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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 ]
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.
The following list of nicknames of blues musicians complements the existing list of blues musicians by referring to their nicknames, stage names and pseudonyms, thereby helping to clarify possible confusion arising over artists with similar or the same nicknames. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by nickname rather than surname.
In the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock was more roots-oriented than in the 1960s and 1970s, even when artists such as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with rock stardom. [1] Solo artists are listed alphabetically by last name, and groups are listed alphabetically by the first letter (not including the prefix "the", "a" or "an").
Bleeding Heart (song) Blue Light Boogie (song) Blue on Black; Blue Shadows; Blue yodel; Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) Blues After Hours; Blues Jumped the Rabbit; Blues with a Feeling; Talkin' World War III Blues; Boll Weevil (song) Bon Ton Roula; Boogie Chillen' Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song) Born in Chicago; Born Under a Bad Sign (song ...
Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
The Blues Band; Blues Incorporated [2] Bluesology; Chicken Shack [2] Climax Blues Band; Cream [2] [11] Downliners Sect; Dr. Feelgood; Fleetwood Mac [2] Foghat; Free; The Groundhogs; The Hamsters; Jeff Beck Group; The Jimi Hendrix Experience [11] John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; Juicy Lucy; Keef Hartley Band; King King; Led Zeppelin [2] Love ...
Johnson mixed his evangelical lyrics with early Texas blues, and is remembered for the 30 songs he recorded for Columbia Records in 1927–30. [69] [70] Richard Johnston. Richard Wayne Johnston is an American country blues musician. [71] Tutu Jones (born September 9, 1966, Dallas, Texas). Electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and ...