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 Styles (Musicians Active before 1930)
Early Country Blues
Early Urban Blues
Pre WWII Jazz Blues
Post War Jazz Blues
Kansas City Blues
Later Styles
Chicago/Detroit Blues
- Willie Dixon, (died 1992)
- Buddy Guy, (born 1936)
- Elmore James, (1918-1963)
- John Lee Hooker, (1917-2001)
- Albert King, (1924-1992)
- Freddie King (1934-1976)
- Robert Nighthawk
- Elmore James
- JB Hutto
- Jimmy Rogers, (born 1924)
- Luther Allison, (1939-1997)
- Magic Sam, (1937-1970)
- Otis Rush, (born 1934)
- Johnny Shines, (1915-1992)
- Hound Dog Taylor, (1915-1975)
- Little Walter, (1930-1968)
- Muddy Waters, (1915-1983)
- Junior Wells, (1934-1998)
- Howlin' Wolf, (1910-1976)
- Bo Diddley, (born 1928)
- Sonny Boy Williamson II(Rice Miller)
- Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
- Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
- Jimmy Reed
- Otis Spann
Modern Blues (post 1950s)
- Lil' Ed Williams
- James Anthony (Pecchia)
- B.B. King, (born 1925)
- Marcia Ball, (born 1949)
- Clarence Gatemouth Brown
- Michael Bloomfield, (1944-1981)
- Blues Brothers
- Lonnie Brooks
- Eric Clapton, (born 1945)
- Albert Collins, (1932-1993)
- James Cotton
- Robert Cray, (born 1953)
- Willie Dixon, (died 1992)
- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Robben Ford, (born 1951)
- Alvin Hart
- Ted Hawkins
- ZZ Hill, (1935-1984)
- John Lee Hooker, (1917-2001)
- Lightnin' Hopkins, (1912-1982)
- Hot Tuna
- Colin James, (born 1964)
- Etta James, (born 1938)
- Freddie King (1934-1976)
- Taj Mahal (born 1942)
- Magic Slim, (born 1937)
- John Mayall, (born 1933)
- Keb' Mo', (born 1951)
- Bobby Rush
- Roomful of Blues
- Rod Piazza, (born 1947)
- Son Seals, (born 1942)
- Koko Taylor, (born 1935)
- Rufus Thomas
- Ali Farka Toure, (born 1939)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, (1954-1990)
- Johnny Winter, (born 1944)
- Bobby Blue Bland, (born 1930)
Blues in late 1960s Rock Music
Blues since 1990
- RL Burnside
- Tab Benoit,(born 1967)
- Tommy Castro, (born 1959)
- Chris Duarte, (born 1964)
- Ronnie Earl, (born 1953)
- Tinsley Ellis, (born 1957)
- Sue Foley, (born 1968)
- Anson Funderburgh, (born 1954)
- Anthony Gomes, (born 1975)
- Jeff Healy, (born 1966)
- Alvin Hart, (born 1965)
- Colin James
- Keb Mo', (born 1951)
- Jonny Lang, (born 1981)
- Coco Montoya
- Kenny Neal, (born 1957)
- North Mississippi All Stars
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd, (born 1976)
- Susan Tedeschi, (born 1970)
- Jimmy Thackery, (born 1953)
- Joe Louis Walker, (born 1949)
Blues in conventional pop music
Blues in Country Music
See also: rockabilly
Blues influence in classical music
Blues in contemporary rock and pop music
Blues from Europe
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