Early Country Blues
| Name | Birth year | Death year |
|---|---|---|
| Black Ace | 1907 | 1972 |
| Pink Anderson | 1900 | 1973 |
| Kokomo Arnold | 1901 | 1968 |
| Lead Belly | 1889 | 1949 |
| Scrapper Blackwell | 1903 | 1962 |
| Blind Blake | 1895 | 1937 |
| Barbecue Bob | 1902 | 1931 |
| Son Bonds | 1909 | 1947 |
| Big Bill Broonzy | 1893 | 1958 |
| Gabriel Brown | 1910 | 1972 |
| Kitty Brown | unknown | unknown |
| Rabbit Brown | 1880 | 1937 |
| Willie Brown | 1900 | 1952 |
| Gus Cannon | 1883 | 1979 |
| Alice Leslie Carter | unknown | unknown |
| Sam Collins | 1887 | 1949 |
| Martha Copeland | unknown | unknown |
| Elizabeth Cotten | 1895 | 1987 |
| Floyd Council | 1911 | 1976 |
| Ida Cox | 1896 | 1967 |
| Reverend Gary Davis | 1896 | 1972 |
| Madlyn Davis | unknown | unknown |
| Mattie Delaney | 1905 | unknown |
| Little Buddy Doyle | 1911 | unknown |
| Archie Edwards | 1918 | 1998 |
| Sleepy John Estes | 1904 | 1977 |
| William Ezell | 1892 | 1963 |
| Blind Boy Fuller | 1908 | 1941 |
| Jesse Fuller | 1896 | 1976 |
| Jazz Gillum | 1904 | 1966 |
| Lillian Glinn | c.1902 | unknown |
| Ida Goodson | 1909 | 2000 |
| Coot Grant | 1893 | unknown |
| Arvella Gray | 1906 | 1980 |
| Shirley Griffith | 1908 | 1974 |
| Hattie Hart | unknown | unknown |
| Silas Hogan | 1911 | 1994 |
| Smokey Hogg | 1914 | 1960 |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | 1912 | 1982 |
| Son House | 1902 | 1988 |
| Peg Leg Howell | 1888 | 1966 |
| Alberta Hunter | 1895 | 1984 |
| Mississippi John Hurt | 1893 | 1966 |
| Jim Jackson | 1884 | 1937 |
| John Jackson | 1924 | 2002 |
| Skip James | 1902 | 1969 |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1893 | 1929 |
| Blind Willie Johnson | 1897 | 1945 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1894 | 1970 |
| Mary Johnson | 1900 | 1970 |
| Robert Johnson | 1911 | 1938 |
| Tommy Johnson | 1896 | 1956 |
| Lottie Kimbrough | 1900 | unknown |
| Rubin Lacey | 1901 | 1969 |
| Furry Lewis | 1899 | 1981 |
| Charley Lincoln | 1900 | 1963 |
| Mance Lipscomb | 1895 | 1976 |
| Virginia Liston | 1890 | 1932 |
| Robert Lockwood, Jr. | 1915 | 2006 |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1887 | 1957 |
| Eddie Mapp | 1910 | 1931 |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | 1904 | 1972 |
| Brownie McGhee | 1915 | 1996 |
| Blind Willie McTell | 1901 | 1959 |
| Big Maceo Merriweather | 1905 | 1953 |
| Hazel Meyers | unknown | unknown |
| Memphis Minnie | 1897 | 1973 |
| Buddy Moss | 1914 | 1984 |
| Charlie Patton | 1891 | 1934 |
| Buster Pickens | 1916 | 1964 |
| Joe Pullum | 1905 | 1964 |
| Ma Rainey | 1886 | 1939 |
| Bull City Red | unknown | unknown |
| Piano Red | 1911 | 1985 |
| Tampa Red | 1904 | 1981 |
| Walter Roland | 1900 | 1970 |
| Washboard Sam | 1910 | 1966 |
| Dan Sane | 1896 | 1956 |
| Irene Scruggs | 1901 | 1981 |
| Alec Seward | 1902 | 1972 |
| Robert Shaw | 1908 | 1985 |
| Henry "Son" Sims | 1890 | 1958 |
| Bumble Bee Slim | 1905 | 1968 |
| Bessie Smith | 1894 | 1937 |
| Laura Smith | unknown | 1932 |
| Charlie Spand | unknown | unknown |
| Victoria Spivey | 1908 | 1976 |
| Freddie Spruell | 1893 | 1956 |
| Frank Stokes | 1888 | 1955 |
| Baby Tate | 1916 | 1972 |
| Sonny Terry | 1911 | 1986 |
| Henry Thomas | 1874 | 1930 |
| Ramblin' Thomas | 1902 | 1945 |
| Henry Townsend | 1909 | 2006 |
| Bessie Tucker | unknown | unknown |
| Sippie Wallace | 1898 | 1986 |
| Curley Weaver | 1906 | 1962 |
| Casey Bill Weldon | 1909 | 1967 |
| Peetie Wheatstraw | 1902 | 1941 |
| Bukka White | 1909 | 1977 |
| Josh White | 1914 | 1969 |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II | 1914 | 1948 |
| Ralph Willis | 1910 | 1957 |
| Wesley Wilson | 1893 | 1958 |
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