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List of electric blues musicians

The following is a list of electric blues musicians. The electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, the bass guitar, and/or the harmonica and other instruments. Electric blues is performed in several regional subgenres, such as Chicago blues, Texas blues, Delta blues and Memphis blues. Most interpretations of electric blues have a solemn tone through the common uses of the minor pentatonic scale, slow backing, and extended soloing periods, that extend through all subgenres.

  • Larry Dale – (January 7, 1923 – May 19, 2010) Born in Wharton, Texas, Dale was an R&B guitarist and occasional singer active in the 1950s and 1960s. He performed in New York City with a band that included Champion Jack Dupree and Mickey Baker. He was an exponent of East Coast blues, and released several recordings for Grover Records.[74]
  • Lester Davenport – (January 16, 1932 – March 17, 2009) Davenport was an electric Chicago blues harmonica player and vocalist. He was also sometimes called "Mad Dog" Davenport. He recorded his first album in 1991 for Earwig Music Company, and then in 2002 released I Smell a Rat for Delmark Records.[75]
  • Debbie Davies – Born August 22, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, Davies is a modern electric blues guitarist and singer who has performed for a variety of bands. She has also done some solo work and worked with John Mayall, recording at least nine albums. Her current record label is Telarc.[76]
  • James "Thunderbird" Davis – (November 10, 1938 – January 24, 1992)[77] Born in Prichard, Alabama, United States, Davis recorded several singles for Duke Records in the early 1960s, enjoying moderate success with "Blue Monday" (1963). Dropping from public attention, his career was revived in 1989 with the release of his album, Check Out Time.[78]
  • Larry Davis – (December 4, 1936 – April 19, 1994) Born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Davis was an acoustic and electric Texas blues and soul blues musician who was greatly influenced by Albert King. He recorded often with Fenton Robinson. He released albums for many labels, including Bullseye Blues, Duke Records, and many others.[79]
  • Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis – (March 2, 1925 – December 28, 1995) Born in Tippo, Mississippi, Davis played with John Lee Hooker, recorded an album for Elektra Records in the mid 1960s, and remained a regular street musician on Maxwell Street, Chicago, for over 40 years.[80]
  • Jimmy Dawkins – (October 24, 1936 – April 10, 2013) Dawkins was a guitarist and vocalist and a fixture of the modern electric Chicago blues scene. His first album was Fast Fingers, recorded in 1969 for Delmark Records, for whom he recorded several others. He has also worked for the Earwig Music label, among others.[81]
  • Ardie Dean – Born in 1955 in Humboldt, Iowa, Dean is a drummer, audio engineer and record producer. In a varied career spanning fifty years, Dean has been the musical director, and record producer for the Music Maker Relief Foundation since 1994.[82]
  • Bo Diddley – (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008) Born in McComb, Mississippi, Bo Diddley was a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter and was universally recognized as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll music and a pioneering figure in electric Chicago blues and rhythm and blues. He had a long career that began in the 1950s and continued nearly until his death. He recorded well over thirty albums for labels like Checker Records, Chess Records and Atlantic Records, among others.[83]
  • Willie Dixon – (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, double-bassist, singer–songwriter, record producer and guitarist Dixon was a key figure on the acoustic and electric Chicago blues scene. He was heavily involved in helping start the careers of artists such as Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters. He recorded for numerous labels. He also performed jump blues and would sometimes sing jive.[84]
  • Lefty Dizz – (April 29, 1937 – September 7, 1993) Born Walter Williams in Osceola, Arkansas, and before his four-year tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force ended in 1956, Lefty began to play the guitar. When he returned to Chicago later that year, he came under the tutelage of Lacy Gibson and Earl Hooker. In 1958, Lefty joined Sonny Thompson's road band, playing rhythm 'n' blues throughout the country. During a gig in Seattle, a left-handed teenage guitarist named Jimi Hendrix, hung out with, and was influenced by, Lefty Dizz. In 1960, Lefty moved to Detroit, where he remained for four years, working with Junior Cannady and John Lee Hooker. From 1964 to 1971, Lefty worked with Junior Wells, during which time they toured the U.S., Canada, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Fiji Islands and Indonesia. Lefty then joined Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers, performing extensively until Hound Dog's passing in late 1975. He then formed his own band, Lefty Dizz and Shock Treatment. His most well-known compositions include "Bad Avenue", "I Found Out", If I Could Just Get My Hands on What I Got My Eyes On", Funny Acting Woman", "Somebody Stole My Christmas" and "Ain't It Nice to be Loved". Lefty Dizz died from esophageal cancer on September 7, 1993, at age 56, in Chicago.[85]
  • Little Arthur Duncan – (February 5, 1934 – August 20, 2008) Moved to Chicago in 1950 and accompanied Earl Hooker in the 1950s. He released three solo albums.[86]
  • Johnny Dyer – (December 7, 1938 – November 11, 2014) Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, Dyer released five albums.[87]
  • Terry Hanck – (born 1944)[115] is an American electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter and record producer, who won a Blues Music Award in 2015 in the 'Instrumentalist – Horn' category.[116] Previously Hanck earned both a Blues Music Award and a Living Blues Award for 'Best Horn' in 2012, and was nominated for the latter prize in the 'Best Song' category. In May 2015, he won the International Songwriting Competition for his soul ballad, "I Keep On Holding On."[117]
  • Pat Hare – (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) Born in Cherry Valley, Arkansas, he was a Memphis blues guitarist, who recorded with Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland and other artists.[118]
  • Harmonica Slim – (December 21, 1934 – June 16, 1984), was an American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter.[119]
  • Slim Harpo – (January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) Born in Lobdell, Louisiana, Harpo is one of the best known blues neck-rack harmonica players from his era despite having begun his career as a guitarist. He played everything from Louisiana blues, swamp blues, electric blues and harmonica blues, and was also a singer.[120][121]
  • Casey Hensley – American female blues, swing, and rock and roll singer, songwriter and record producer. To date, Hensley has released two albums including her 2017 debut issue, Live.[122]
  • Matt Hill is an American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. To date, Hill has released two albums, and he has also gained a reputation for his energetic live performances. Hill won a Blues Music Award in May 2011, in the category of 'Best New Artist Debut' for his first album, On the Floor.[123]
  • Z. Z. Hill – (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984),[124] was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. The track "Down Home Blues" has been called the best-known blues song of the 1980s.[125]
  • Smokey Hogg – (January 27, 1914 – May 1, 1960) Born in Westconnie, Texas, Hogg began his career as a rhythm and blues musician. An acoustic and electric guitarist, singer and pianist, Hogg performed with musicians in Texas like Black Ace.[126]
  • Rick Holmstrom – (born May 30, 1965, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States), Holmstrom has released six albums since 1996, and previously worked with William Clarke and Rod Piazza.[127]
  • John Lee Hooker – (August 22, 1912 – June 21, 2001) Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Hooker was an acoustic and electric guitarist and singer who was perhaps the most well known exponent of the Delta blues sound, though he also performed Detroit blues.[128]
  • Ellis Hooks – (born 1974, Bay Minette, Alabama), has released six albums to date.[129]
  • Jay Hooks – (born November 12, 1967) American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. After gaining national exposure playing in Lavelle White's backing ensemble, Hooks has released three albums to date, appeared on German television and undertaken various tours, including one in Europe.[130]
  • Lightnin' Hopkins – (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) Born Sam Hopkins in Centerville, Texas, Hopkins was an acoustic and electric guitarist and a major exponent of Texas blues. During his late career he performed mostly on electric guitar, though in the same manner that he would perform on an acoustic one. Like John Lee Hooker, Hopkins is one of the better known blues musicians of history.[131]
  • Joe "Guitar" Hughes – (September 29, 1937 – May 20, 2003) Born in Houston, Texas. One of the unsung heroes of the Texas blues scene, Hughes was an acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist. He performed with Bobby "Blue" Bland in the 1960s and released a series of solo albums in the late 1980s and 1990s for labels like Black Top Records and Double Trouble Records.[132]
  • Long John Hunter – (July 13, 1931 – January 4, 2016) He released three albums on Alligator Records in the 1990s. His dinal release, Looking for a Party was issued by Blue Express in October 2009.[133]
  • Steve Hunter – (born June 14, 1948) performed as rock guitarist with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper and later transformed into an electronic blues guitarist with his 2013 release of The Manhattan Blues Project.[134]
  • Ironing Board Sam – (born July 17, 1939). Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this keyboardist, singer and songwriter has released a small number of singles and albums. Despite having several lows in his musical career, it has spanned over fifty years, and he released a new album in 2012.[135][136]
  • Daniel Ivankovich – (Chicago Slim) (born November 23, 1963). Founding member of the Chicago Blues All-Stars. He has performed and recorded with many Chicago blues musicians, including Otis Rush, Magic Slim and Junior Wells.[137] He is also an orthopedic surgeon and a co-founder and medical director of OnePatient-Global Health Initiative, an organization that provides medical care to the poor in Chicago and abroad.[138]
  • Clara McDaniel – (born November 26, 1948)[194] is an American blues singer and songwriter.[195]
  • Lonnie Mack – (July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016), Mack performed as an electric guitarist and singer. He is widely considered to be the founder of the blues rock guitar genre, with his 1963 hits, "Memphis" and "Wham!", but also received critical acclaim as one of the best of the early blue-eyed soul singers.[196]
  • Janiva Magness – (born January 30, 1957, Detroit, Michigan), Magness was named the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2009, becoming only the second woman, after Koko Taylor, to be so honored.[197] She has released 15 albums to date.[198]
  • Taj Mahal – (born May 17, 1942, New York City), Taj Mahal performs on guitar, harmonica and banjo and also sings. Mahal explores a variety of genres which he fuses into his music, including zydeco. He performs in both acoustic and electric settings, depending on the material.[199]
  • Big Joe Maher (born c. 1953) is an American electric blues drummer, singer-songwriter. His backing band are known as the Dynaflows.[200][201]
  • Lisa Mann – American electric blues bassist, singer-songwriter.[202] In 2015 and 2016, she won a Blues Music Award.[203]
  • Johnny Mars – (born December 7, 1942) is an electric blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter.[204]
  • Johnnie Marshall – (born June 2, 1961) American guitarist, singer-songwriter.[205] Discovered by Johnny Rawls in the mid 1990s, Marshall has released three albums on JSP Records and continues as a live performer to the present day.
  • Krissy Matthews – (born May 25, 1992) British-Norwegian blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He had released three albums by the age of 18.[206] His most recent and fifth album, Scenes From a Moving Window, was released by Promise Records in 2015.[207]
  • John Mayall – (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.[208][209]
  • Pete Mayes – (March 21, 1938 – December 16, 2008) Born in Double Bayou, Texas. He performed for over fifty years, and was awarded a W.C. Handy Award for 'comeback album of the year' in 1998.[210]
  • Earring George Mayweather – (September 27, 1928 – February 12, 1995) Born in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Although he only recorded a single solo album, Mayweather's harmonica work appeared on recordings by J. B. Hutto and Eddie Taylor.[211]
  • Gerry McAvoy – (born December 19, 1951, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish blues bass guitarist, who played from 1970 to 1995 with fellow Irish bluesman Rory Gallagher's band, usually consisting of power trios. After Gallagher's early death, he joined Nine Below Zero, based in London, England.[212]
  • Jerry McCain – (June 18, 1930 – March 28, 2012),[213] was an American electric blues musician,[214] best known as a harmonica player.[215]
  • Cash McCall – (January 28, 1941 – April 20, 2019) American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his 1966 R&B hit "When You Wake Up". Over his long career, his musical style evolved from gospel music to soul music to the blues.[216]
  • Kevin McKendree – (born April 27, 1969, Nuremberg, Germany) American electric blues pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his lengthy and varied career as a session musician, McKendree has released two solo albums.[217]
  • Kid Memphis – (born December 7, 1971, Memphis, Tennessee), is an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He has a record released on Vizztone and one on Retrofonic.[218]
  • Michael Messer – (born 28 February 1956, Middlesex, England) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He, along with Steve Phillips and Bob Greenwood, is noteworthy for his ability to combine acoustic National steel guitar, as well as slide guitar, into his playing style. The American magazine, Spirit, listed Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder.[219]
  • Floyd Miles – (April 13, 1943 – January 25, 2018) Electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released four solo albums.[220]
  • Luke "Long Gone" Miles – (May 8, 1925 – November 22, 1987) Texas and electric blues singer-songwriter.[221]
  • Biscuit Miller – (born December 30, 1961, South Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States)[222] is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. He writes most of his own material, and has released three albums to date. In 2012 and 2017, Miller won a Blues Music Award.
  • Little Milton – (September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005) Born in Iverness, Mississippi, Little Milton (born Milton Campbell) performed everything from soul-blues to outright boogie-woogie and rhythm and blues. A guitarist and singer, he released countless albums over a long career.[223]
  • R.J. Mischo – (born March 18, 1960) Harmonicist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. To date he has released eleven albums on a number of labels, and his music has been aired on independent film scores, television commercials, and documentaries on the Discovery Channel. Mischo has contributed to a couple of Mel Bay harmonica instruction books. In addition, he was listed in that author's The Encyclopedia of Harmonica.[224]
  • McKinley Mitchell – (December 25, 1934 – January 18, 1986) Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitchell was a Chicago-based soul-blues and rhythm and blues singer who started out performing Gospel music. He recorded singles for Boxer Records, Chess Records (with Willie Dixon), and a variety of other labels. In his later career he returned to Mississippi and recorded "I Won't Be Back for More" in 1984.[225]
  • Johnny B. Moore – (born January 24, 1950, Clarksdale, Mississippi) Chicago and electric blues guitarist and singer, who has released nine albums since 1993.[226]
  • Mike Morgan – (born November 30, 1959) Morgan is bandleader of "Mike Morgan & the Crawl", a Texas blues band. He is a guitarist and blues harp player, and has released a series of albums for Black Top and Severn Records.[227]
  • Big Bill Morganfield – William Morganfield (born June 19, 1956) Son of blues legend Muddy Waters. He came to music relatively late in life, recording his first album 1997. He has since recorded six additional albums, and is a recipient of the 2000 W. C. Handy Award for best new artist.[228]
  • Nick Moss – (born December 15, 1969) Guitarist, bassist, harmonica player and singer.[229]
  • Mr. Bo – (April 7, 1932 – September 19, 1995) Born in Indianola, Mississippi, Mr. Bo was a Detroit-based guitarist, singer and songwriter. Primarily working as a live performer in Detroit for four decades, his co-written song, "If Trouble Was Money", was later recorded by both Charlie Musselwhite and Albert Collins.[230]
  • Bobby Murray – (born June 9, 1953, Nagoya, Japan) Murray has played in Etta James' backing band for twenty years, performed on three Grammy Award winning recordings with James and B.B. King, and has released three solo albums. In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society granted him their Lifetime Achievement Award.[231]

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