Chicago/Detroit Blues
| Name | Birth year | Death year |
|---|---|---|
| Luther Allison | 1939 | 1997 |
| John Henry Barbee | 1905 | 1964 |
| Lefty Bates | 1920 | 2007 |
| Carey Bell | 1936 | 2007 |
| Eddie "Guitar" Burns | 1928 | |
| Paul Butterfield | 1942 | 1987 |
| Eddie Boyd | 1914 | 1994 |
| James Cotton | 1935 | |
| Blind John Davis | 1913 | 1985 |
| Bo Diddley | 1928 | 2008 |
| Willie Dixon | 1915 | 1992 |
| Lefty Dizz | 1937 | 1993 |
| David "Honeyboy" Edwards | 1915 | 2011 |
| Leroy Foster | 1923 | 1958 |
| Calvin Frazier | 1915 | 1972 |
| Buddy Guy | 1936 | |
| Phil Guy | 1940 | 2008 |
| Shakey Jake Harris | 1921 | 1990 |
| Earl Hooker | 1929 | 1970 |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917 | 2001 |
| Big Walter Horton | 1918 | 1981 |
| J. B. Hutto | 1926 | 1983 |
| Elmore James | 1918 | 1963 |
| Bobo Jenkins | 1916 | 1984 |
| L.V. Johnson | 1946 | 1994 |
| Floyd Jones | 1917 | 1989 |
| Moody Jones | 1908 | 1988 |
| Albert King | 1924 | 1992 |
| Eddie King | 1938 | 2012 |
| Freddie King | 1934 | 1976 |
| Bonnie Lee | 1931 | 2006 |
| Hip Linkchain | 1936 | 1989 |
| James Montgomery (singer) | 1949 | |
| Nick Moss | 1972 | |
| Charlie Musselwhite | 1944 | |
| Robert Nighthawk | 1909 | 1967 |
| Odie Payne | 1926 | 1989 |
| Pinetop Perkins | 1913 | 2011 |
| Snooky Pryor | 1921 | 2006 |
| Boogie Woogie Red | 1925 | 1985 |
| Jimmy Reed | 1925 | 1976 |
| Soko Richardson | 1939 | 2004 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1924 | 1997 |
| Otis Rush | 1934 | |
| Magic Sam | 1937 | 1970 |
| Eddie Shaw | 1937 | |
| Johnny Shines | 1915 | 1992 |
| Little Mack Simmons | 1933 | 2000 |
| Magic Slim | 1937 | |
| Little Smokey Smothers | 1939 | 2010 |
| Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers | 1929 | 1993 |
| Little Sonny | 1932 | 2000 |
| Otis Spann | 1930 | 1970 |
| Arthur "Big Boy" Spires | 1912 | 1990 |
| Eddie Taylor | 1923 | 1985 |
| Hound Dog Taylor | 1915 | 1975 |
| The Butler Twins | 1942 | 2003 /2004 |
| Little Walter | 1930 | 1968 |
| Baby Boy Warren | 1919 | 1977 |
| Joe Weaver | 1934 | 2006 |
| Big Mama Thornton | 1926 | 1984 |
| Carl Weathersby | 1953 | |
| Junior Wells | 1934 | 1998 |
| Jody Williams | 1935 | |
| Johnny Williams | 1906 | 2006 |
| Sonny Boy Williamson I | 1918 | 1948 |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II | c.1912 | 1965 |
| Washboard Willie | 1909 | 1991 |
| Howlin' Wolf | 1910 | 1976 |
| Big John Wrencher | 1923 | 1977 |
| Johnny "Man" Young | 1918 | 1974 |
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—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery)
“Holly Golightly: You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds?
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—George Axelrod (b. 1922)