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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 ]
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
Pages in category "American blues singer-songwriters" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jimmie Vaughan – (born March 20, 1951) Born in Dallas, Texas, guitarist and singer Vaughan is brother to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aside from his work with his brother, he is also a former founding member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds along with Kim Wilson. Vaughan plays everything from Texas blues and blues-rock to soul-blues and roots rock.
The Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour was a worldwide concert tour by blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.Produced in support of their 1984 album Couldn't Stand the Weather, the tour visited North America, Europe, Australasia and Japan from 1984 to 1985.
The rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker released a version of the song in 1955 as the "A" side of a release on Atlantic Records. Jerry Lee Lewis recorded an unreleased solo version at Sun Studios in 1956 or 1957 and again in 1989 on the Great Balls of Fire soundtrack album. A version by Sam Cooke appeared on his debut LP Sam Cooke (1958) [8]
Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1987.They are known for their extensive use of segues in live performances, and could be considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the 1990s, spearheading the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.
And Jerry Lee Lewis has also yodeled regularly since his days at Sun Records; his best recordings in this regard include Lovesick Blues (1958) and Waiting for a Train (1962). The last interpreter of the "White Country Blues" is Hank Williams , who did not yodel explicitly, but used the breaking of the voice, for example in one of his most ...