traditional blues
Some artists with this genre:
- Bessie Smith
- Magic Sam
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Big Joe Turner
- Blind Willie Johnson
- J.B. Lenoir
- Lowell Fulson
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Duane Allman
- Otis Spann
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Son House
- James Cotton
- Sonny Terry
- Memphis Slim
- Skip James
- Brownie McGhee
- John Hammond
- Bukka White
- Blind Willie McTell
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Snooks Eaglin
- Big Joe Williams
- Memphis Minnie
- Lucille Bogan
- Pee Wee Crayton
- Rev. Gary Davis
- Lonnie Johnson
- Blind Blake
- Charley Patton
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Guitar Slim
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Ma Rainey
- Eddie Taylor
- Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Furry Lewis
- Pink Anderson
- Johnny Shines
- Henry Thomas
- Mance Lipscomb
- Tampa Red
- Big Maceo
- Mamie Smith
- Leroy Carr
- Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Josh White