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Guitar Nubbit: 1923 1995 Florida Electric blues [198] Guitar Slim: 1926 1959 Louisiana Louisiana blues [199] Buddy Guy: 1936 Louisiana Chicago blues [200] Phil Guy: 1940 2008 Louisiana Electric blues [201] John P. Hammond: 1942 New York Electric blues [199] James Harman: 1946 2021 Alabama Electric blues [202] Harmonica Slim: 1934 1984 Texas ...
Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings has influenced later generations of musicians.
In June 2010, he played at the Crossroads Guitar Festival with Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan, and Eric Clapton. [67] He also contributed to Cyndi Lauper's album Memphis Blues which was released on June 22, 2010. [68] In 2011, King played at the Glastonbury Music Festival, [69] and in the Royal Albert Hall in London where he recorded a concert ...
Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues".
Matthew Tyler Murphy (December 29, 1929 – June 15, 2018), [1] [2] known as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was associated with Memphis Slim , The Blues Brothers and Howlin' Wolf .
Pianist who played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history. [45] Robert Petway (possibly October 18, 1907 – date of death unknown). Singer and guitarist who recorded only 16 songs, but was an influence on many notable blues and rock musicians. [46]