Blues Artists in History (Part 2)
Birthdays in Music
- 1941-02-08 Tom Rush, American folk and blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("Circle Game"; "No Regrets"), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- 1941-11-01 Johnny Kendall [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
- 1942-01-16 Barbara Lynn [Ozen], American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist ("You'll Lose A Good Thing"), born in Beaumont, Texas
- 1942-08-14 Son [Frank] Seals, American blues musician (Nothing But the Truth), born in Osceola, Arkansas (d. 2004)
- 1942-11-13 John P Hammond, American blues singer (So Many Roads), born in NYC, New York
- 1942-12-17 Paul Butterfield, American blues singer and harmonica player (Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Better Days), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- 1942-12-25 Barry Goldberg, American blues musician (The Rides), born in Chicago, Illinois
Janis Joplin
1943-01-19 Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1970)
Janis Joplin
- 1943-03-22 George Benson, American jazz and blues singer and guitarist (Breezin'), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1943-04-15 "Mighty" Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 2015)
- 1944-01-31 Charlie Musselwhite, American blues harmonica player (Stand Back!; Get Up!), born in Kosciusko, Mississippi
- 1944-03-21 Gaye Adegbalola [Todd], American blues singer and guitarist (Sapphire, The Uppity Blues Women - "Middle Age Blues Boogie"), teacher, and activist, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
- 1945-04-16 Stefan Grossman, American country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie), born in NYC, New York
- 1946-01-17 Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter (All My Dues Are Paid), born in Millen, Georgia (d. 2020)
- 1946-02-03 Stan Webb, English blues musician (Chicken Shack), born in London
- 1946-04-21 Doug MacLeod, American blues musician (Blues Music Awards' Acoustic Artist of the Year, 2014, 2016 and 2017), born in NYC, New York
- 1946-04-27 Gordon Haskell, British pop, rock and blues musician (Fleur De Lys; King Crimson, 1970; Harry's Bar), born in Verwood, Dorset, England (d. 2020)
- 1946-07-23 Keith Ferguson, American blues bassist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1997)
- 1948-10-01 Ellen McIlwaine, American blues singer-songwriter (Honky Tonky Angel), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1948-10-27 Sherman Robertson, American blues guitarist (I'm the Man), born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
- 1949-03-20 Marcia Ball, American blues singer and pianist (Presumed Innocent), born in Orange, Texas
- 1949-04-25 Watermelon Slim [William Homans], American blues musician (The Wheel Man), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1949-12-16 Sugar Blue [Jimmie Whiting], American touring and session blues harmonica player (Louisiana Red; Rolling Stones), born in Harlem, New York City
- 1950-04-05 Paul Oscher, American blues musician (Muddy Waters Blues Band), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1951-08-16 Eric Bibb, American blues singer-songwriter, born in NYC, New York
- 1951-10-03 Keb' Mo' [Kevin Roosevelt Moore], American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1953-01-31 "Big Time" Sarah [Streeter], American blues singer, born in Coldwater, Mississippi (d. 2015)
- 1953-08-01 Robert Cray, American blues singer and songwriter (1987 Grammy), born in Columbus, Georgia
- 1955-10-08 Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician, born in Lexington, Mississipi (d. 1998)
- 1957-10-14 Kenny Neal, American blues musician (Let Life Flow), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1958-09-28 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, born in Oakland, California (d. 2009)
- 1963-08-11 Thornetta Davis, American blues singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1968-01-20 Fantastic Negrito [Xavier Dphrepaulezz], American blues singer-songwriter (The Last Days of Oakland; Please Don't Be Dead), born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- 1968-03-29 Sue Foley, Canadian blues singer and guitarist, born in Ottawa, Ontario
- 1969-04-27 Mica Paris, British Rhythm & Blues singer (So Good), born in London
- 1974-04-18 Madeleine Peyroux, American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter, born in Athens, Georgia
- 1979-04-10 Shemekia Copeland, American blues singer (Turn the Heat Up!), born in Harlem, New York
- 1981-01-29 Jonny Lang, American blues musician, born in Fargo, North Dakota
- 1988-12-14 Yvonne Mwale, Zambian jazz and blues singer, born in Lusaka, Zambia
- 1990-03-17 Hozier [Andrew Hozier-Byrne], Irish folk-soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Take Me To Church"), born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Deaths in Music
- 2013-04-10 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician, dies at 76
- 2014-07-16 Johnny Winter, American Hall of Fame blues musician, dies at 70
- 2015-06-13 "Big Time" Sarah [Streeter], American blues singer, dies of heart disease at 62
- 2015-06-15 Mighty Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, dies at 72
- 2016-03-10 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, dies at 87
- 2018-06-01 Eddy Clearwater [Edward Harrington], American blues musician (West Side Strut), dies of heart failure at 83
- 2018-09-29 Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), dies from complications from an earlier stroke at 83
Bill Withers
2020-03-30 Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean on Me"; "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of heart complications at 81
Bill Withers
- 2020-06-07 Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter (All My Dues Are Paid), dies at 74
- 2020-10-15 Gordon Haskell, British pop, rock and blues musician (Fleur De Lys; King Crimson, 1970; Harry's Bar), dies of cancer at 74