Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century
- Author: Dicaire, David
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- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUESMEN
- Charley Patton (1891–1934): Pony Blues
- Eddie “Son” House (1902–1988): Preachin’ the Blues
- Skip James (1903–1969): I’m so Glad
- Big Joe Williams (1903–1982): Poor Joe's Blues
- Robert Johnson (1911–1938): At the Crossroads
- Robert Jr. Lockwood (1915– ): The Master’s Apprentice
- Johnny Shines (1915–1992): A Traveling Companion
- John Lee Hooker (1917– ): Boogie Child
- Albert King (1923–1992): Born Under a Blues Sign
- B. B. King (1925– ): The Little Blues Boy
- PART TWO: THE CHICAGO BLUES SCHOOL
- Big Bill Broonzy (1893–1958): Key to the Highway
- Tampa Red (1904–1981): The Guitar Wizard
- John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson (1914–1948): The Bluebird Blues
- Muddy Waters (1915V1983): Catfish Blues
- Willie Dixon (1915–1992): The Background Man
- Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976): Growlin’ the Blues
- Elmore James (1918–1963): The Broomduster
- Sonny Boy Williamson II (1910–1965): One Way Out Blues
- Jimmy Reed (1925–1976): The Sweet Blues
- Little Walter (1930–1968): The Mississippi Saxophone
- Otis Spann (1930–1970): A Blues Story
- Otis Rush (1934– ): Double Trouble Blues
- Buddy Guy (1936– ): The First Time I Met the Blues
- Magic Sam (1937–1969): West Side Blues
- PART THREE: THE TEXAS BLUES TRADITION
- Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897–1929): The Blues Comet
- Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1889–1949): 'Lectric Chair Blues
- Aaron T-Bone Walker (1910–1975): Stormy Monday Blues
- Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins (1912–1985): Lightnin’ Strikes
- Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (1924– ): Gatemouth’s Blues
- Albert Collins (1932–1993): The Iceman Cometh
- Freddie King (1935–1976): A Link in the Chain
- Johnny Copeland (1937–1997): The Fire Maker
- PART FOUR: WOMEN OF THE BLUES
- Ma Rainey (1886–1939): Mother of the Blues
- Bessie Smith (1894–1939): Empress of the Blues
- Ida Cox (1896–1967): Raisin’ Cain
- Sippie Wallace (1898–1986): Special Delivery Blues
- Victoria Spivey (1906–1976): Moanin’ the Blues
- Willie Mae Thornton (1926–1984): Hound Dog Blues
- Koko Taylor (1935– ): I Got What It Takes
- Etta James (1938– ): The Messenger’s Voice
- PART FIVE: BLUES OUTSIDE THE DELTA
- Lonnie Johnson (1894–1970): Mr. Johnson’s Blues
- Blind Willie McTell (1901–1959): Dean of Atlanta Blues
- Pete Johnson (1904–1967): A Boogie-Woogie King
- Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1984): The Honeydripper Blues
- Blind Boy Fuller (1907–1941): Rattlesnakin’ Daddy Blues
- Big Joe Turner (1911–1985): Shoutin’ the Blues
- Sonny Terry (1911–1986) and Brownie McGhee (1915–1996): East Coast Blues Duo
- Professor Longhair (1918–1980): New Orleans House Party
- John Mayall (1934– ): The Blues Professor
- Appendix: Recordings by Three or More Blues Singers
- Selected Bibliography
- Index