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List of blues musicians

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Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music.[1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime-vaudeville, Delta and country blues, and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast.[2] In the last several decades, blues music has developed a less regional character and has been influenced by rhythm and blues, rock, and other popular music.[3]

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Pre-1940 blues

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Son House
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Mississippi John Hurt, 1964
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
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Lonnie Johnson, 1941
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Lead Belly
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Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982
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Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972
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Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995
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Memphis Minnie, 1930
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Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941
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Ma Rainey
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Jimmy Rushing, 1946
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Bessie Smith, 1936
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Mamie Smith
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Henry Townsend, 1983
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Ethel Waters, 1943
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Curley Weaver
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Big Joe Williams, 1971
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Jimmy Witherspoon, 1974
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1940–1979 blues

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Luther Allison
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Billy Boy Arnold
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1999
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Paul Butterfield at Woodstock Reunion, 1979
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Eric Clapton, 2006
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Eddie Clearwater in Montreux, 1978
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Albert Collins at Long Beach Blues Festival, 1990
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Willie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981
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Lowell Fulson in Paris, 1980
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Buddy Guy, 2008
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John Lee Hooker in Toronto, 1978
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Louis Jordan in New York City, 1946
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Albert King in Paris, 1978
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B.B. King in Rome, 1984
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Freddie King in Paris, 1975
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Muddy Waters with James Cotton, 1971
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Charlie Musselwhite, 2003
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Pinetop Perkins in Paris, 1976
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Jimmy Rogers, 1991
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Otis Rush, 1997
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Son Seals, 1977
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Eddie Shaw, 2015
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George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980
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Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978
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Koko Taylor, 2006
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Luther Tucker, 1964
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Big Joe Turner, 1955
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T-Bone Walker at American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, 1972
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Junior Wells, 1983
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Blues since 1980

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Dexter Allen, 2004
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Eric Bibb, 2006
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Jimmy Burns, 2012
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Deborah Coleman, 2009
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Shemekia Copeland, 2019
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Robert Cray, 2007
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Debbie Davies, 2019
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RonnieEarl, 1996
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Robben Ford, 2007
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Corey Harris, 2006
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Alvin Youngblood Hart, 2009
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Keb' Mo', 2012
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Chris Thomas King, 2005
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Kenny Neal, 2012
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Lucky Peterson
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Roy Rogers, 2014
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 2010
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Susan Tedeschi, 2006
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Joe Louis Walker, 2007
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