guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets
keys, vocal
Bands: Norton & The Knockouts
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Bobby "Blue" Bland
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
sax
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
drums
Bands: Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
"If I Had My Way," "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time" (often understood as "motherless children"), "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine," "Jesus Make up My Dying Bed," "Dark Was the Night -- Cold Was the Ground"
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Born blind in Georgia, he recorded from 1927-1956 and was known for recording with only a 12-string guitar; strong vocals; an exceptional heavy, fast vibrato slide and finger-picking technique; and the song "Statesboro Blues."
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo, B.B. King
guitar
Bands: Etta James
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
One of the best guitarists in any genre, Buddy played on numerous Chess Records albums in the 1960s.
Bands: Solo, Junior Wells
Influential Delta blues National Steel guitarist and singer who gave his cousin B.B. King his first guitar. He wrote "Shake 'em on Down" and "Fixin' to Die Rag."
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal, lap steel guitar, trumpet, mandolin, piano
Bands: Solo
Mississippi Delta bluesman whose polyrhythmic picking, slide technique, gravelly vocals, extended three note songs, guitar tapping, bass string popping, behind-the-neck guitar playing, foot stomping and overall fabulous entertainement skills had an enormous influence on every bluesman that followed, particularly Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Son House and John Lee Hooker.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Son House
guitar
Bands: Little Charlie & the Nightcats
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
drums
Bands: Johnny Winter, Double Trouble, Arc Angels
guitar, violin, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
keys
Bands: Carolyn Wonderland, Solo
vocal, harmonica
Bands: Robert Cray, Santana, Roomful of Blues, the Stilettos, Terry Robb, Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Charles Brown
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Solo
David Brownbass, vocal
Bands: Norton & The Knockouts
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
organ
Bands: John Lee Hooker, Etta James
guitar, vocal
Bands: Albert Collins & the Icebreakers, Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Coco Montoya, Jay Geils, Duke Robillard, Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs, Fingers Taylor and the Ladyfinger Revue, Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal, harmonica
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Guitar Woody & the Boilers
guitar, keys, organ
Bands: James Cotton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Lazy Lester, Jimmy Vaughan, Taj Mahal, Solo
drums
Bands: Little Charlie & the Nightcats
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Roomful of Blues
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, John Mayall, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal
vocal, guitar
Bands: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Sisters & Brothers, Negro Ensemble Company
vocal, guitar, bass
Bands: Afrissippi, Junior Kimbrough, Burnside Exploration, Guelel Kumba, Knock Down South
One of the best two or three female blues singers!!
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Pink Floyd was named after him and his partner, Pink Anderson.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Pink Anderson
guitar
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
sax, vocal
Bands: Solo, Roomful of Blues
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, banjo, vocal
Bands: Hillstomp
John Johnson - buckets, cans n shit, vocal
Henry Kammerer - guitar, banjo, vocal
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Muddy Waters
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Jack Falk Project
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: James Harman Band
guitar, vocal
Bands: Jeffrey Halford and the Healers
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal, producer
Bands: Solo, Squirrel Nut Zippers, North Mississippi All-Stars, Buddy Guy
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
vocal
Bands: Solo
organ
Bands: Solo
organ, keys
Bands: Etta James, Robert Cray, The Jimmy Pugh Thang
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Walter Trout & the Free Radicals
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Joe Louis Walker & the Boss Talkers
Soulful, jazzy blues/rock similar to Robben Ford.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
tenor sax
Bands: David Bromberg, Mitch Woods & the Rocket 88s, Martin Fierro
guitar, vocal, harmonica
Bands: Solo
buckets, cans n shit, vocal
Bands: Hillstomp
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
keys, vocal
Bands: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
bass
Bands: John Lee Hooker
vocal, harmonica
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo
Johnny "V" Vernazzaguitar, vocal
Bands: Norton & The Knockouts
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Etta James
guitar
Bands: Affrisippi
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo, Buddy Guy
bass
Bands: Robert Cray, Michael Bloomfield, Charlie Musselwhite, Tracy Nelson, Curtis Salgado, Ron Thompson & the Resistors
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Savoy Brown
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
One of the best two or three female blues singers!
vocal
Bands: Solo
drums
Bands: The Bluesbusters
vocal
Bands: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: the Tymphany Five
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Texan known for writing "Night Time Is the Right Time" and "Motherless Children," he didn't record until he was 65 in 1960.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo, Gum, Freda and the Firedogs
vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors, Charles Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bob Stroger, Dave Myers, Sue Foley, Jr. Watson, Mike Welch, Brenda Boykin
Mark Hummel - harmonica, vocal
Marty Dodson - drums
Rusty Zinn - guitar, vocal
Charles Wheal - guitar (ex-member)
keys
Bands: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Solo
An impassioned blues singer -- but she also played swing and jazz in her shows -- and excellent guitarist, she recorded from 1929 to 1949. The Rolling Stones covered her "Down Home Girl." Roosevelt Sykes, Jed Davenport's Beale Street Jug Band
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
drums
Bands: Carolyn Wonderland
keys
Bands: Etta James
Delta country bluesman known for his bottleneck slide playing.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
keys, vocal
Bands: Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's
Next to B.B. King, probably the most well-known and important blues artist.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Eric Clapton
Norton Buffalo - harmonica, vocal
Johnny "V" Vernazza - guitar, vocal
David Brown - bass, vocal
Tyler Eng - drums
Austin Delone - keys, vocal
One of the best harmonica players ever, he died of cancer in 2009.
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Roy Rogers, Norton & The Knockouts, The Steve Miller Band, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins, the Doobie Brothers, Johnny Cash, David Grisman, Judy Collins, Jerry Garcia Band, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Vasser Clements, Olivia Newton-John, Kate Wolf, George Kahumoku, The Stampede, Norton & Friends, Solo
guitar
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Paul Butterfield Blues BandPaul Butterfield Blues Band
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Fleetwood Mac
Undeniably the most well-known blues pianist, he played with Muddy Waters for 12 years.
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo, Muddy Waters, Legendary Blues Band
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Floyd Council
guitar, vocal, violin, banjo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass, vocal
Bands: Tommy Castro Band, The Dynatones
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Robert Cray
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Little Charlie & the Nightcats
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Arguably the most influential blues musician.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Rod Piazza & the Might Flyers
guitar, vocal
Bands: Ron Thompson & the Resistors
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Roomful of Blues
bass
Bands: Little Charlie & the Nightcats
A phenomenal boogie-woogie pianist, he first recorded in 1929 and played until he died in 1983.
piano, vocal
Bands: Memphis Minnie, The Honeydrippers
Vastly underrated "Master of the Telecaster," he was one of the best guitarists I've seen. He inexplicity hanged himself in a jail cell.
guitar
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
The best acoustic slide guitarist I've seen.
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Dobro guitar, vocal, producer
Bands: John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Linda Ronstadt, Sammy Hagar, Bonnie Raitt, Zucchero, John Gorka, Shana Morrison, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Miles Davis
Roy Rogers - guitar, vocal
Steve Ehrmann - bass
Billy Lee Lewis - drums
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets
guitar, vocal
Bands: Carolyn Wonderland
guitar
Bands: Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Famous for "I Put a Spell on You" & his wild stage presence.
keys, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Shane Dwight Band
Shane Dwight - guitar, vocal
Chris Akin - bass
Steve Dore - keys
Jerome Kimsey - drums
Robby Z - guitar (ex-member)
Gary Tumbleweed Howe - harmonica (ex-member)
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
She's the very talented daughter of Texas guitarist Johnny Copeland.
vocal
Bands: Solo
Johnny Otis' son.
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo, Al Kooper
vocal
Bands: Solo
vocal
Bands: Solo
He wrote "I'm a King Bee," "Got Love If You Want It," and "Baby, Scratch My Back."
guitar, vocal, harmonica
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, bass
Bands: Stevie Wonder, The Pointer Sisters, The Legendary Sy Klopps Blues Band, Neal Schon, Harvey Mandel, The Caribbean Allstars
Steve Ehrmann
bass
Bands: Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
bass
Bands: John Lee Hooker
vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Prominent in the Chicago blues scene in the 30s and 40s, he was well-known for his extraordinary bottleneck slide technique on a metal-bodied National acoustic guitar. He wrote "When Things Go Wrong with You (It Hurts Me Too)," which Elmore James made a hit, and he was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1981, the year he died.
guitar
Bands: The Hokum Boys, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Minnie, The Chicago Five
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
Steve "Coop" Cooper - tenor sax, vocal
Greg Garcia - trumpet
Brian Gruselle - keys, vocal
Ron Hanson - vocal
Drew Hicks - bass, vocal
Pat Kiel - guitar, vocal
John Stelzer - drums, vocal
Tom Vanden Avond - trombone
bass
Bands: The Paladins
guitar
Bands: Charlie Musselwhite, Michael Bloomfield
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Tommy Castro Band
Very influential Mississippi Delta bluesman who sang in an eerie falsetto, recorded only from 1928-1930, played the guitar behind his neck and spent vastly more time drinking, gambling and womanizng than playing. The band Canned Heat named themselves after his song, "Canned Heat Blues."
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
bass
Bands: Johnny Winter, Double Trouble, Arc Angels
vocal, keys
Bands: Solo
Tyler Engdrums
Bands: Norton & The Knockouts
guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo
guitar, vocal
Bands: Walter Trout & the Free Radicals, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
harmonica, vocal
Bands: Solo
drums
Bands: Muddy Waters
Arguably the best, most important and influential blues songwriter, he played bass and provided the songs for numerous Chess recording artists in the 50s and early 60s.
bass, vocal
Bands: Solo
mandolin, guitar, vocal
Bands: Solo