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Ana Popovic　

If you’re not a blues purist, you’ll love the fiery, passionate playing and singing of Yugoslavian blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Ana Popovic. Thanks to her father, the Belgra ..more

Albert King　

Albert King is truly a King of the Blues, although he doesn’t hold that title (B.B. does). Along with B.B. and Freddie King, Albert King is one of the major influences on blues ..more

Albert Collins　

Albert Collins, The Master of the Telecaster, The Iceman, and The Razor Blade was robbed of his best years as a blues performer by a bout with liver cancer that ended with his premature de ..more

Etta James　

Few R＆B singers have endured tragic travails on the monumental level that Etta James has and remain on earth to talk about it. The lady’s no shrinking violet; her autobiography, {-Rage to Surviv ..more

Elmore James　

No two ways about it, the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period was Elmore James, hands down. Although his early demise from heart failure kept him from enjoying the fruits of the ..more

Otis Rush　

Breaking into the R＆B Top Ten his very first time out in 1956 with the startlingly intense slow blues I Can’t Quit You Baby, southpaw guitarist Otis Rush subsequently established himself ..more

Guitar Slim　

No 1950s blues guitarist even came close to equaling the flamboyant Guitar Slim in the showmanship department. Armed with an estimated 350 feet of cord between his axe and his amp, Slim would ..more

Gary Clark Jr.　

Texas guitarist Gary Clark Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with contemporary soul ..more

Sonny Boy Williamson [II]　

Shuggie Otis　

Guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis may not be a household name, but his Strawberry Letter 23 is in the record collections of millions of households. The ..more

Genobia Jeter　

Washington state native Genobia Jeter’s roots in gospel music run even more deeply than most soul singers; she was the niece of the legendary Rev. Julius Cheeks, and started her singing ca ..more

Junior Wells　

He was one bad dude, strutting across the stage like a harp-toting gangster, mesmerizing the crowd with his tough-guy antics and rib-sticking Chicago blues attack. Amazingly, Junior Wells kept a ..more

John Lee Hooker　

He was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were at once both ultra-primitive and timeless. But John Lee Hooker ..more

Taj Mahal　

One of the most prominent figures in late 20th century blues, singer/multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal played an enormous role in revitalizing and preserving traditional acoustic blues. Not con ..more

T-Bone Walker　

Modern electric blues guitar can be traced directly back to this Texas-born pioneer, who began amplifying his sumptuous lead lines for public consumption circa 1940 and thus initiated a revolution ..more

Howlin' Wolf　

In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin’ Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds in his salad days, the Wolf was the primal force of the music spun ..more

Buddy Guy　

Buddy Guy is one of the most celebrated blues guitarists of his generation (and arguably the most celebrated), possessing a sound and style that embodied the traditions of classic Chicago Bl ..more

B.B.King　

Universally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King is without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last half century. His bent notes and staccat ..more

Fred Hammond　

A multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist for the soulful black gospel group Commissioned during the 1980s and ’90s, Fred Hammond also became one of the most popular praise ＆ worship leade ..more

Freddie King　

Guitarist Freddie King rode to fame in the early ’60s with a spate of catchy instrumentals which became instant bandstand fodder for fellow bluesmen and white rock bands alike. Employing a mo ..more