INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS

Ma Rainey http://www.redhotjazz.com/rainey.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Rainey.htm

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=174

 

 

Bessie Smith http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/bessie_smith.htm

http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=190

http://bluesnet.hub.org/readings/bessie.html

 

 

Ida Cox  http://www.redhotjazz.com/idacox.html

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1379/Ida_Cox_Blues_woman_of_the_times

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3175

 

 

Lonnie Johnson http://www.redhotjazz.com/ljohnson.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/lonnie-johnson

 

 

Blind Lemon Jefferson http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/JJ/fje1.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/blind-lemon-jefferson

 

 

Son House  http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/son_house.htm

http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/Son_House.html

http://slidingdelta.com/bluesmen/sonhouse2.html

 

 

Robert Johnson  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSIC/rjhome.html

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=134

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/robert_johnson.htm

 

 

Big Bill Broonzy http://www.broonzy.com/

http://shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/BroonzyBill/BillBroonzy.html

http://www.broonzy.com/bio.html

 

 

Sonny Boy Williamson http://www.bluesworld.com/GDWSonnyboy.html

http://bluesnet.hub.org/readings/sbwII.html

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/sonnyboy_williamson.htm

 

 

Memphis Minnie http://www.answers.com/Memphis%20Minnie

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/memphis_minnie.htm

http://memphisminnie.com/

http://www.southernmusic.net/minnie.htm

 

 

Little Walter http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/Little_Walter.html

http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harmlw.htm

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/4831/page5.html

 

 

Howlin’ Wolf  http://www.furious.com/Perfect/wolf/

http://www.novia.net/~cedmunds/

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=121

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/howlin_wolf.htm

 

 

Muddy Waters  http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/muddy_waters.htm

http://www.muddywaters.com/ (official site)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/waters_m.html

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=208

http://www.mudcat.org/muddy.cfm

 

 

B. B. King  http://www.bbking.com/

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin2bio-1

http://www.answers.com/topic/b-b-king

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/people/bb_king.htm

 

 

Freddie King  http://www.freddiekingsite.com/

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/KK/fkimt.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/freddie-king

 

 

T-Bone Walker  http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/artists/tbonewalker.shtml

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/fwaap.html

http://bluesnet.hub.org/artists/tbone.html

 

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan  http://www.awpi.com/SRV/ (many links)

http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember.4/StevieRayVaughanBio.html

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/VV/fvakr.html

http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa010999a.htm (net guide)

 

 

Derek Trucks  http://www.derektrucks.com/

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/15/090500.php (interview)

 

 

Susan Tedeschi  http://www.susantedeschi.com/

http://video.aol.com/video-category/tedeschi-susan/1003_291012 (videos on AOL)

 

 

Joe Bonnamassa  http://www.jbonamassa.com/

http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/001782.html (interview)

 

 

Jonny Lang  http://www.jonnylang.com/

 

 

Kenny Wayne Shepherd  http://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/

 

 

Bonnie Raitt http://www.bonnieraitt.com/

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=175

 

 

Paul Butterfield  http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/pbfield.html

http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harmbutterfield.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/paul-butterfield

 

 

Moo's Blues

Hum 1: A Cultural history of the blues

Bessie Smith

Ida Cox

Son House

Robert Johnson