Topic: Who's Who in the Contemporary Acoustic & Country Blues

[ArthurBlake]

Who-is-Who in the Contemporary Country Blues?

This is the list SO FAR as it appears on my website www.thecountryblues.com.
I am trying to build the definitive worldwide directory of EVERYBODY.
Your help is needed and appreciated.
If you are a musician who is not on it, or if you know one that should be on it, please pitch in. It's a lot of fun.
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Some are famous, others obscure (and some infamous)
Some are virtuosos, others just so-so.
Some fill concert halls, others play street corners.
Some tour internationally, others gig at coffeehouses.
Some have made riches, others play for spare change.
Some play it always, others play it sometimes.
But, all of them love the acoustic blues.
Hopefully this will develop into a comprehensive list of everyone active in the genre.
Pull this list out when they tell you the acoustic blues are dead!

Adolphus Bell
Alex Guitar (Spain)
Alice Stuart
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Amos Garrett
Anders Osborne
Andrew Winton (Australia)
Andy Cohen
Andy Kimbel
Andy Kimbel
Angelo Melasecca
Ari Eisinger
Aric Riley
Ash Grunwald (Australia)
Austin Charanghat
Axe Masterson
Barry Brenner
Ben Andrews
Ben Bowen King
Ben Harper
Bennett Harris
Benoit Blue Boy (France)
Bernie King
Bernie Pearl
Berryman & Bullet (Finland)
Beulah Mae
Big Bill Morganfield
Big Jack Johnson
Bill Abel
Bill Ackerbauer
Bill Bourne (Canada)
Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager
Bill Sheffield (UK)
Bill Sims Jr. and Mark LaVoie
Bill Wharton (Sauce Boss)
Billy Goodman
Blind Boy Paxton
Bluesboy Jag
Bob Brozman
Bob Dylan
Bobby Rush
Bodie Jarman (Australia)
Bonnie Raitt
Bottleneck John (Sweden)
Brad Webb & Blind Mississippi Morris
Bradley Litwin
Brent Jameson
Brian Blain
Brian Kramer
Brooks Williams
Brother Yusef
Brownbird Ruby Relic
Bullfrog Brown (Estonia)
C.W. Avon
C.W. Stoneking (Australia)
Catfish Keith
Catfish Hodge
Cathy Grier
Cephas + & Wiggins (God bless John Cephas)
Chad Nordhoff
Charley Musselwhite (guitar & harmonica)
Charley Parr
Chic Street Man
Chris Cotton
Chris Scott (UK)
Chris Smither
Chris Thomas King
Chris Wright (UK)
Cindy Cashdollar
Claude Bourbon (France)
Claus Boesser Ferrari (Germany)
Colin James (Canada)
Colin Linden (Canada)
Corey Harris
Craig ?Kingfish? Griffin
Craig Ventresco
D.B. Walker
D.W. Ditty
Dakota Dave Hull
Dan Bliss
Dan Dinnen (Australia)
Dan Livingstone (Canada)
Dan Stevens
Daniel Ballenger
Daniel Eriksen (Norway)
Danielle Miraglia
Danny Flowers
Danny Kane
Danny Kalb
Dave Arcari (UK)
Dave Kelly (UK)
Dave MacKenzie
Dave McGrew
Dave Mello
Dave Plaehn and Jeff Hino
Dave Speight (UK)
David Bromberg
David Essig (Canada)
David Evans
David Gogo (Canada)
David Hamburger
David Jabobs-Strain
David Kampmann (Denmark)
David Lindley
David Savage
Davis Coen
Del Rey
Delta Joe Sanders
Dennis Donnelly
Diamond Dac Charnley (UK)
Diamond Jim Green
Dion
Doc McLean
Doc Watson
Dom Flemons
Dooley Wilson & John Roundcity
Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie
Doug MacLeod
Dr.Werner ?Willie? Willms (Germany)
Drink Small
Ed Gerhard
Ed Vadas
Eli Cook
Elijah Wald
Emily Druce (UK)
Eric Bibb
Eric Bling (France)
Eric Clapton
Eric Freeman
Eric Noden
Eric Sardinas
Erin and Neil Harpe
Ernie Hawkins
Filisko & Noden
Fiona Boyes (UK)
Frank Fotusky
Frank Lee
Frank Morey
Franz Badinski & Rudi & Mudpack (Germany)
Fred Sokolov
Frutland Jackson
Geoff Muldaur
George Higgs
Graham Robinson (UK)
Greyhound George (Germany)
Guitar Nick and Blue Al (Bulgaria)
Guy Davis
 Hans Olson
Hans Theessink (Netherlands)
Happy Traum
Harlem Slim
Harry Manx (Canada)
Harrison Kennedy (Canada)
Hillary Kay and Kate Freeman
Homesick Mac (Sweden)
Honeyboy Edwards
Howard Emerson
Illionois John Fever
Izzy & Chris
J. Blues
Jack Cooke
Jackie Green
Jake La Botz
Jakub ?Littleroot? Korinek (Czech Republic)
James Blood Ulmer
Jeff Gonzales
Jeff Lang (Australia)
Jeffrey Ross
Jeremia Lockwood
Jeremy Lyons
Jeremy Wallace
Jerry Kosak
Jim Kweskin
Jimbo Mathus
Jimmy ?Duck? Holmes
Joan Crane
Joe & Vicky Price
Joe Louis Walker
Joe Luis Pardo
Joe McGuinness
John Alex Mason
John Dee Holeman
John Hammond
John ?Spider? Koerner
John Long
John Miller
John Mooney
John Renbourn
John Sebastian
John-Alex Mason
John Weston
Johnny Dickinson (UK)
Jolly Jumper & Big Moe (Norway)
Jony James
Jook Bourke
Jorma Koukonen
Jose Louis Pardo
Josh White, Jr.
K.M. Williams
Karen Tyler
Keb? Mo?
Keith B. Brown
Keith Knight
Kelly Joe Phelps
Ken Emerson
Ken Hamm (Canada)
Ken Mayall and Jim Bruce (UK)
Kenny Neal & Billy Branch
Kenny Sultan & Tom Ball
Kent DuChaine
Kevin Brown (UK)
King Rollo (UK)
Kinzel & Hyde
Kristina Olsen
Lance & Donna
Larry Johnson
Laurette Langine
Lee Bates & Billy Newton (UK)
Leo LaDell & Paul Southworth (The Resonators- New Zealand)
Leon Redbone
Leroy Jodie Pierson
Les Sampou
Lightnin? Wells
Little Johnny Kantreed
Lloyd Thayer
Lonnie Shields
Lost Jim Ohlschmidt
Louisiana Red
Lowry Hamner
Lubos Bena  (Slovakia)
Lurrie Bell
Lutz Sauer (Germany)
Marc Silber
Maria Muldaur
Mark Galbo
Mark Lemhouse
Mark Sterling
Markus James
Martin Simpson
Mary Flower
Matthew Fox
Melanie Mason
Michael ?Hawkeye? Herman
Michael Jerome Brown (Canada)
Michael Juan Nunez
Michael Messer (UK)
Michael Pickett (Canada)
Michael Roach
Michel Lelong (France)
Mickey Roger
Mike Dowling
Mike ?Lightnin? Wells
Miles Spicer
Mississippi Gabe Carter
Mister Doo
Mojo Stu
Moreland & Arbuckle
Murali Coryell
Nathan James
Neil Harpe
Nick Katzman
Olga
Olu Dara
Orville Johnson
Otis Taylor
Pam Bartolli
Pan Salmenhaara (Finland)
Papa George (UK)
Paris James
Pat Donohue
Pat Thomas
Pat Victor
Patrick Whelan
Paul Asbell
Paul Brasch
Paul Curreri
Paul Geremia
Paul Oscher
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Paul Thorn
Perry Foster (UK)
Peter Lang
Peter May
Peter Price (UK)
Phil Thorne
Pierluigi Petricca & Michelle Landy ?Papaleg ? (Italy)
Pino Daniele (Italy)
Pops Walker
Preacher Boy (Christopher Watkins)
Precious Bryant
Ray Bonneville (Canada)
Rev. Rabia
Rich DelGrosso
Richard Johnston
Richard Ray Farrell & Steve Guyger
Rick Fines
Rick Franklin
Robert B. Jones
Robert Balfour
Robert Cage
Robert Lighthouse
Robert Lowery
Robin Henkel
Rocky Lawrence
Roger Hubbard (UK)
Roland Malines (France)
Rollie Tussing
Ron Thompson
Rory Block
Roy Book Binder
Roy Rogers
Ruben Dobbs
Ruthie Foster
Ry Cooder
Samuel James
Scott Ainslie
Scott Davis
Scott Perry
Seth Walker
Sheila Wilcoxson
Side Street Reny
Skip McDonald (Little Axe)
Slidin?Slim (Sweden)
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
Stan Hirsch
Stefan George
Stefan Grossman
Steve Cohen
Steve Dawson (Canada)
Steve James
Steve Mann
Steve Phillips (UK)
Steve White
Steven Gene Wold (Seasick Steve)
Stew Moss
Sue Foley
Suzy Thompson
T.J. Sullivan
Tad Walters
Taj Mahal
TBone? Ted Kastelic & ?Catfish Jon? Kessler
Terry Garland
Terry Robb
Terry ?Big T? Williams & Weley Jefferson
Tim Gearan
Tim Williams (Canada)
T-Model Ford
Toby Walker (formerly ?Little?)
Tokio Uchida (Japan)
Tom Doughty (UK)
Tom Malafarina
Tom Shaka (Germany)
Tomasina Winslow
Tony Furtado
Tore ?Rooster? Ruus (Norway)
Toshi Reagon
Walker T. Ryan
Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
Washboard Chaz
Watermelon Slim
Waymond Buttermilk Meeks
Waxwing John
Whitey Johnson
Willem Maker
William Howse & Jack Pearson
William Lee Ellis
Woody Mann
Zak (and his unhappy guitar) (Canada)

I must nominate John Morris of Australia, excellent country blues guitarist from long time duo The Blues Preachers where he goes by the name of Brother John. Probably the best of the genre in Australia. He is from Sydney.

[ArthurBlake]

Not sure how to embed videos from Youtube but here is John Morris and buddy doing You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond.


Copy and paste should work if I did it wrong.

[JohnLeePimp]

...Shame so many names on this list are actually passed on now.

Mud Morganfield did "What's wrong with the mill" at the gig last evening so he deserves his spot on there I thinks. Also no Billy Boy Arnold?

[CF]

Are they acoustic performers?

[JohnLeePimp]

"Acoustic & Country"... unless they've changed the meaning of the & symbol

Arnold plays acoustic on occasion as does Buddy Guy... and I believe Mud has an acoustic voice

Off-topic, and repetitive: but where did you get that photo of Sam Collins in your avatar?

[CF]

It's from one of the more recent Yazoo compilations, can't remember which one. I cropped it out.