for the Blues historians..
1920's
Mamie Smith
Sylvester Weaver
W.C. Handy
Bessie Smith
Bessie Brown
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lonnie Johnson
Furry Lewis
Blind Willie Johnson
Charley Patton
Louis Armstrong
Henry Thomas
Mississippi John Hurt
Tommy Johnson
Frank Stokes
Leroy Carr
Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
Pine Top Smith
Blind Willie McTell
Kansas Joe
Memphis Minnie
Blind Blake
1930's
Son House
Mississippi Sheiks
Jimmie Rodgers
Roosevelt Sykes
Skip James
Big Bill Broonzy
Peetie Wheatstraw
Leadbelly
Big Joe Williams
Billie Holiday
Robert Johnson
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Bukkka White
Blind Boy Fuller
Sweet Peas Spivey
Trixie Smith
Turner and Pete Johnson
Champion Jack Dupree
1940's
Tommy McClennon
Count Basie
Brownie McGhee
Big Maceo Merriweather
Robert Petway
Bea Booze
Dinah Washington
Albinia Jones
Josh White
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Joe Liggins
T-Bone Walker
Muddy Waters
Lightnin' Hopkins
Louis Jordan
Arthur Crudup
Wynonie Harris
Jimmy Witherspoon
John Lee Hooker
1950's
Memphis Slim
Percy Mayfield
Elmore James
Howlin' Wolf
Jackie Brenston
Big Mama Thronton
Little Walter
Rosco Gordon
Professor Longhair
Lowell Fulson
Guitar Slim
J.B. Lenoir
Fats Domino
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Ray Charles
Smiley Lewis
Elvis Presley
B.B. King
Bo Diddley
Bobby Blue Bland
Slim Harpo
Chuck Berry
Buddy Guy
1960's
Jimmy Reed
Junior Parker
Freddie King
Otis Rush
Etta James
Albert Collins
Willie Dixon
Mississippi John Hurt (second career)
Son House (second career)
Junior Wells
Big Maybelle
Koko Taylor
Mississippi Fred McDowell
John Mayall
Eric Clapton
Paul Butterfield
Magic Sam
Jimi Hendrix
Taj Mahal
Johnny Winter
1970's
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
The Allman Brothers
Big Walter Horton
Eddie 'Clean Head' Vinson
Fenton Robinson
Son Seals
Pinetop Perkins
Jimmy Johnson
1980's
Detroit Junior
Z.Z. Hill
Lonnie Brooks
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Clifton Chenier
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows
Sonny Terry
James Cotton
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Roy Buchanan
Robert Cray
Lil' Ed & The Blue Imperials
The Paladins
The Siegel-Schwall Band
Delbert McClinton
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
Katie Webster
1990's
William Clarke
Lucky Peterson
Charlie Musselwhite
The Uppity Blues Women
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
Elvin Bishop
Kenny Neal
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Keb' Mo'
Peggy Scott-Adams
Luther Allison
Susan Tedeschi
Shemekia Copeland
Corey Harris
Coco Montoya
2000's
Rusty Zinn
The Holmes Brothers
Dave Hole
Marcia Bell
Rebirth Brass Band
John Lee Hooker, Jr.
