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- CC Adcock – Nacido en 1971 en Lafayette, Louisiana , Adcock combina música zydeco y blues eléctrico para crear su propio sonido único. Ha actuado con artistas como Bo Diddley , Buckwheat Zydeco y Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal . [1]
- Luther Allison - (17 de agosto de 1939 - 12 de agosto de 1997) Nacido en Widener, Arkansas , y luego se mudó a Chicago cuando era adolescente, Allison fue una fuerza importante en la escena del blues de Chicago . Predominantemente guitarrista eléctrico y también cantante, Allison lanzó muchos álbumes para Alligator Records . [2] [3]
- Linsey Alexander : nacida el 23 de julio de 1942 en Holly Springs, Mississippi , y se mudó a Chicago en 1959. El compositor, cantante y guitarrista Alexander ha sido un referente del blues de Chicago durante más de dos décadas y es conocido por su propio estilo de blues eléctrico influenciado por soul , R&B y funk . [4] [5] Su primer CD lanzado internacionalmente fue nombrado "Blues CD of the Year". [6]
- James Armstrong : nacido el 22 de abril de 1957 en Los Ángeles, California, hasta la fecha, Armstrong ha lanzado tres álbumes en HighTone Records y otros tres en Catfood Records. [7]
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- Chico Banks - (7 de marzo de 1962 - 4 de diciembre de 2008) Nacido en Chicago, Banks lanzó un álbum en 1997 en Evidence Records y tocó con muchos otros músicos de blues antes de su muerte a la edad de 46 años. [8]
- Barrelhouse Chuck - (10 de julio de 1958 - 12 de diciembre de 2016) [9] Pianista, teclista, cantante y compositor de blues y blues eléctrico de Chicago . [10]
- Johnnie Bassett - (9 de octubre de 1935 - 4 de agosto de 2012) Nacido en Marianna, Florida , Bassett, fue un guitarrista y vocalista que realizó trabajos de sesión para Fortune Records en la década de 1950. Disfrutó de una carrera renovada en la década de 1990 y lanzó seis álbumes desde 1994. Johnnie Bassett murió por complicaciones de cáncer de hígado. [11]
- Chris Beard – Nacido el 29 de agosto de 1957 en Rochester, Nueva York , Beard ha lanzado cuatro álbumes hasta la fecha, el primero de los cuales fue nominado para un Blues Music Award. [12]
- Adolphus Bell - (5 de junio de 1944 - 28 de octubre de 2013) Nacido en Birmingham, Alabama , Bell fue mejor conocido como una banda de un solo hombre . Actuó de manera profesional durante cinco décadas y lanzó dos álbumes en el sello Music Maker . [13]
- Carey Bell - (14 de noviembre de 1936 - 6 de mayo de 2007) Nacida en Macon, Mississippi , como Carey Bell Harrington, Carey es una multiinstrumentista de blues de armónica acústica y eléctrica y blues de Chicago , que toca bajo, guitarra, batería y armónica. y voces. Ha lanzado varios álbumes para sellos como Alligator Records y Delmark Records . [14]
- Lurrie Bell : nacido el 13 de diciembre de 1958 en Chicago, Illinois, el guitarrista y vocalista Bell es hijo del arpista de blues Carey Bell . Al igual que su padre, es un músico de blues de Chicago que toca la guitarra eléctrica. Ha grabado numerosos álbumes, la mayoría de los cuales han sido para Delmark Records . [15]
- Tab Benoit : nacido el 16 de noviembre de 1967 en Baton Rouge, Louisiana , Benoit toca swamp blues en la guitarra eléctrica. También es cantante y compositor. Ha lanzado al menos catorce álbumes hasta la fecha. [dieciséis]
- Duffy Bishop – Nacido en Redding, California , Bishop es cantante y compositor. Ella está en el Salón de la Fama de la Cascade Blues Association y la Washington Blues Society, y ambos organismos le han otorgado un premio Lifetime Achievement Award. En una carrera de más de cuarenta años, Bishop también ha sido diseñadora de vestuario y actriz de teatro musical. Hasta la fecha, ella y su banda han lanzado siete álbumes. [17]
- Bobby "Blue" Bland - (27 de enero de 1930 - 23 de junio de 2013) Nacido en Rosemark, Tennessee , como Robert Calvin Bland, fue un cantante estadounidense de blues y soul. Fue un miembro original de Beale Streeters y, a veces, se lo conocía como el "León del blues". Junto con artistas como Sam Cooke, Ray Charles y Junior Parker, Bland desarrolló un sonido que mezclaba gospel con blues y R&B. [18] [19]
- Little Joe Blue - (23 de septiembre de 1934 - 22 de abril de 1990) [20] Nacido en Vicksburg , Mississippi, Estados Unidos, fue un cantante y guitarrista estadounidense. Su estilo musical fue a menudo comparado con BB King . [21]
- Blues Boy Willie - Nacido el 28 de noviembre de 1946 en Memphis, Texas , es un cantante, músico y compositor de blues eléctrico y soul . [22] Ha lanzado diez álbumes y una serie de sencillos en una larga carrera, incluido el trabajo que apareció en la lista de álbumes de R&B de Billboard de EE. UU . [23]
- Juke Boy Bonner - (22 de marzo de 1932 - 29 de junio de 1978) Nacido en Bellville, Texas , como Weldon Bonner, Bonner fue un guitarrista de blues de Texas y de blues de la costa oeste y arpista de blues , además de vocalista. Aunque residió principalmente en Texas durante la mayor parte de su carrera, trabajó en la década de 1950 en Oakland, California , y grabó allí para Irma Records . Como muchos de los primeros músicos de blues, Bonner se vio obligado a trabajar en una planta procesadora de carne en su carrera posterior solo para llegar a fin de mes. Actuó en ambientes de blues acústico y eléctrico . [24]
- Boston Blackie - (6 de noviembre de 1943 - 11 de julio de 1993). Nombre artístico de Benjamin Joe "Bennie" Houston, nacido y criado en Alabama que se estableció como guitarrista y cantante en el West Side de Chicago. Fue asesinado a tiros por su compañero músico Tail Dragger Jones . [25]
- Pat Boyack – Nacido el 26 de junio de 1967 en Price, Utah , Boyack es un guitarrista de blues contemporáneo que interpreta blues eléctrico moderno y blues-rock . Ha lanzado al menos cuatro álbumes desde 1994 para los sellos discográficos Doc Blues y Bullseye Blues. [26]
- Eddie Boyd - (25 de noviembre de 1914 - 13 de julio de 1994) Nacido en Stovall, Mississippi , Boyd fue un pianista de piano blues , cantautor y un elemento fijo de la escena del blues de Chicago , que estuvo de gira por Europa con Buddy Guy en 1965. Aunque actuó blues eléctrico y acústico de Chicago, Boyd abandonó los Estados Unidos y vivió en el extranjero debido a la discriminación racial . Grabó para sellos como Love Records y Decca Records . [27]
- Diana Braithwaite : nacida en Toronto , Ontario, Canadá, Braithwaite es una cantante, compositora y guionista de blues eléctrico canadiense negra . Es ganadora de múltiples premios Maple Blues . Más recientemente, se ha asociado con Chris Whiteley y han sido aclamados como "iconos del blues" por el Toronto Star , [28] y colectivamente han ganado nueve premios Maple Blues y han tenido seis nominaciones a los premios Juno . [29] Aunque son poco conocidos en los Estados Unidos, Diana Braithwaite y Chris Whiteley son pilares de la escena del blues canadiense. [30]
- Doyle Bramhall – Nacido el 17 de febrero de 1949 en Dallas , Texas, Bramhall es estrictamente un músico de blues de Texas , un talentoso guitarrista, baterista y cantante que trabajó con Stevie Ray Vaughan y su hermano Jimmie Vaughan . Su hijo, Doyle Bramhall II también es músico de blues. Ha lanzado varios álbumes en solitario. [31]
- Billy Branch : nacido el 3 de octubre de 1951 en Great Lakes, Illinois , el arpista y vocalista de blues Branch es un intérprete de armónica y blues que toca blues eléctrico de Chicago . Lidera su propia banda, "The Sons of Blues" y ha lanzado varios álbumes para sellos como Evidence Records y Alligator Records . [32]
- Curley Bridges - (7 de febrero de 1934 - 27 de noviembre de 2014) Nacido en Fuquay-Varina, Carolina del Norte , Estados Unidos, Bridges pasó la mayor parte de su vida adulta viviendo en Canadá. Grabó cuatro álbumes para Electro-Fi Records antes de su muerte en 2014, a los 80 años. [33]
- John Brim - (10 de abril de 1922 - 1 de octubre de 2003) Nacido en Hopkinsville, Kentucky , Brim fue un guitarrista, armonicista y cantante de blues acústico y eléctrico de Chicago que actuaba regularmente con su esposa Grace en la batería. Grabó para Fortune Records y Chess Records, entre otros. [34]
- Ronnie Baker Brooks - Nacido como Rodney Dion Baker en Chicago, Illinois el 23 de enero de 1967, es un cantante y guitarrista de blues. Su padre, el guitarrista de blues Lonnie Brooks, fue una fuerte influencia musical para Ronnie, al igual que Buddy Guy, Junior Wells y otras luminarias del blues de Chicago que tocaban en casa de los Brooks mientras Ronnie crecía. Wayne Baker Brooks es el hermano de Ronnie; los tres Brooks aparecen a menudo como invitados en los espectáculos de los demás. [35]
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - (18 de abril de 1924 - 10 de septiembre de 2005) Nacido en Vinton, Louisiana , Brown fue uno de los habituales de la escena del blues de Texas . Multiinstrumentista, actuó en guitarra, armónica, mandolina , bajo, violín y cantó. Brown fue el primer artista en grabar para Peacock Records , y su estilo de interpretación influyó en el floreciente talento de Texas. Más adelante en su carrera, se alejó más de los modos de tocar acústicos en favor del blues eléctrico , a menudo fusionando en su sonido elementos de calipso y zydeco . [36] [37]
- JT Brown - (2 de abril de 1918 - 24 de noviembre de 1969) Nacido en Mississippi , Brown fue un cantante y saxofonista tenor de blues eléctrico y acústico de Chicago . Actuó con músicos como Washboard Sam y Eddie Boyd , y apoyó a otros artistas como Elmore James . [38]
- Bob Brozman : nacido el 8 de marzo de 1954 en la ciudad de Nueva York, Brozman es un guitarrista de slide que actúa en varios medios de música blues , incluido el blues eléctrico , el country blues e incluso algo de música folclórica tradicional . Ha grabado al menos quince álbumes hasta la fecha para sellos como Kicking Mule y ha trabajado con una variedad de músicos actuando no solo en el medio del blues. [39]
- Nora Jean Bruso – Nacida el 21 de junio de 1956 en Greenwood, Mississippi, Bruso ha lanzado dos álbumes en solitario hasta la fecha y ha sido nominada a varios premios Blues Music Awards. [40]
- Michael Burks - (30 de julio de 1957 - 6 de mayo de 2012) fue un guitarrista de blues nacido en Milwaukee que grabó para Alligator Records. [41]
- Jimmy Burns – Nacido el 27 de febrero de 1943 en Dublin, Mississippi . Guitarrista y cantautor estadounidense de soul blues y blues eléctrico. [42] Aunque nació en el delta del Mississippi , Burns ha pasado casi toda su vida en Chicago . Su hermano mayor, Eddie "Guitar" Burns , era un músico de blues de Detroit . [43]
- Cedric Burnside - Nacido el 26 de agosto de 1978 [44] es un baterista, guitarrista, cantante y compositor de blues eléctrico. Es hijo del baterista de blues Calvin Jackson [45] y nieto del cantante, compositor y guitarrista de blues RL Burnside .
- Aron Burton : nacido el 15 de junio de 1938 en Senatobia, Mississippi , Burton ha tocado con Albert Collins , Freddie King y Champion Jack Dupree , y ha lanzado varios álbumes en solitario, incluido Good Blues to You (1999, Delmark ). [46]
- George "Wild Child" Butler : nacido el 1 de octubre de 1936 en Hernando, Mississippi , George Butler es un guitarrista eléctrico, arpista de blues y vocalista que interpreta blues de Chicago . Grabó en las décadas de 1960 y 1970 para varios sellos como Mercury Records con un éxito nominal. En la década de 1980 se mudó a Canadá y continuó grabando y actuando, siendo su último álbum para APO Records en 2001. [47]
- The Butler Twins - Dúo estadounidense de blues y blues eléctrico de Detroit formado por los hermanos gemelos Clarence (21 de enero de 1942 - 22 de diciembre de 2003) y Curtis Butler (21 de enero de 1942 - 9 de abril de 2004). [48] Intérpretes semiprofesionales desde hace mucho tiempo en la escena local de blues en Detroit , ganaron reconocimiento internacional tras la grabación de tres álbumes a finales de la década de 1990.
- Paul Butterfield - (17 de diciembre de 1942 - 4 de mayo de 1987) Nacido en Chicago, Illinois, Butterfield fue un arpista de blues de armónica amplificada , guitarrista, vocalista y flautista que interpretó blues-rock y blues de Chicago . Grabó para una variedad de sellos durante su carrera, incluidos Bearsville Records y Elektra Records , entre muchos otros. [49]
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- Chris Cain - (nacido el 19 de noviembre de 1955) es guitarrista. [50]
- Goree Carter - (31 de diciembre de 1930 - 29 de diciembre de 1990) Nacido en Houston , Texas, fue un cantante, compositor y guitarrista de Texas Blues , conocido por "Rock Awhile", un sencillo de 1949 considerado contendiente al " primer rock and roll". rollo registro "título. [51]
- Albert Castiglia - Nacido el 12 de agosto de 1969 en la ciudad de Nueva York, es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista de blues eléctrico. Después de trabajar para Junior Wells y Sandra Hall , Castiglia ha lanzado once álbumes en solitario hasta la fecha. [52]
- Grady Champion - (nacido el 10 de octubre de 1969) es un armonicista , cantante, guitarrista y compositor estadounidense de blues eléctrico . Ha lanzado diez álbumes hasta la fecha. [53]
- Good Rockin 'Charles - (4 de marzo de 1933 - 17 de mayo de 1989) Nacido como Henry Lee Bester en Tuscaloosa, Alabama , Charles lanzó un álbum en su vida y es mejor conocido por su trabajo con Johnny "Man" Young , Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers , Arthur "Big Boy" Spires y Jimmy Rogers . [54]
- Laura Chavez - (nacida el 3 de abril de 1982) [55] [56] es una guitarrista, compositora y productora discográfica estadounidense de blues, soul y rhythm and blues. Ha trabajado con muchos otros músicos, incluidos Deborah Coleman , Candye Kane , Dani Wilde , The Mannish Boys , Mike Ledbetter , Monster Mike Welch , Vanessa Collier , Casey Hensley y Whitney Shay . En 2021, fue nominada a los 42nd Blues Music Awards en la categoría 'Instrumentista - Guitarra'. [57]
- Chicago Blues All-Stars : banda de blues estadounidense con sede en Chicago y formada en 2007. [58]
- WC Clark – Nacido el 16 de noviembre de 1939 en Austin, Texas , Clark fue uno de los creadores del blues en la ciudad de Austin. Cantante de música soul y guitarrista de blues eléctrico de Texas , comenzó a actuar con TD Bell. También se le puede ver actuando en el escenario con Stevie Ray Vaughan en un episodio de la década de 1980 de Austin City Limits . Luego de un trágico accidente automovilístico en 1997 que resultó en la muerte de su prometida y baterista, Clark se ha ralentizado en las giras y las grabaciones en los años posteriores. [59]
- William Clarke - (29 de marzo de 1951 - 2 de noviembre de 1996) Nacido en Inglewood, California , el armonicista y cantante de blues William Clarke fue un músico de blues eléctrico de Chicago . Actuó para una variedad de sellos, como Alligator Records , Watch Dog y Rivera. [60]
- Eddy Clearwater - (10 de enero de 1935 - 1 de junio de 2018) Clearwater se mudó a Chicago a la edad de quince años. Fue un guitarrista y cantante de ritmo y blues eléctrico moderno y blues de Chicago , y ha grabado numerosos álbumes en solitario para Rounder Records , Delmark Records y muchos otros sellos. [61]
- Climax Blues Band : formada en 1968 y con sede en Stafford, Inglaterra , esta banda interpreta blues-rock en la línea del blues de Chicago . En sus últimos años, también han incursionado en el terreno del rock suave , el roots rock y el pop rock . La banda ha lanzado numerosos álbumes para sellos como Sire Records y Warner Bros. Records , entre otros. [62]
- Michael Coleman : nacido el 24 de junio de 1956 en Chicago, Coleman ha tocado con James Cotton , Eddy Clearwater , Syl Johnson y John Primer . Desde 1995, ha lanzado cinco álbumes, incluidos lanzamientos en Delmark Records . [63]
- Albert Collins – (1 de octubre de 1932 – 24 de noviembre de 1993) Nacido en Leona, Texas , Collins fue uno de los verdaderos grandes de la escena del blues de Texas . Un compositor original, además de un consumado guitarrista y cantante, Collins actuó con algunos de los mejores músicos que el estado de Texas tenía para ofrecer. Lanzó muchas grabaciones a lo largo de su carrera y disfrutó de una renovada apreciación por su arte durante el renacimiento del blues de la década de 1960. [64]
- Eli Cook – Nacido el 24 de abril de 1986 en el condado de Nelson, Virginia , Estados Unidos, Cook ha lanzado seis álbumes antes de cumplir 30 años. [sesenta y cinco]
- Johnny Copeland - (27 de marzo de 1937 - 3 de junio de 1997) Nacido en Haynesville, Luisiana , Copeland fue un guitarrista y vocalista de blues de Texas tanto acústico como eléctrico que solo disfrutó de un verdadero éxito al final de su carrera durante la década de 1990. Grabó numerosos álbumes en solitario, muchos de ellos para Rounder Records . [66] [67]
- Shemekia Copeland – Nacida el 10 de abril de 1979 en Harlem, Nueva York , Copeland es una cantante de soul-blues respaldada por una banda de blues eléctrico . Es hija de Johnny Copeland ( guitarrista de blues de Texas ) y ha lanzado nueve álbumes en solitario. [68]
- Sean Costello - (16 de abril de 1979 - 15 de abril de 2008), de Atlanta, Georgia, fue un guitarrista y cantante de blues, cuyos primeros discos fueron notablemente fieles al blues original de Chicago . Más tarde, su música desarrolló una fuerte influencia soul, aunque su muerte a la edad de 28 años truncó su carrera. [69]
- James Cotton : nacido el 1 de julio de 1935 en Tunica, Mississippi , James Cotton es un armonicista y cantante de blues que comenzó a tocar Delta blues , luego se mudó a Chicago y tocó Chicago blues . Actuando tanto en escenarios acústicos como eléctricos, Cotton ha grabado docenas de álbumes para sellos como Alligator Records y Verve . También dirige su propia James Cotton Blues Band . [70]
- Pee Wee Crayton - (18 de diciembre de 1914 - 25 de junio de 1985) Nacido en Rockdale, Texas , Crayton fue un miembro frecuente de la escena del blues de Texas . Guitarrista y cantante de blues acústico y eléctrico, también interpretó rhythm and blues y blues de la costa oeste cuando se mudó a Los Ángeles, California en 1935. Grabó al menos nueve álbumes a lo largo de su carrera, además de colaboraciones con otros artistas. Entre los sellos para los que trabajó estaban Crown Records y Charly Records , entre otros. [71]
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - (24 de agosto de 1905 - 28 de marzo de 1974) Nacido en Forest, Mississippi , Crudup fue un guitarrista y cantante que comenzó su carrera interpretando Delta blues . Posteriormente se trasladó a Chicago, donde continuó interpretando Delta blues y también Chicago blues , tanto en ambientes acústicos como eléctricos. No fue hasta el renacimiento del blues de la década de 1960 que Crudup recibió el aprecio generalizado del público, actuando hasta su muerte. [72]
- Eddie Cusic - (4 de enero de 1926 - 11 de agosto de 2015) Nacido en Leland, Mississippi , Cusic fue un guitarrista, cantante y compositor afroamericano de blues de Mississippi. En 1998, lanzó el álbum I Want to Boogie . [73]
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- Larry Dale - (7 de enero de 1923 - 19 de mayo de 2010) Nacido en Wharton, Texas , Dale fue un guitarrista de R&B y cantante ocasional activo en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Actuó en la ciudad de Nueva York con una banda que incluía a Champion Jack Dupree y Mickey Baker . Fue un exponente del blues de la Costa Este , y lanzó varias grabaciones para Grover Records. [74]
- Lester Davenport : nacido el 16 de enero de 1932 en Tchula, Mississippi , y mudado a Chicago, Illinois en 1945, Davenport es un armonicista y vocalista de blues eléctrico de Chicago . A veces también se le llama "Mad Dog" Davenport. Grabó su primer álbum en 1991 para Earwig Music Company , y luego en 2002 lanzó I Smell a Rat para Delmark Records . [75]
- Debbie Davies : nacida el 22 de agosto de 1952 en Los Ángeles, California, Davies es una guitarrista y cantante de blues eléctrico moderno que ha tocado para una variedad de bandas. También ha realizado algunos trabajos en solitario y ha trabajado con John Mayall , grabando al menos nueve álbumes. Su sello discográfico actual es Telarc . [76]
- James "Thunderbird" Davis - (10 de noviembre de 1938 - 24 de enero de 1992) [77] Nacido en Prichard, Alabama , Estados Unidos, Davis grabó varios sencillos para Duke Records a principios de la década de 1960, disfrutando de un éxito moderado con "Blue Monday" ( 1963). Dejando de lado la atención del público, su carrera revivió en 1989 con el lanzamiento de su álbum, Check Out Time . [78]
- Larry Davis - (4 de diciembre de 1936 - 19 de abril de 1994) Nacido en Kansas City, Missouri , pero criado en Little Rock, Arkansas , Davis fue un músico de blues y soul blues de Texas acústico y eléctrico que estuvo muy influenciado por Albert King . Grabó a menudo con Fenton Robinson . Lanzó álbumes para muchos sellos, incluidos Bullseye Blues, Duke Records y muchos otros. [79]
- Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - (2 de marzo de 1925 - 28 de diciembre de 1995) Nacido en Tippo, Mississippi , Davis tocó con John Lee Hooker , grabó un álbum para Elektra Records a mediados de la década de 1960 y siguió siendo un músico callejero habitual en Maxwell Street . Chicago, por más de 40 años. [80]
- Jimmy Dawkins : nacido el 24 de octubre de 1936 en Tchula, Mississippi , y mudado a Chicago, Illinois en 1955, Dawkins es guitarrista y vocalista y un elemento fijo de la escena del blues eléctrico moderno de Chicago . Su primer álbum fue Fast Fingers , grabado en 1969 para Delmark Records , para quien grabó varios otros. También ha trabajado para el sello Earwig Music , entre otros. [81]
- Ardie Dean – Nacido en 1955 en Humboldt, Iowa , Dean es baterista, ingeniero de audio y productor discográfico. En una variada carrera que abarca cincuenta años, Dean ha sido director musical y productor discográfico de Music Maker Relief Foundation desde 1994. [82]
- Bo Diddley – (30 de diciembre de 1928 – 2 de junio de 2008) Nacido en McComb, Mississippi , Bo Diddley fue guitarrista, vocalista y compositor y fue reconocido universalmente como uno de los padres fundadores de la música rock and roll y una figura pionera en la música eléctrica. Blues de Chicago y Rhythm and Blues . Tuvo una larga carrera que comenzó en la década de 1950 y continuó casi hasta su muerte. Grabó más de treinta álbumes para sellos como Checker Records , Chess Records y Atlantic Records , entre otros. [83]
- Willie Dixon - (1 de julio de 1915 - 29 de enero de 1992) Nacido en Vicksburg, Mississippi , contrabajista , cantautor, productor discográfico y guitarrista Dixon fue una figura clave en la escena del blues acústico y eléctrico de Chicago . Estuvo muy involucrado en ayudar a iniciar las carreras de artistas como Bo Diddley y Muddy Waters . Grabó para numerosos sellos. También interpretó jump blues y, a veces, cantaba jive. [84]
- Lefty Dizz - (29 de abril de 1937 - 7 de septiembre de 1993) Nacido como Walter Williams en Osceola, Arkansas , y antes de que terminara su período de servicio de cuatro años en la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU. en 1956, Lefty comenzó a tocar la guitarra. Cuando regresó a Chicago más tarde ese año, estuvo bajo la tutela de Lacy Gibson y Earl Hooker . En 1958, Lefty se unió a la banda de gira de Sonny Thompson , tocando rhythm 'n' blues en todo el país. Durante un concierto en Seattle, un guitarrista adolescente zurdo llamado Jimi Hendrix , pasó el rato con Lefty Dizz y fue influenciado por él. En 1960, Lefty se mudó a Detroit, donde permaneció durante cuatro años, trabajando con Junior Cannady y John Lee Hooker.. De 1964 a 1971, Lefty trabajó con Junior Wells , tiempo durante el cual realizaron una gira por Estados Unidos, Canadá, África, Europa, el sudeste asiático, las Islas Fiji e Indonesia. Lefty luego se unió a Hound Dog Taylor y los Houserockers, actuando extensamente hasta el fallecimiento de Hound Dog a fines de 1975. Luego formó su propia banda, Lefty Dizz and Shock Treatment. Sus composiciones más conocidas incluyen "Bad Avenue", "I Found Out", If I Could Just Get My Hands on What I Got My Eyes On, Funny Acting Woman, "Somebody Stole My Christmas" y "Ain't Es agradable ser amado". Lefty Dizz murió de cáncer de esófago el 7 de septiembre de 1993, a los 56 años, en Chicago. [85]
- Little Arthur Duncan - (5 de febrero de 1934 - 20 de agosto de 2008) Se mudó a Chicago en 1950 y acompañó a Earl Hooker en la década de 1950. Lanzó tres álbumes en solitario. [86]
- Johnny Dyer - (7 de diciembre de 1938 - 11 de noviembre de 2014) Nacido en Rolling Fork, Mississippi , Dyer lanzó cinco álbumes. [87]
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- Robert Ealey - (6 de diciembre de 1925 - 8 de marzo de 2001) [88] fue un cantante de blues eléctrico que interpretó blues de Texas . [89] Entre otros lanzamientos, grabó un par de álbumes para Black Top Records en la década de 1990, habiendo formado anteriormente un dúo con UP Wilson . [90]
- Ronnie Earl - (nacido el 10 de marzo de 1953) Nacido como Ronnie Horvath en Queens , Nueva York, guitarrista de blues eléctrico. Earl estuvo de gira con Roomful of Blues antes de formar The Broadcasters en 1988, y ha grabado y/o aparecido en más de 50 álbumes. [91]
- Scott Ellison - (nacido el 13 de febrero de 1954), guitarrista, cantante y compositor de blues eléctrico. [92] Desde que comenzó a trabajar en la música en la década de 1970, Ellison ha lanzado 13 álbumes desde su debut en Chains of Love (1993). Ellison también ha escrito canciones que han aparecido en programas de televisión y películas como Sister Sister , Santa Barbara , Nashville , Buffy The Vampire Slayer , Joan of Arcadia , Saving Grace y Justified , además de Reindeer Games , Feast of Love y Home Front .
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- The Fabulous Thunderbirds : formado en 1974 en Austin, Texas , por Jimmie Vaughan y otros, este grupo tocó el gambito de la música. Tocan blues-rock , blues de Texas y rock and roll . Vaughan dejó el grupo en 1990. [93]
- Richard Ray Farrell : nacido en 1956 en Niagara Falls, Nueva York , Farrell ha lanzado diez álbumes en su propio nombre hasta la fecha y ha realizado numerosas giras durante una carrera que comenzó a mediados de la década de 1970. [94]
- Genial John Ferguson : nacido el 3 de diciembre de 1953 en Beaufort, Carolina del Sur , Estados Unidos, Ferguson ha lanzado cinco álbumes con su propio nombre y ha tocado en muchos otros. Es el Director de Desarrollo Creativo de Music Maker Relief Foundation . [95]
- Samantha Fish - Nacida el 30 de enero de 1989 en Kansas City , Kansas , Fish es una cantautora y guitarrista estadounidense. Si bien a menudo se lo cita como un artista de blues, los álbumes y los shows en vivo de Fish presentan múltiples géneros, que incluyen rock, country, funk, bluegrass y baladas. En 2011, Fish grabó Runaway , que ganó un premio Blues Music Award 2012 como Mejor Artista Nuevo. [96]
- Kirk Fletcher : nacido el 23 de diciembre de 1975 en Bellflower, California , Fletcher ha lanzado cuatro álbumes de estudio y un álbum en vivo. Además, ha sido miembro de los Fabulous Thunderbirds y de los Mannish Boys , además de brindar respaldo a Joe Bonamassa y Eros Ramazzotti . Fletcher ha sido nominado a cuatro Blues Music Awards y fue nominado a los British Blues Awards 2015 . [97]
- Billy Flynn : nacido el 11 de agosto de 1956 en Wisconsin , Flynn grabó con The Legendary Blues Band y Mississippi Heat y lanzó cinco álbumes en solitario. [98]
- Sue Foley – Nacida el 29 de marzo de 1968 en Ottawa , Ontario, Foley es una guitarrista y cantante contemporánea de blues eléctrico que también interpreta roots rock . Los críticos la han comparado con gente como Bonnie Raitt , y actualmente vive en Austin, Texas . Ha lanzado numerosos álbumes para Ruf Records . [99]
- Damon Fowler – Nacido en Brandon, Florida , Fowler ha lanzado ocho álbumes hasta la fecha, tres de ellos en Blind Pig Records . [100]
- Carol Fran : nacida el 23 de octubre de 1933 en Lafayette, Louisiana , Fran es una pianista y cantante que interpreta varios estilos musicales, incluidos soul-blues , swamp blues y modern electric blues . Ha lanzado cuatro álbumes en solitario desde 1992, el más reciente en 2000 en colaboración con Clarence Hollimon para JSP Records . [101]
- Dany Franchi – Nacido en 1990 en Génova , Italia. Franchi ha grabado tres álbumes hasta la fecha, y los dos primeros acreditan a su banda de acompañamiento. Su tercer álbum de estudio, Problem Child (2018), alcanzó el puesto número 4 en la lista Billboard Top Blues Albums . [102]
- Guitarra Pete Franklin - (16 de enero de 1928 - 31 de julio de 1975) Nacido en Indianápolis , Indiana, Franklin fue un cantante, guitarrista, pianista y compositor de blues afroamericano. Su tema más conocido fue "Guitar Pete's Blues". Franklin trabajó de diversas maneras con varios compañeros músicos de blues, incluidos St. Louis Jimmy Oden , Jazz Gillum , John Brim , Sunnyland Slim y Tampa Red . [103] Músico versátil y consumado, Franklin fue capaz de adaptarse al blues eléctrico y brindó apoyo a muchos músicos. [104]
- Denny Freeman - (7 de agosto de 1944 - 25 de abril de 2021) Nacido en Orlando, Florida , Freeman fue un guitarrista y pianista de blues eléctrico de Texas mejor conocido por sus colaboraciones con Jimmie Vaughan y sus composiciones para los Vaughan Brothers . [105]
- Lowell Fulson - (31 de marzo de 1921 - 6 de marzo de 1999) Nacido en Tulsa, Oklahoma , Fulson fue un innovador que tocaba la guitarra y cantaba en una variedad de géneros basados en el blues, en particular el soul-blues , el blues eléctrico de Texas y el blues de la costa oeste. , así como blues urbano . Actuó con músicos como Alger "Texas" Alexander , y también tuvo una larga carrera discográfica lanzando muchos álbumes en solitario. [106]
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- Grady Gaines - (14 de mayo de 1934) Nacido en Waskom, Texas , Gaines es un saxofonista tenor de blues eléctrico de Texas y blues de jazz que grabó con Little Richard en la década de 1950. También respaldó a otros músicos como Clarence Hollimon, Joe Medwick y James Brown . Lanzó algunos discos para Black Top Records . [107]
- Roy Gaines - (12 de agosto de 1934) Nacido en Waskom, Texas , Gaines era un protegido de T-Bone Walker , tocaba regularmente en clubes en todo el área de Houston antes de mudarse a Los Ángeles. Se unió a la banda de Roy Milton , seguido por el apoyo de Chuck Willis . A su álbum debut, Gaineling (1982), le siguieron varios otros. [108]
- Rory Gallagher - (2 de marzo de 1948 - 14 de junio de 1995) en Donegal , Irlanda, fue influenciado por músicos de blues acústico como Willie Dixon y Ledbelly , pero como un guitarrista autodidacta extremadamente talentoso, fue famoso por su Fender Stratocaster de 1961. . Sus influencias eléctricas más fuertes son los artistas de blues de Chicago , incluidos Muddy Waters y BB King . Prefiriendo sus propios power trios , con la excepción de cinco años con un teclista, formó primero Tasteen 1968-1970, y de 1970 a 1995 después de tocar solo con su propia banda, grabando en varios sellos diferentes hasta su muerte prematura a los 47 años a causa de una infección sufrida después de un trasplante de hígado . [109]
- Lacy Gibson - (1 de mayo de 1936 - 11 de abril de 2011) [110] Guitarrista, cantante y compositora de blues estadounidense de Chicago . [111] Grabó notablemente las canciones "My Love Is Real" y "Switchy Titchy" y en una larga y variada carrera trabajó con Buddy Guy y Son Seals . [110]
- Dennis Gruenling : nacido en Nueva Jersey, Gruenling es un armonicista, compositor, productor discográfico y DJ de radio estadounidense de blues eléctrico. Ha lanzado siete álbumes desde 1999, siendo el más reciente Ready or Not de 2016 . Sus contribuciones a los álbumes de otros músicos incluyeron períodos tocando la armónica, ingeniería de audio y mezcla, producción y carátula del álbum. Gruenling también ha trabajado durante más de una década como DJ en la radio universitaria WFDU . [112]
- Buddy Guy - (nacido el 30 de julio de 1936, Lettsworth, Luisiana ). Guitarrista acústico y eléctrico y cantante consumado, uno de los artistas más reconocidos del blues de Chicago. Ha grabado numerosos álbumes para Chess Records , Vanguard Records , Silvertone Records y otros sellos. [113]
- Steve Guyger - (nacido en 1952) armonicista, cantante y compositor de blues de Chicago . Ha grabado cinco álbumes desde 1997, habiendo respaldado previamente a Jimmy Rogers durante casi quince años. [114]
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- Terry Hanck - (nacido en 1944) [115] es un saxofonista, cantante, compositor y productor de discos de blues eléctrico estadounidense, que ganó un Blues Music Award en 2015 en la categoría 'Instrumentista - Trompa'. [116] Anteriormente, Hanck ganó un Blues Music Award y un Living Blues Award por 'Best Horn' en 2012, y fue nominado para este último premio en la categoría 'Best Song'. En mayo de 2015, ganó el Concurso Internacional de Composición de Canciones por su balada soul, "I Keep On Holding On". [117]
- Pat Hare - (20 de diciembre de 1930 - 26 de septiembre de 1980) Nacido en Cherry Valley, Arkansas , fue un guitarrista de blues de Memphis , que grabó con Howlin' Wolf , James Cotton , Muddy Waters , Bobby Bland y otros artistas. [118]
- Harmonica Slim - (21 de diciembre de 1934 - 16 de junio de 1984) fue una armonicista, cantante y compositora de blues estadounidense. [119]
- Slim Harpo - (11 de enero de 1924 - 31 de enero de 1970) Nacido en Lobdell, Luisiana , Harpo es uno de los armonicistas de cuello de blues más conocidos de su época a pesar de haber comenzado su carrera como guitarrista. Tocó de todo, desde Louisiana blues , swamp blues , electric blues y armonica blues , y también fue cantante. [120] [121]
- Casey Hensley - Cantante, compositora y productora discográfica estadounidense de blues, swing y rock and roll. Hasta la fecha, Hensley ha lanzado dos álbumes, incluido su número debut de 2017, Live . [122]
- Matt Hill es un cantante, guitarrista y compositor estadounidense de blues eléctrico. Hasta la fecha, Hill ha lanzado dos álbumes y también se ha ganado una reputación por sus enérgicas presentaciones en vivo. Hill ganó un Blues Music Award en mayo de 2011, en la categoría de 'Mejor debut de artista nuevo' por su primer álbum, On the Floor . [123]
- ZZ Hill - (30 de septiembre de 1935 - 27 de abril de 1984), [124] fue un cantante de blues estadounidense mejor conocido por sus grabaciones en la década de 1970 y principios de la de 1980, incluido su álbum de 1982 para Malaco Records , Down Home , que permaneció en el Lista de álbumes de Billboard soul durante casi dos años. La pista "Down Home Blues" ha sido llamada la canción de blues más conocida de la década de 1980. [125]
- Smokey Hogg - (27 de enero de 1914 - 1 de mayo de 1960) Nacido en Westconnie, Texas, Hogg comenzó su carrera como músico de rhythm and blues . Guitarrista, cantante y pianista acústico y eléctrico, Hogg actuó con músicos en Texas como Black Ace . [126]
- Rick Holmstrom – (nacido el 30 de mayo de 1965, Fairbanks, Alaska , Estados Unidos), Holmstrom ha lanzado seis álbumes desde 1996 y anteriormente trabajó con William Clarke y Rod Piazza . [127]
- John Lee Hooker - (22 de agosto de 1912 - 21 de junio de 2001) Nacido en Clarksdale, Mississippi , Hooker fue un guitarrista y cantante acústico y eléctrico, quizás el exponente más conocido del sonido Delta blues , aunque también interpretó blues de Detroit. . [128]
- Ellis Hooks – (nacido en 1974, Bay Minette, Alabama ), ha lanzado seis álbumes hasta la fecha. [129]
- Jay Hooks - (nacido el 10 de enero de 1959) guitarrista, cantante y compositor estadounidense de blues y blues eléctrico de Texas . Después de ganar exposición nacional tocando en el conjunto de acompañamiento de Lavelle White , Hooks ha lanzado tres álbumes hasta la fecha, apareció en la televisión alemana y realizó varias giras, incluida una en Europa. [130]
- Lightnin' Hopkins - (15 de marzo de 1912 - 30 de enero de 1982) Nacido como Sam Hopkins en Centerville, Texas , Hopkins fue un guitarrista acústico y eléctrico y un importante exponente del blues de Texas . Durante el final de su carrera, actuó principalmente con guitarra eléctrica, aunque de la misma manera que lo haría con una acústica. Al igual que John Lee Hooker, Hopkins es uno de los músicos de blues más conocidos de la historia. [131]
- Joe "Guitar" Hughes - (29 de septiembre de 1937 - 20 de mayo de 2003) Nacido en Houston , Texas. Hughes , uno de los héroes anónimos de la escena del blues de Texas , fue guitarrista y vocalista acústico y eléctrico. Actuó con Bobby "Blue" Bland en la década de 1960 y lanzó una serie de álbumes en solitario a fines de la década de 1980 y 1990 para sellos como Black Top Records y Double Trouble Records. [132]
- Long John Hunter - (nacido como John Thurman Hunter en 1931). Lanzó tres álbumes en Alligator Records en la década de 1990. Su lanzamiento más reciente, Looking for a Party, fue emitido por Blue Express en octubre de 2009. [133]
- Steve Hunter - (nacido el 14 de junio de 1948) actuó como guitarrista de rock con Lou Reed y Alice Cooper y luego se transformó en un guitarrista de blues electrónico con su lanzamiento de 2013 de The Manhattan Blues Project . [134]
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- Fruteland Jackson - (nacido el 9 de junio de 1953) Nacido en el condado de Sunflower, Mississippi , Jackson es un guitarrista, cantante y compositor de blues eléctrico estadounidense . Henry Townsend declaró: "Mi respeto por Fruteland Jackson es muy alto. Él y mi hijo Alvin Youngblood Hart son el futuro sonido del verdadero blues acústico". [139] También ha trabajado con niños para crear conciencia sobre la música blues y ha sido honrado por su trabajo en ese campo, incluso en 1997 recibió un premio WC Handy por "Keeping the Blues Alive" en Educación. [140]
- Vasti Jackson - (nacido el 20 de octubre de 1959) es un guitarrista, cantante, compositor y productor de discos de blues eléctrico estadounidense. En la 59ª Entrega Anual de los Premios Grammy , el álbum de Jackson, The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers , fue nominado en la categoría de Mejor Álbum de Blues Tradicional . [141]
- Chris James y Patrick Rynn : son un dúo estadounidense de blues eléctrico y blues de Chicago , integrado por Chris James en la guitarra principal y la voz y Patrick Rynn en el bajo. La pareja se conoció por primera vez en 1990 en Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos. Su álbum debut, Stop and Think About It , fue nominado para un Blues Music Award en 2009. [142]
- Elmore James – (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) Born in Richland, Mississippi, James was a slide guitarist on acoustic and electric guitars and also a singer. He performed both Delta blues and Chicago blues, though he is most well known for the latter. His technique influenced a generation of guitarists that followed.[143]
- Bobo Jenkins – (January 7, 1916 – August 14, 1984) Born in Forkland, Alabama, Jenkins was an electric blues guitarist and songwriter, who later owned his own recording studio and record label in Detroit.[144]
- Big Jack Johnson – (July 30, 1940 – March 14, 2011) was an American electric blues musician, one of the "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."[145][146] He was also one of a small number of blues musicians to play mandolin, winning a W. C. Handy Award in 2003 for best acoustic blues album.[147]
- Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson – Born April 11, 1939, is a Chicago blues electric guitarist who is better known for his long stints working with Muddy Waters in the 1970s. In 1980 he began doing solo work, though his debut album was released in 1976 for Evidence Records. He has also recorded for Telarc and Bullseye Blues.[148]
- Jeremiah Johnson – (born 1972, St. Louis, Missouri), he is a blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music blends elements of St. Louis blues, southern rock, and country.[149]
- Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson – (August 30, 1934 – March 18, 1976) Born in Davisboro, Georgia, he was also known as "Snake" or "Snake Boy", and was otherwise billed as both Luther King and Little Luther (under the latter he recorded for Chess Records in the 1960s). His birth name was Lucius Brinson Johnson.[150]
- Willie Johnson – (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) Born in Senatobia, Mississippi, he was a Memphis blues guitarist, known for his early use of distortion and power chords in 1951.[151]
- Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones – (born October 16, 1948) Born in Dallas, Texas, Jones is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose recorded work has been released on five albums. In 1995, he was also part of the ensemble that garnered a Blues Music Award as the 'Band of the Year'.[152]
- Calvin "Fuzz" Jones – (June 9, 1926 – August 9, 2010) Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, Jones played electric bass guitar and backed Muddy Waters. He also played with Mississippi Heat and the Legendary Blues Band.[153][154]
- Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones – (June 21, 1941 – September 16, 2015) was a Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist and vocalist, who recorded Ain't Gonna Worry, a W.C. Handy Award winner for best new male blues artist in 1997.[155]
- Tail Dragger Jones – (born September 30, 1940) is an American Chicago blues singer. He has performed since the 1960s and released four albums to date. Jones gained a certain notoriety in 1993, after being convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of fellow blues musician, Boston Blackie.[156]
- Tutu Jones - (nacido el 9 de septiembre de 1966, Dallas , Texas) es guitarrista, cantante y compositor de blues eléctrico y soul blues , que ha lanzado cinco álbumes desde 1994. [157]
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- Harrison Kennedy – Born March 9, 1942, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Kennedy is a Black Canadian[158] electric blues, R&B, and soul blues, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for being the lead vocalist on the Chairmen of the Board song, "Chairman of the Board",[159] but has had a varied solo career since the mid-1970s.[160] He was awarded the 2016 "Blues Album of the Year" Juno Award for his release, This Is From Here. It was Kennedy's sixth nomination for that Award. He is also a Blues Music Award,[161] and multiple Maple Blues Award nominee.[162]
- King Biscuit Boy (March 9, 1944 – January 5, 2003) Canadian blues musician. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[163] He played guitar and sang, but he was most noted for his harmonica playing.[164] His stage name, given to him by Ronnie Hawkins,[165] was taken from the King Biscuit Time, an early American blues broadcast.
- Eddie King (April 21, 1938 – March 14, 2012). Guitarist, singer-songwriter.[166]
- Freddie King – (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) Born in Gilmer, Texas, King was an electric rhythm and blues and Texas blues guitarist who performed with a long list of blues greats throughout his career. He recorded extensively in the 1960s for King Records.[167]
- Little Jimmy King – (December 4, 1964 – July 21, 2002) released three albums in the 1990s before his death aged 37.[168]
- Eddie Kirkland – (August 16, 1923 – February 27, 2011) American electric blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer-songwriter. He performed with artists including John Lee Hooker and many others. He had an extensive recording career with over ten solo albums.[169]
- Bob Kirkpatrick – Born January 10, 1934, in Haynesville, Louisiana, he later settled in Dallas, Texas, and has released three albums to date.[170]
- Alexis Korner – (April 19, 1928 – January 1, 1984) Born in Paris, France Korner spent most of his career in England, and was a major exponent of British blues and blues-rock. A guitarist and vocalist, he released dozens of recordings in his career.[171]
- Smokin' Joe Kubek – Born November 30, 1956, in Grove City, Pennsylvania, but raised mostly in Texas, Kubek is an electric blues guitarist and vocalist in the Texas blues tradition. His band, "The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band", released their debut album in 1991 for Bullseye Blues titled Steppin' Out Texas Style. He first had his start backing musicians like Freddie King. Since their debut, Kubek has released other albums with his band and also has done some solo work.[172]
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- Pierre Lacocque – (born October 13, 1952) is a Chicago-based blues harmonica player, composer, songwriter, and bandleader of Mississippi Heat, who has released many albums, the most recent six of which are on Delmark Records.[173]
- Ernie Lancaster – (November 30, 1953 – July 17, 2014) was a Florida-based guitarist who released two albums in his lifetime, and backed James Brown in Europe in 1993.[174]
- Lady Bianca – (born August 8, 1953, Kansas City, Missouri) is an electric blues singer, who has worked as a session singer, depicted Billie Holiday on stage, and since 1995 has released eight solo albums.[175]
- Johnny Laws – (born January 12, 1943) is an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[176] A regular performer for over half a century in Chicago's South Side clubs, Laws has released two albums, including Burnin' in My Soul, which caused Blues & Rhythm magazine in November 1999 to note "It's a real shame that Johnny Laws has been unjustly ignored in the past... This is an enjoyable CD... Full marks to those folks at Electro-Fi."[177]
- Calvin Leavy – (April 20, 1940 – June 6, 2010) was a soul blues and electric blues singer and guitarist. He had a hit single in 1970, when his song "Cummins Prison Farm", peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and stayed in the chart for five weeks.[178][179]
- Frankie Lee – (April 29, 1941 – April 24, 2015)[180] was an American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter, who released six albums.[181]
- Lovie Lee – (March 17, 1909 – May 23, 1997) Chicago blues pianist who worked with Muddy Waters and recorded an album, Good Candy, which was released on the Earwig label.[182]
- Barry Levenson American electric blues and Chicago blues guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer. He has released five albums in his own name.[183]
- Papa Lightfoot – (March 2, 1924 – November 28, 1971) Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Lightfoot was a blues harp player and singer who did recordings for Sultan Records, Aladdin Records and Excello Records. He was not well known until the blues revival of the 1960s.[184]
- Hip Linkchain – (November 10, 1936 – February 13, 1989). Guitarist, singer and songwriter.[185]
- John "Juke" Logan – (September 11, 1946 – August 30, 2013) was an electric blues harmonica player, musician, singer, pianist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica playing on the theme music for television programs (Home Improvement and Roseanne) and films (Crossroads and La Bamba). In addition to playing on many other musicians' work, Logan released four solo albums, and wrote songs for Poco, John Mayall and Gary Primich.[186]
- Hamilton Loomis – (born November 1, 1975) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. One of his eight albums released to date, Ain't Just Temporary, peaked at number 7 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart in September 2007.[187]
- Joe Hill Louis – (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957) Born as Lester Hill in Raines, Tennessee, he was a Memphis blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band, who experimented with overdriven electric guitar distortion as well as vocal rapping in 1950.[188]
- Louisiana Red – (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song "Sweet Blood Call".[189]
- Karen Lovely – (born November 23, 1959) American electric blues singer and songwriter. Lovely has released five albums to date, with her most recent being Fish Outta Water (2017). She was a nominee at the 2016 Blues Music Awards as "Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year".[190]
- Trudy Lynn – (born August 9, 1947)[191] is an American electric blues and soul blues singer and songwriter, whose recorded work has been released on twelve studio albums, one live album, and four compilation albums.[192]
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- Clara McDaniel – (born November 26, 1948)[193] is an American blues singer and songwriter.[194]
- Lonnie Mack – (July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016), Mack performed as an electric guitarist and singer. He is widely considered to be the founder of the blues rock guitar genre, with his 1963 hits, "Memphis" and "Wham!", but also received critical acclaim as one of the best of the early blue-eyed soul singers.[195]
- Janiva Magness – (born January 30, 1957, Detroit, Michigan), Magness was named the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2009, becoming only the second woman, after Koko Taylor, to be so honored.[196] She has released 15 albums to date.[197]
- Taj Mahal – (born May 17, 1942, New York City), Taj Mahal performs on guitar, harmonica and banjo and also sings. Mahal explores a variety of genres which he fuses into his music, including zydeco. He performs in both acoustic and electric settings, depending on the material.[198]
- Big Joe Maher (born 1964) is an American electric blues drummer, singer-songwriter. His backing band are known as the Dynaflows.[199][200]
- Lisa Mann – American electric blues bassist, singer-songwriter.[201] In 2015 and 2016, she won a Blues Music Award.[202]
- Johnny Mars – (born December 7, 1942) is an electric blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter.[203]
- Johnnie Marshall – (born June 2, 1961) American guitarist, singer-songwriter.[204] Discovered by Johnny Rawls in the mid 1990s, Marshall has released three albums on JSP Records and continues as a live performer to the present day.
- Krissy Matthews – (born May 25, 1992) British-Norwegian blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He had released three albums by the age of 18.[205] His most recent and fifth album, Scenes From a Moving Window, was released by Promise Records in 2015.[206]
- Pete Mayes – (March 21, 1938 – December 16, 2008) Born in Double Bayou, Texas. He performed for over fifty years, and was awarded a W.C. Handy Award for 'comeback album of the year' in 1998.[207]
- Earring George Mayweather – (September 27, 1928 – February 12, 1995) Born in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Although he only recorded a single solo album, Mayweather's harmonica work appeared on recordings by J. B. Hutto and Eddie Taylor.[208]
- Gerry McAvoy – (born December 19, 1951, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish blues bass guitarist, who played from 1970 to 1995 with fellow Irish bluesman Rory Gallagher's band, usually consisting of power trios. After Gallagher's early death, he joined Nine Below Zero, based in London, England.[209]
- Cash McCall – (January 28, 1941 - April 20, 2019) American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his 1966 R&B hit "When You Wake Up". Over his long career, his musical style evolved from gospel music to soul music to the blues.[210]
- Kevin McKendree – (born April 27, 1969, Nuremberg, Germany) American electric blues pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his lengthy and varied career as a session musician, McKendree has released two solo albums.[211]
- Kid Memphis – (born December 7, 1971, Memphis, Tennessee), is an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He has a record released on Vizztone and one on Retrofonic.[212]
- Michael Messer – (born 1956, Middlesex, England) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He, along with Steve Phillips and Bob Greenwood, is noteworthy for his ability to combine acoustic National steel guitar, as well as slide guitar, into his playing style. The American magazine, Spirit, listed Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder.[213]
- Floyd Miles – (April 13, 1943 – January 25, 2018) Electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released four solo albums.[214]
- Luke "Long Gone" Miles – (May 8, 1925 – November 22, 1987) Texas and electric blues singer-songwriter.[215]
- Biscuit Miller – (born December 30, 1961, South Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States)[216] is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. He writes most of his own material, and has released three albums to date. In 2012 and 2017, Miller won a Blues Music Award.
- Little Milton – (September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005) Born in Iverness, Mississippi, Little Milton (born Milton Campbell) performed everything from soul-blues to outright boogie-woogie and rhythm and blues. A guitarist and singer, he released countless albums over a long career.[217]
- R.J. Mischo – (born March 18, 1960) Harmonicist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. To date he has released eleven albums on a number of labels, and his music has been aired on independent film scores, television commercials, and documentaries on the Discovery Channel. Mischo has contributed to a couple of Mel Bay harmonica instruction books. In addition, he was listed in that author's The Encyclopedia of Harmonica.[218]
- McKinley Mitchell – (December 25, 1934 – January 18, 1986) Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitchell was a Chicago-based soul-blues and rhythm and blues singer who started out performing Gospel music. He recorded singles for Boxer Records, Chess Records (with Willie Dixon), and a variety of other labels. In his later career he returned to Mississippi and recorded "I Won't Be Back for More" in 1984.[219]
- Johnny B. Moore – (born January 24, 1950, Clarksdale, Mississippi) Chicago and electric blues guitarist and singer, who has released nine albums since 1993.[220]
- Mike Morgan – (born November 30, 1959) Morgan is bandleader of "Mike Morgan & the Crawl", a Texas blues band. He is a guitarist and blues harp player, and has released a series of albums for Black Top and Severn Records.[221]
- Big Bill Morganfield – William Morganfield (born June 19, 1956) Son of blues legend Muddy Waters. He came to music relatively late in life, recording his first album 1997. He has since recorded six additional albums, and is a recipient of the 2000 W. C. Handy Award for best new artist.[222]
- Nick Moss – (born December 15, 1969) Guitarist, bassist, harmonica player and singer.[223]
- Mr. Bo – (April 7, 1932 – September 19, 1995) Born in Indianola, Mississippi, Mr. Bo was a Detroit-based guitarist, singer and songwriter. Primarily working as a live performer in Detroit for four decades, his co-written song, "If Trouble Was Money", was later recorded by both Charlie Musselwhite and Albert Collins.[224]
- Bobby Murray – (born June 9, 1953, Nagoya, Japan) Murray has played in Etta James' backing band for twenty years, performed on three Grammy Award winning recordings with James and B.B. King, and has released three solo albums. In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society granted him their Lifetime Achievement Award.[225]
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- John Németh – (born March 10, 1975)[226] Electric blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter. He has received two Blues Music Awards for Soul Blues Male Artist in 2014 and Soul Blues Album in 2015. He has recorded nine solo albums since 2002, having also backed Junior Watson, Anson Funderburgh and Elvin Bishop.[227]
- Sugar Ray Norcia – (born Raymond Alan Norcia, June 6, 1954, Stonington, Connecticut)[228] is an electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known for his work with his backing band, The Bluetones, with whom he has released seven albums since 1980.[229]
- Darrell Nulisch – (born September 14, 1952, in Dallas) Singer and harmonica player, has worked with Anson Funderburgh and Ronnie Earl as well as issuing several solo albums.[230]
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- Andrew Odom (December 15, 1936 – December 23, 1991). Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter.[231]
- Omar & the Howlers – Formed in the early 1980s in Austin, Texas, and led by guitarist Omar Kent Dykes, the group performs electric Texas blues, rock and roll and blues-rock. The band is especially popular in Europe. The group has released at least sixteen albums for labels like Columbia Records, Watermelon Records and Black Top Records. Dykes has also had a successful career as a solo artist.[232]
- Jay Owens (September 6, 1947 – November 26, 2005)[233] Owens a blind electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[234]
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- Sista Monica Parker – (born Monica C. Parker, April 27, 1956 – October 9, 2014) Singer-songwriter and record producer from Gary, Indiana, who released eleven albums.[235]
- Neal Pattman – (January 10, 1926 – May 4, 2005) Harmonicist from Madison County, Georgia, who found fame late in life.[236]
- Gary Primich – (April 20, 1958 – September 23, 2007) Harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter, who was born in Chicago but subsequently relocated to Texas.[237]
- Tom Principato – (born 1952) Singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Washington, D.C., who has released over 20 albums.[238]
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- Bobby Radcliff – born Robert Radcliff Ewan, September 22, 1951, Washington, D.C., is an American blues guitarist and singer. Radcliff is an active guitarist. Radcliff was raised in Bethesda, Maryland.[239]
- Kid Ramos – Born January 13, 1959, in Fullerton, California American electric blues rock guitarist, who has performed with James Harman and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, as well as releasing five solo albums since 1995.[240]
- Sugaray Rayford – (born February 13, 1969)[241] is an American soul blues singer and songwriter. He has released five albums to date and been granted three Blues Music Awards.[242] Rayford's latest album, Somebody Save Me, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category.[243]
- Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise – Robert Bradley, frontman – born February 2, 1950, in Evergreen, Alabama. Inspired by The Blind Boys of Alabama, Bradley's sound is somewhere between blues, soul, and alternative rock. Bradley has also appeared in an HBO movie and appeared in performances with musician friend Kid Rock.[244]
- Sherman Robertson – Born October 27, 1948, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States is a guitarist, songwriter and singer who recorded two albums in the 1990s for Atlantic/Code Blue Records.[245]
- Duke Robillard – Born October 4, 1948, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Robillard is a founding member of Roomful of Blues. An electric guitarist, he has performed jazz blues and swing music in addition to his contemporary blues sound. He has released dozens of albums for labels like Stony Plain Records, Rounder Records and Virgin Records.[246][247]
- Fenton Robinson – (September 23, 1935 – November 25, 1997) Born in Minter City, Mississippi, Robinson performed everything from soul blues and Texas blues to what he is most remembered for, the Chicago blues. He was discovered by Bobby Bland, who soon got him recording for Duke Records. A guitarist and singer, Robinson played both acoustic and electric guitar. He appeared on "Texas Flood" by Larry Davis in 1958. In the 1960s he moved to Chicago, where he later recorded extensively for Alligator Records.[248]
- Tad Robinson – Born June 24, 1956, in New York City, Robinson is a soul-blues singer and blues harp player, singing much in the vein of Robert Cray or Joe Cocker. He has released seven solo albums, two for Delmark Records and five for Severn Records.[249]
- Mighty Mo Rodgers – Born July 24, 1942, in East Chicago, Indiana, is an American electric blues musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who has released seven albums to date.[250]
- Sonny Rodgers – (December 4, 1939 – May 7, 1990)[251] was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He won a W.C. Handy Award for his release "Cadillac Baby" b/w "Big Leg Woman", which the Blues Foundation deemed to the 'Blues Single of 1990'. His subsequent debut album, They Call Me the Cat Daddy, was acclaimed but coincided with his early death in May 1990, just prior to embarking on a UK tour.[252]
- Arlen Roth - Born October 30, 1952, in Bronx, NY Electric blues guitarist whose 1st album "Guitarist" was voted Best Instrumental Album at Montreux in 1978, has performed with Paul Butterfield, Duane Eddy, John Prine, Simon & Garfunkel, John Sebastian, Phoebe Snow and many more. In 2016 was voted into the NY Blues Hall of Fame and was voted in the Top 100 most influential guitarists by Vintage Guitar Magazine.
- Freddie Roulette – Born May 3, 1939, in Evanston, Illinois Electric blues guitarist and singer. He is best known as an exponent of the lap steel guitar. He is a member of the band Daphne Blue[253] and has collaborated with Earl Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite, Henry Kaiser, and Harvey Mandel. He has also released several solo albums.[254]
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- Johnny Sansone – Born September 27, 1957, in West Orange, New Jersey, Sansone has released eleven albums to date, and is a Blues Music Award winner for his song, "The Lord Is Waiting and The Devil Is Too".[255][256]
- E.C. Scott – (born September 14, 1951[257] or late 1950s)[258] is an American electric blues, soul blues, gospel and soul singer, songwriter, record producer and television host.[259]
- Preston Shannon – (October 23, 1947 – January 22, 2018)[260] was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Among the songs he wrote are "Beale Street Boogaloo" and "Midnight in Memphis".[261]
- Whitney Shay (born September 16, 1985)[262] is an American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. To date, Shay has released three albums including her 2012 debut issue, Soul Tonic.[263]
- Roscoe Shelton – (August 22, 1931 – July 27, 2002) Born in Lynchburg, Tennessee Blues and R&B singer, best remembered for his 1965 R&B Hit, "Strain on My Heart".[264]
- Lonnie Shields – Born April 17, 1956, in West Helena, Arkansas, Shields has released seven albums to date.[265]
- Frankie Lee Sims – (April 30, 1917 – May 10, 1970) Electric Texas blues guitarist.[266]
- Matthew Skoller – Born August 3, 1962, in Canton, New York,[267] Skoller is a Chicago blues harmonicist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has released five albums, as well as recording his harmonica playing on other musicians work.[268]
- Guitar Slim – (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959) Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, he was a New Orleans blues singer and guitarist, known for "The Things That I Used to Do" from 1953, which contributed to the development of rock and roll as well as soul music.[269][270]
- Drink Small – Born January 28, 1933, in Bishopville, South Carolina Known was the "Blues Doctor".[271]
- Barkin' Bill Smith – Born in Mississippi, Smith has lived in Detroit and St. Louis before he moved to his current home in Chicago. Smith is a Chicago blues singer who does solo work and also has sung for electric blues bands like Dave Specter & the Bluebirds. He received his name from Homesick James Williamson in the 1950s, but did not record his own album until 1991 for Delmark Records with Dave Specter, and then a follow-up release in 1994 titled Gotcha!.[272]
- George "Harmonica" Smith – (April 22, 1924 – October 2, 1983) Born in Helena, Arkansas Harmonica blues blues harp player and singer and exponent of West Coast blues, spending most of his career in Los Angeles, California. Playing harmonica on an amplified microphone as well as in acoustic settings, he released a number of albums under his own name.[273]
- J.P. Soars – (born 1969) in Anaheim, California Singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer. In 2021, he was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Contemporary Blues Male Artist' category.[274]
- Angela Strehli – (born November 22, 1945) Singer-songwriter and Texas blues historian.[275]
- Bob Stroger – born in 1939, Stroger has worked since the 1960s. He has backed Eddie King, Otis Rush and Sunnyland Slim and released two solo albums. In 2011, he was granted a Blues Music Award.[276]
- Percy Strother – (July 23, 1946 – May 29, 2005) American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[277][278] After a tragic start in life, from the mid 1970s, Strother went on to become a mainstay of the Minneapolis blues scene.[279][280]
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- Tarheel Slim – (September 24, 1924 – August 21, 1977) Born in Wilson, North Carolina, as Alden Bunn, Tarheel Slim was a guitarist and singer. Early in his career he was an exponent of Piedmont blues, rhythm and blues and East Coast blues. Later in his career he began performing in these styles on electric guitar.[281]
- Demetria Taylor – (born February 28, 1973). Singer and songwriter, the daughter of the underneath named musician.[282]
- Eddie Taylor – (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985). Electric blues guitarist and singer.[283]
- Eddie Taylor Jr. – (March 27, 1972 – March 8, 2019). Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Son of the above.[284]
- Susan Tedeschi – (November 9, 1970) Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Tedeschi is a contemporary blues guitarist and singer who began singing at age four. She has released at least six albums to date, her latest two for the Verve Records label.[285]
- Ron Thompson – (July 5, 1953) Born in Oakland, California, Thompson has released seven albums since 1983 on labels including Blind Pig. He has worked with Little Joe Blue, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton.[286]
- Lil' Dave Thompson – (May 21, 1969 – February 14, 2010) was an electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks "She Didn't Say Goodbye" and "I Got the Blues".[287]
- Andrew Tibbs – (February 2, 1929 – May 5, 1991) was an electric blues and urban blues singer and songwriter. He is best known for his controversial 1947 recording "Bilbo Is Dead", a song relating to the demise of Theodore G. Bilbo.[288]
- Teeny Tucker – (January 22, 1958) Born in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Tommy Tucker, she has released six albums to date and been nominated twice for a Blues Music Award.[289][290]
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- Stevie Ray Vaughan – (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) Born in Dallas, Texas, Vaughan was a major force on the Texas blues scene and a talented blues-rock guitarist and singer. He was leader of the band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, formerly known as Triple Threat. He recorded many albums for Epic Records, and was one of the more popular blues musicians of the modern era.[291]
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- Victor Wainwright – Born February 4, 1981[292] in Savannah, Georgia, Wainwright is an electric blues and boogie-woogie[293] singer, songwriter, and pianist. In 2014, Wainwright won the 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year' award at the Blues Music Awards for the second consecutive year.[294]
- Johnny "Big Moose" Walker – (June 27, 1927 – November 27, 1999) Born in Stoneville, Mississippi, as John Mayon Walker, he worked with many blues musicians including Ike Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lowell Fulson, Choker Campbell, Elmore James, Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Dawkins, and Son Seals.
- Seth Walker – Born 1974 in North Carolina, he has released 10 albums to date, including Leap of Faith (2009) which peaked at number 2 in the US Billboard Top Blues Album chart.
- T-Bone Walker – (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) Born in Linden, Texas, as Aaron Thibeaux Walker, T-Bone Walker is easily one of the most well known artists of Texas blues. An acoustic and electric guitarist, Walker recorded a slew of albums for record labels like Capitol Records, Imperial Records, Brunswick Records, and many others.
- Baby Boy Warren – (August 13, 1919 – July 1, 1977) Born in Lake Providence, Louisiana, as Robert Warren, but raised in Memphis, guitarist and singer Warren was a stalwart of the Detroit blues scene. He released some solo albums and worked also as a backup artist for people like Sonny Boy Williamson.
- Muddy Waters – (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983) Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, as McKinley Morganfield, slide guitarist Waters began his career playing the Delta blues. However, he is most known as a Chicago blues musician.
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson – (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996) Born in Houston, Texas, Watson had his beginnings performing Texas blues, a tradition he embraced until his death in 1996 while touring in Japan. He also performed rhythm and blues and funk music, and released well over twenty albums for various record labels.
- Monster Mike Welch – Born June 11, 1979, in Austin, Texas,[295] Welch is an American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2017[296] and 2018.[297] Welch has released seven albums to date, and is a member of Sugar Ray & the Bluetones.
- Valerie Wellington – (November 14, 1959 – January 2, 1993). Born in Chicago, Wellington was a trained classical opera singer, who successfully turned to recording Chicago electric blues material.
- Albert White – Born December 1, 1942, Atlanta, Georgia,[298] is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released two albums in his own name, although his musical career started in the late 1950s, when he played in Piano Red's then ensemble, later known as Dr. Feelgood & the Interns.
- Lavelle White – Born July 3, 1929, in Amite City, Louisiana, White recorded for Duke Records in the 1950s and early 1960s, before issuing a comeback album in 1994 on Antone's Records.
- Lynn White – Born August 6, 1953, Mobile, Alabama, White is a soul blues singer and songwriter.[299] Between 1978 and 2006, she released fourteen albums, three compilation albums, and numerous singles.[300]
- Lester Williams – (June 24, 1920 – November 13, 1990)[301] was a Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[302] He is best known for his song "Winter Time Blues" and "I Can't Lose with the Stuff I Use".[303]
- Big Daddy Wilson – Born August 19, 1960, Edenton, North Carolina, Wilson is an electric and soul blues singer and songwriter.[304] Most of his solo recordings have been released by the German record label, Ruf Records. To date, Wilson has appeared on more than a dozen albums.[305][306]
- Roger "Hurricane" Wilson – Born July 27, 1953, in Newark, New Jersey, Wilson has released over a dozen albums.[307] In addition he is an advisory board member of the Georgia Music Industry Association, and an International Blues Challenge judge.[308]
- Smokey Wilson – (July 11, 1936 – September 8, 2015)[309] spent most of his career performing West Coast blues and Juke Joint blues in Los Angeles, California. He has recorded at least eleven albums for record labels such as P-Vine Records, Bullseye Blues and Texmuse Records. His career got off to a late start, with international recognition eluding him until the 1990s.
- U.P. Wilson – (September 4, 1934 – September 22, 2004) Born in Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Louisiana, Wilson was an electric blues guitarist and singer who performed Texas blues. He recorded three albums for JSP Records, the first being Boogie Boy: Return of the Texas Tornado.[310]
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- Zora Young – Born January 21, 1948, in West Point, Mississippi, Zora Young is a forebearer of the Chicago blues scene, being an accomplished soul-blues and Gospel blues singer who has performed with everyone from B.B. King to Buddy Guy and Albert King. She has toured Europe several times and has released many albums for labels such as Delmark Records, Deluge and Black Lightning.[311]
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- Tommy Z – Born in Hamburg, New York, Tommy Z is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer, who has released three albums to date. His 2016 album, Blizzard of Blues, debuted at number 8 in the Billboard Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart.[312][313]
- Rusty Zinn – Born April 3, 1970, in Long Beach, California, Zinn is a West Coast electric blues and reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter. Zinn released six albums between 1996 and 2009, on Black Top, Alligator, Bad Daddy, and 9 Above Records. He has worked with Mark Hummel, Kim Wilson, Larry Taylor, and Sly Dunbar.[314]
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