Blues Artist List ♪♫♪

*Here's More Reading On The Origin Of Blues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues

* Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900 - 1954)
* Pink Anderson (1900 - 1974)
* Kokomo Arnold
* Barbecue Bob Hicks
* Scrapper Blackwell
* Black Ace
* Blind Blake
* Big Bill Broonzy
* Richard "Rabbit" Brown
* Willie Brown
* Bumble Bee Slim
* Gus Cannon
* Bo Carter (1893 - 1964)
* Sam Collins
* Floyd Council
* Ida Cox (1896-1967)
* Gary Davis (1896-1972)
* Clayton Taliaferro Driver (1885-1952)
* Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
* Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
* Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
* Billy Garland (1918-1960)
* Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
* Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
* Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
* Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
* Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
* Son House (c. 1902-1988)
* Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
* Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
* Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
* Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
* John Jackson ( 1924 — 2002)
* Skip James (1902-1969)
* Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
* Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
* Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
* Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
* Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
* Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949)
* Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
* Charley Lincoln (1900-1963)
* Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
* Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
* Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
* Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
* Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
* Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
* The Memphis Jug Band
* Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
* Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
* Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
* Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
* Piano Red (1911-1985)
* Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
* Tampa Red (1904-1981)
* Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
* Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
* Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
* Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
* Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
* Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
* Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
* Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
* Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
* Bukka White (1909-1977)
* Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
* Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)

Early urban blues

* Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
* Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
* Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
* Lil Green (1919-1954)
* Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
* Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
* Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938)
* Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
* Clara Smith (c. 1894-1935)
* Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
* Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
* Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
* Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
* Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972)

Pre-World War II jazz blues

* Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
* Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
* Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
* Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
* Walter Davis (1912-1963)
* Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
* Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
* Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
* St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
* Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
* Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906-1985)
* Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
* Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
* Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
* Jay McShann (1916-2006)
* Roy Milton (1907-1983)
* Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
* Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
* Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
* Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
* Sam Taylor (born 1916)
* T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)

Postwar Blues

* Mose Allison (born 1927)
* Charles Brown (1922-1999)
* Roy Brown (1925-1981)
* Ray Charles (1930-2004)
* Pee Wee Crayton (1914-1985)
* Floyd Dixon (1929-2006)
* Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
* Wynonie Harris (1915-1969)
* Louis Jordan (1908-1975)
* Little Willie Littlefield (born 1931)
* Percy Mayfield (1920-1984)
* Piano Red (1911-1985)
* Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
* Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
* Pinetop Perkins (1913)
* Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997)

Kansas City blues

* Walter Brown (1917-1956)
* Jay McShann (c.1916-2006)
* Arnold Moore (1914-2005)
* Jimmy Rushing (c. 1902-1972)
* Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)

Later styles

* Little Hatch (1921-2003)
* Lee McBee (born 1951)

Chicago/Detroit blues

* Luther Allison (1939-1997)
* Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
* John Henry Barbee (1905-1964)
* Carey Bell (1936-2007)
* Eddie Boyd (1914–1994)
* James Cotton (born 1935)
* Bo Diddley (1928–2008)
* Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
* David Honeyboy Edwards (born 1915)
* "Baby Face" Leroy Foster (1923-1958)
* Buddy Guy (born 1936)
* Earl Hooker (1929-1970)
* J.B. Hutto (1926-1983)
* Big Walter Horton (1918-1981)
* Floyd Jones (1917-1989)
* Moody Jones (1908-1988)
* Elmore James (1918-1963)
* Albert King (1924-1992)
* Freddie King (1934-1976)
* John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
* Charlie Musselwhite (born 1944)
* Robert Nighthawk (1909–1967)
* Pinetop Perkins (born 1913)
* Snooky Pryor (1921-2006)
* Jimmy Reed (1925-1976)
* Soko Richardson (1939 - 2004)
* Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997)
* Otis Rush (born 1934)
* Magic Sam (1937-1970)
* Johnny Shines (1915-1992)
* Magic Slim (born 1937)
* Otis Spann (1930-1970)
* Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975)
* Eddie Taylor (1923-1985)
* Little Walter (1930-1968)
* Muddy Waters (1915-1983)
* Carl Weathersby (born 1953)
* Junior Wells (1934-1998)
* Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976)
* Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) (c. 1899-1965)
* Johnny 'Man' Young (1918-1974)

Modern blues (post 1950s)

* Gaye Adegbalola (1944-)
* James Anthony (Pecchia) (born 1955)
* Back Alley John (1955-2006)
* Etta Baker (1913-2006)
* Marcia Ball (born 1949)
* Elvin Bishop (born 1942)
* Bobby Blue Bland (born 1930)
* Rory Block (born 1949)
* Michael Bloomfield (1943-1981)
* Blues Brothers
* Delaney Bramlett(born 1939-2009)
* Lonnie Brooks (born 1933)
* Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924-2005)
* Bob Brozman (born 1954)
* Roy Buchanan (1939-1988)
* Eric Burdon (born 1941)
* Eric Clapton (born 1945)
* Albert Collins (1932-1993)
* Johnny Copeland (1937-1997)
* Al Copley (born 1952)
* Robert Cray (born 1953)
* Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
* Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
* John Fahey (1939-2001)
* The Fabulous Thunderbirds
* Robben Ford (born 1951)
* Rory Gallagher (1948-1995)
* Billy F. Gibbons
* Peter Green (born 1946)
* John Hammond (born 1942)
* Alvin Youngblood Hart [1](born 1963)
* Ernie Hawkins (born 1947)
* Ted Hawkins (1936-1995)
* Jimi Hendrix(1942-1970)
* Z. Z. Hill (1935-1984)
* John Lee Hooker (1917-2001)
* Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
* Colin James (born 1964)
* Etta James (born 1938)
* Jimmy Johnson (born 1928)
* Jo Ann Kelly (born 1944)
* B. B. King (born 1925)
* Freddie King (1934-1976)
* Doug Macleod (born 1946)
* Taj Mahal (born 1942)
* John Mayall (born 1933)
* Keb' Mo' (born 1951)
* Sam Myers (born 1936)
* Odetta (1930-2008)
* Toney Perez (born 1956)
* Rod Piazza (born 1947)
* Lonnie Pitchford (1955-1998)
* Louisiana Red (born 1932)
* Fenton Robinson (1935-1997)
* Roomful of Blues
* Bobby Rush (born 1940)
* Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
* Seasick Steve (born c.1940)
* Magic Slim (born 1937)
* Son Seals (1942-2004)
* Arbee Stidham (1917-1988)
* Koko Taylor (born 1935)
* Tabby Thomas (born 1929)
* Rufus Thomas (1917-2001)
* George Thorogood
* Ali Farka Toure (1939-2006)
* Robin Trower (born 1945)
* Jimmie Vaughan (born 1951)
* Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
* Kazumi Watanabe (born 1953)
* Johnny Winter (born 1944)

Blues since 1990

* Gwyn Ashton
* Tab Benoit (born 1967)
* Deanna Bogart (born 1960)
* Joe Bonamassa (born 1977)
* Kenny Brown
* R. L. Burnside (1926-2005)
* Tommy Castro (born 1959)
* Claudia Carawan (born 1959)
* Joanna Connor (born 1962)
* Shemekia Copeland (born 1979)
* Murali Coryell (born 1969)
* Sean Costello (1979-2008)
* Guy Davis (born 1952)
* Chris Duarte (born 1964)
* Ronnie Earl (born 1953)
* Tinsley Ellis (born 1957)
* Sue Foley (born 1968)
* Anson Funderburgh (born 1954)
* Anthony Gomes (born 1975)
* Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1965)
* Jeff Healey (1966-2008)
* Ron Holloway (born 1953)
* Colin James
* Gene Kelton
* Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
* Chris Thomas King (born 1964)
* Jonny Lang (born 1981)
* Harry Manx
* Keb Mo' (born 1951)
* Coco Montoya
* Kenny Neal (born 1957)
* North Mississippi All Stars
* Blind Mississippi Morris (born 1955)
* Charlie Parr
* Asie Payton (1937-1997)
* Kelly Joe Phelps (born 1959)
* Ana Popovic (born 1976)
* Roxanne Potvin (born 1982)
* Todd Sharpville (born 1970)
* Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1976)
* Bobby Sowell (born 1947)
* Otis Taylor (born 1948)
* Susan Tedeschi (born 1970)
* Jimmy Thackery (born 1953)
* T-Model Ford (born 1924)
* Joe Louis Walker (born 1949)
* William Elliott Whitmore (born 1978)
* Bob Cobb (born 1965)

Blues in conventional pop music

* Harold Arlen, "Blues in the Night" and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
* Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"
* George Gershwin (1898-1937), "Porgy and Bess"
* John Mayer Trio, "Try!" 2005

Blues in country music

* Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
* Merle Haggard (1937)
* Jerry Lee Lewis (1937)
* Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
* Hank Williams (1923-1953)

See also: rockabilly

Blues influence in classical music

* George Gershwin (1898-1937), "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Concerto in F"
* Honegger, "Pacific 231", the "train song" as concerto.
* William Grant Still, "Afro-American Symphony"

Blues in contemporary rock and pop music

* The Black Keys
* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* Blues Explosion
* Nick Cave (born 1957)
* G. Love & Special Sauce
* Ben Harper (born 1969)
* Chris Thomas King (born 1962)
* Lenny Kravitz (born 1964)
* Los Lonely Boys
* Hans Olson
* Bonnie Raitt
* Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
* Tom Waits (born 1948)
* The White Stripes

Blues from Europe

* Alexis Korner
* Ana Popovic
* Barrelhouse
* Cuby and the Blizzards
* Cyril Davies
* Christian Dozzler
* Elmore D
* Eric Clapton
* Todd Sharpville
* Hans Theessink
* Herman Brood
* John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
* John Kirkbride
* Peter Green
* Rory Gallagher
* Steve Baker
* Yavuz Çetin
* Alvin Lee

Blues from Latin America

* Nuno Mindelis
* Pappo
* Carlos Santana

Blues from Russia

* Mike Naumenko
* Blackmailers

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Quincy Jones is thoroughly entwined in the musical background of my young adulthood. A genius of unique quality. I have been posting blogs and music throughout the years and decided to embark on the arduous but satisfying task of gathering some of it to remember the excellent legacy that he left.

Maze Feel That You're Feelin
Maze Somebody Elses Arms
Maze Southern Girl
Cant Get Over You
Maze Golden Time Of Day

The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me").

As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even

harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created.

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon).

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available.

Enjoy. "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)

"I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)

"Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)

"If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)

Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a

well-known penning Double Exposure's

"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay."

While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. The Butlers recorded their first single in 1960 titled "Loveable Girl". Left to right John Fitch, T Conway, Frankie Beverly, Sonny Nicholson and Joe Collins.