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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 ]
Known for his work as a blues musician, Brown spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing traditional blues and country, jazz, Cajun music and rhythm and blues. [ 9 ] Brown was acclaimed for his skills on multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin , viola , violin , harmonica and drums.
Alger "Texas" Alexander – (September 12, 1900 – April 16, 1954) Born in Jewett, Texas, Alexander was a country blues singer who was one of the original forebears of Texas blues music. He never did learn to play guitar, though he was backed by such artists as Lonnie Johnson and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also did singing gigs for King Oliver.
Samuel Joseph Myers (February 19, 1936 – July 17, 2006) [1] was an American blues musician and songwriter. He was an accompanist on dozens of recordings by blues artists over five decades. He began his career as a drummer for Elmore James but was most famous as a blues vocalist and blues harp player.
Piedmont blues and folk harmonica player known for his energetic blues style. [125] Henry Thomas (1874 – c. 1930). Early Texas bluesman who influenced performers ranging from Bob Dylan and Taj Mahal to The Grateful Dead and Canned Heat. [126] [127] Ramblin' Thomas (c. 1902 – c. 1945). Singer, guitarist and songwriter. [128] [129]
Born in Gainesville, Alabama, Coleman was a country blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer who performed early Piedmont blues and harmonica blues, active mostly in the 1930s. [19] Elizabeth Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987). Singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [20] Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976). Guitarist and ...
Norton Buffalo (far right, in the blue-green shirt) on his last tour with the Steve Miller Band during the summer of 2009. Phillip Jackson (September 28, 1951 [1] – October 30, 2009), [2] best known as Norton Buffalo, was an American singer-songwriter, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist who was a versatile proponent of the harmonica ...
The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from north to south between Memphis, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and from east to west between the Yazoo River and the Mississippi River. The Mississippi Delta is historically famous for ...