Few figures in blues history have been as important as Tampa Red, 'The Guitar Wizard.' From his recording debut in 1928 until his retirement in the 1950s, record companies released more 78rpm records by Tampa [...]

No performer embodied the spirit of New Orleans more than Henry Roeland Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair. His lasting influence on the Crescent City scene belies the fact that he often struggled to make [...]

One of the premier shouters of the jump blues era, Brown has been called 'the first singer of soul' (in John Broven's Walking to New Orleans), 'one of the great blues lyricists of all time' [...]

Asked to name the greatest blues singer of all time, many blues artists have chosen and will continue to choose Bobby “Blue” Bland - as have untold numbers of listeners throughout his incredible career. Bland's [...]

Blind Willie McTell was a master bluesman whose recorded legacy has earned him an exalted ranking among the greatest of all time in his field but, as was the case with any number of others, [...]