List of Electric Blues Musicians - K

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• Eddie King – Born April 21, 1938 in Talladega, Alabama, King has played as a sideman to many other blues musicians including Sonny Boy Williamson II and Koko Taylor, before issuing the Blues Music Award winning solo album, Another Cow's Dead, in 1997.
• Freddie King - (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) Born in Gilmer, Texas, King was an electric rhythm and blues and Texas blues guitarist who performed with a long list of blues greats throughout his career. He recorded extensively in the 1960s for King Records.
• Little Jimmy King – (December 4, 1964 – July 21, 2002) released three albums in the 1990s before his death aged 37.
• Eddie Kirkland - Born August 16, 1928 in Jamaica, Kirkland is a soul-blues electric guitarist that has performed with artists like John Lee Hooker and many others. He has had an extensive recording career, with over ten solo albums to date, among them one for Telarc and another for JSP Records.
• Alexis Korner - (April 19, 1928 – January 1, 1984) Born in Paris, France Korner spent most of his career in England, and was a major exponent of British blues and blues-rock. A guitarist and vocalist, he released dozens of recordings over his long career.
• Smokin' Joe Kubek - Born November 30, 1956 in Grove City, Pennsylvania but raised mostly in Texas, Kubek is an electric blues guitarist and vocalist in the Texas blues tradition. His band, "The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band", released their debut album in 1991 for Bullseye Blues titled Steppin' Out Texas Style. He first had his start backing musicians like Freddie King. Since their debut, Kubek has released other albums with his band and also has done some solo work.