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