Wayne Baker Brooks	1970		"Something Going Down"
Duke Ellington	1899	1974	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
George Gershwin	1898	1937	Porgy and Bess

Blues in country music

Name	Birth year	Death year
Johnny Cash	1932	2003
Charlie Daniels	1936
Merle Haggard	1937	2016
Jerry Lee Lewis	1935
Bill Monroe	1911	1996
Moon Mullican	1909	1967
Jimmie Rodgers	1897	1933
Hank Williams	1923	1953

Blues influence in classical music

Name	Birth year	Death year	Works
George Gershwin	1898	1937	"Rhapsody in Blue" and "Concerto in F"
Honegger	1892	1955	"Pacific 231"
William Grant Still	1895	1978	"Afro-American Symphony"

Blues in African music

Name	Birth year	Death year
Ramon Goose	1977
Ali Farka Toure	1939	2006
Ibrahim Ag Alhabib	1960

Blues in Flamenco and Spanish music

Name	Birth year	Death year
Pata Negra

Blues in contemporary rock and pop music

Bob Dylan in 2010

Bonnie Raitt in 2007

Name	Birth year	Death year
Alto Reed	1948
The Animals
The Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blues Explosion
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
Nick Cave	1957
Chicago Blues All-Stars
Clutch
Bob Dylan	1941
Ben Harper	1969
Steve Hunter	1948
Daniel Ivankovich aka "Chicago Slim"	1963
The Kinks
G. Love & Special Sauce
Richard Johnston	unknown
Norah Jones	1979
Chris Thomas King	1962
Lenny Kravitz	1964
Led Zeppelin
Los Lonely Boys
Nick Jonas & the Administration
Hans Olson	1952
Robert Plant	1948
Bonnie Raitt	1949
The Rolling Stones
Pete Sears	1948
Thin Lizzy
George Thorogood	1950
The White Stripes
The Who
ZZ Top
Whitesnake
Zucchero Fornaciari	1955

Blues from Europe

Name	Birth year	Death year
Norman Beaker	1950
Bjørn Berge	1968
Cuby + Blizzards
Herman Brood	1946	2001
Oli Brown	1990
Eric Burdon	1941
Yavuz Çetin	1970	2001
Eric Clapton	1945
Cyril Davies	1932	1964
Christian Dozzler	1958
Lonnie Donegan	1931	2002
Elmore D	1946
Dany Franchi	1990
Peter Green	1946
Rory Gallagher	1948	1995
Laurence Jones	1992
Jo Ann Kelly	1944	1990
John Kirkbride	1946
Davy Knowles	1987
Alexis Korner	1928	1984
Hugh Laurie	1959
Alvin Lee	1944	2013
John Mayall	1933
Gary Moore	1952	2011
Neal Pattman	1926	2005
Ana Popović	1976
Chris Rea	1952
Matt Schofield	1977
Todd Sharpville	1970
Ian Siegal	1971
Steamhammer	1968	1973
Mick Taylor	1949
Hans Theessink	1948
Fabio Treves	1949
Axel Zwingenberger	1955

Blues from Latin America

Name	Birth year	Death year
Nuno Mindelis	1957
Pappo	1950	2005
Carlos Santana	1947

Blues from India

Indian blues

Blues
Musical form	Blue note Blues scale Call and response Eight-bar blues Musical improvisation Shuffles Traditional blues verses Twelve-bar blues Walking bass
Origins	Origins Spirituals Work songs American folk music Coon songs
Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar Electric guitar Resonator guitar Slide guitar Harmonica Blues harp Piano Bass guitar Upright bass Washtub bass Drums
Regional styles	British blues Canadian blues Chicago blues Delta blues Detroit blues Hill country blues Kansas City blues Louisiana blues New Orleans blues Memphis blues Piedmont blues St. Louis blues Swamp blues Texas blues West Coast blues
Subgenres	Boogie-woogie Classic female blues Country blues Electric blues Fife and drum blues Jump blues Piano blues
Fusion genres	Blues rock Gospel blues Punk blues Rhythm and blues Soul blues
Related styles	Blue grass Hokum Jazz Jug band Ragtime Rock and roll
Lists	Blues genres Blues musicians Blues musicians by genre Blues standards Blues festivals
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Modern blues (post-1950s)

Blues since 1990

Female blues musicians

Blues in conventional pop music

Blues in country music

Blues influence in classical music

Blues in African music

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Blues in contemporary rock and pop music

Blues from Europe

Blues from Latin America

Blues from India

See also