Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), was an American blues harmonica player, whose revolutionary approach to his instrument has earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, for innovation and impact on succeeding...

Lacy Gibson (May 1, 1936 – April 11, 2011) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He most notably recorded the songs, "My Love Is Real" and "Switchy Titchy", and in a long and varied career worked with Buddy Guy and Son Seals.One commentator...

Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer and pianist. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.Born in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, Big Maybelle sang...

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, and was ranked No. 17 in...

With his superb guitar work, blending both the retro and the contemporary, (think Otis Redding plays Robert Cray playing Stevie Ray Vaughan!), Robbie King is considered by many in the music world to be the very essence of the modern classic bluesman. In this...

Soloist of the delta blues of the Mississippi, as the pionerios, Robert Johnson, Are House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charlie Patton. Dobro of wood, national steel (dobro of Steel), harmonica, voice and many slide. For 5 years it formed a band of blues " Open Eyes "....

Larry Garner was comfortable in the 9-to-5 routine of commuting to his day job, and making a good salary working for Dow Chemical. On his drive home one night, he was forced to take an alternate route. “There was an accident on the interstate, and I took a detour to...

BLUES 1st PLACETommy Castro, Bonnie Hayes Belvedere Tiburon, CA, USA 2nd PLACEMatthew Curry - Matthew Curry and The Fury Normal, IL, USA 3rd PLACELeeann Atherton Austin, TX, USA Here's the top 3. Matthew and the Fury are opening for Kenny Wayne Shepherd on May 8. If...

I have been listening to a new self titled release by Jeff Powers. Powers is a classically trained guitar player who has spent more than 7 years out of the country teaching classical guitar and refining his blues guitar styling. Now back in Cleveland for the past 15+...