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Blues Artists I-P

Artists profiles for blues performers whose first name starts with the letters I through P
Ida Cox
Popular 1920s-era female blues singer Ida Cox
James Cotton
Blues harpist James Cotton, Chicago blues legend
James Luther Dickinson
Memphis music legend James "Jim" Luther Dickinson
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, pioneering Chicago blues harpist
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, noted West Coast blues-funk artist
Junior Wells
Chicago blues harp legend Junior Wells
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor, the Queen of the Blues and Chicago blues legend
Leadbelly
Acclaimed folk-blues artist Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
Lightnin' Hopkins
Texas blues guitar legend Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
Lonnie Brooks
Chicago blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Johnson
Influential blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson
Ma Rainey
1920s-era female blues singer Ma Rainey, known as the "Mother of the Blues"
Memphis Minnie
Noted female singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie
Otis Rush
Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, a West Side legend
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