Acoustic Blues
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Pre-War blues singer and
guitarist whose rough
vocals and fleet guitar
playing produced an
archetypal form of the bl...
A major influence on slide
guitar, Blind Willie Johnson
played gospel-heavy blues
in Pre-War Texas. He died
in 1947. As the story goes,...
McTell is one of the very
earliest recorded blues
musicians. He was an
excellent acoustic player
and singer. McTell could r...
The first to sing "Corina,
Corina," Bo Carter is
perhaps better known for
his off-color blues songs
recorded in the '30s. Cart...
Brownie McGhee was a
major figure on the
Acoustic Blues scene for
over forty years before his
death in 1996. He was bor...
Bukka White was a Country
Blues guitarist and singer
with a distinctive style. He
is best known for
"Parchman Farm Blues." B...
An Early American Blues
guitarist who experimented
with Hawaiian styles during
the '20s, '30s and '40s.
Modern Blues guitarist
versed in the B.B. King
school of Electric Blues. He
is also known for his
acoustic playing.
The "Blues Doctor," Drink
Small plays many styles of
blues with an effortlessness
that's made him a favorite
for years.
Lewis' acoustic,
story-telling blues link
nineteenth-century Ragtime
and folk styles to blues of
the twentieth century. Le...
Gus Cannon is one of the
links between archaic folk
songs and Early American
Blues. He wrote the
enduring "Walk Right In."...
A talented
multi-instrumentalist with a
wavering, soulful voice,
Short trafficked in
country-style Acoustic Bl...
Often referred to as the
white Robert Johnson,
Hammond plays a mixture of
Delta, Acoustic and
Folk-Blues. He rocks out,...
Kokomo Arnold was an
obscure but influential slide
guitarist who made an
impression on a young
Robert Johnson, among o...
Generally considered the
first blues artist to have a
substantial white audience,
Leadbelly combined folk
and blues. Leadbelly is am...
Lightnin' Hopkins was one
of the most important
figures in Texas blues. A
prolific and masterful
songwriter, Hopkins was j...
Churning, treadmill slide
guitar work and somber
vocals are the trademarks
of this Delta Blues elder
statesman. Fred McDowell...
An elder statesman of
Acoustic Blues, Hurt
worked a lot of folk into his
Delta-heavy music and sang
with a refined voice. Rev...
Active during the '20s and
'30s, the Sheiks combined
folk and blues styles, with
the fiddle featured as lead
instrument.
Early blues innovator
known for his unparalleled
guitar playing and attention
to the spot where Gospel
and blues meet up.
Myths of the blues include
Satanism, crimes of passion,
and superstition. Most of
these can be attributed to
Robert Johnson. Robert J...
Louisiana-based Acoustic
Blues guitar player whose
music reflects the pain and
loneliness of his time spent
in Angola Prison.
Robert Wilkins is one of the
key artists in Memphis Blues
from the 20s and 30s.
Memphis Blues is a style
derived from earlier jug b...
A major influence on the
formation of Delta Blues,
Son House's music is
bare-boned and haunting.
After not playing guitar fo...
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