Classic Blues Artists & the Gear They Use

Amos Milburn

Singer

Eddie Boyd

Composer, Music Producer

Jimmy Rogers

Guitarist

Sonny Terry

Composer · Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

Chris Mercer

Saxophonist · John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Rosco Gordon

Singer

Phil Wilson

Drummer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Percy Mayfield

Composer

Sam Lay

Drummer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Billy Davenport

Drummer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Bugsy Maugh

Bassist · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Phillip Wilson

Drummer, Composer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Kenny Neal

Guitarist · Downchild Blues Band

Big John Wrencher

Snooky Pryor

Singer

Bill Perry

Guitarist

Ashley Thompson

Guitarist · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Michael Fonfara

Keyboardist · Downchild Blues Band

Gary Kendall

Bassist · Downchild Blues Band

Mike Fitzpatrick

Drummer · Downchild Blues Band

Jane Vasey

Keyboardist · Downchild Blues Band

Richard "Hock" Walsh

Singer · Downchild Blues Band

Trevor Lawrence

Drummer, Music Producer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Otto Virgial

Snooks Eaglin

Guitarist

Big Joe Turner

Singer

Freddie Roulette

Guitarist · The Psychedelic Guitar Circus

Mance Lipscomb

Guitarist

Sonny Boy Nelson

Papa Charlie McCoy

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Lonnie Chatmon

Composer · Mississippi Sheiks

Walter Vinson

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys

Pink Anderson

Guitarist

Alan Lomax

Composer, Music Producer

Casey Bill Weldon

Guitarist · Memphis Jug Band

Blind Willie Davis

Billy Branch

Singer · The Jim Irsay Band

Ben Ramey

Memphis Jug Band

Jab Jones

Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Dewey Corley

Bassist, Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Charlie Pierce

Memphis Jug Band

Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson

Memphis Jug Band

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Singer

Lazy Lester

Sonny Boy Williamson I

Composer

Lucille Bogan

Singer

Leroy Carr

Singer

Jimmy Burns

Guitarist

Kokomo Arnold

Guitarist

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Guitarist

Big Maceo

Barbecue Bob

Guitarist

Etta Baker

Guitarist

Kansas Joe McCoy

Guitarist

Larry Garner

Peetie Wheatstraw

Singer

W.C. Handy

Papa Charlie Jackson

Singer

Blind Joe Reynolds

Singer

Homesick James

Guitarist

Texas Alexander

Georgia White

Singer

Kevin Anker

Keyboardist · The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Kansas Joe

Buddy Moss

Guitarist

Robert Petway

Guitarist

Robert Wilkins

John Wesley Work

Singer, Music Producer

Fran Christina

Drummer · The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Hop Wilson

Eddie C. Campbell

Guitarist

Ishman Bracey

Andrew Brown

The Mahones

Dick Heckstall-Smith

Composer · John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Juke Boy Bonner

Henry Townsend

Guitarist

Gus Cannon

Composer · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Jaybird Coleman

Singer

Casey Wasner

Audio Engineer

Fiddlin’ Joe Martin

Singer

Johnny Young

Singer, Guitarist

Peg Leg Sam

Blind Joe Taggart

Singer

Mattie Delaney

Guitarist

Julius Daniels

Luke Jordan

Singer, Guitarist

Jimmy McCracklin

Composer

Joshua White

Freddie Spruell

Kid Bailey

Crying Sam Collins

RJ Kaye Kaneao

Guitarist, Music Producer

Scott Ellison

Super Chikan

Guitarist

Little Arthur Duncan