Best Blues Artists of the 1920s and 1930s

The Top Ten
1 Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson died in 1938 at the age of 27. The exact circumstances of his death are still unclear today. His death makes him one of the earliest members of the so-called "Club 27".

Did Robert really sell his soul to the Devil to play better guitar? No one will ever know for sure. The fact is the man could play! Pity he died at just 27... The Devil just might have taken his soul but he left a legend.

2 Son House
3 Blind Willie Johnson
4 Lead Belly
5 Blind Lemon Jefferson
6 Bessie Smith
7 Skip James
8 Victoria Spivey
9 Charley Patton
10 Dock Boggs
The Contenders
11 Ma Rainey
12 Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield, known by his stage name Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician who is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".
13 Blind Blake
14 T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 - March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds.
15 Tommy Johnson
16 Mississippi John Hurt
17 Reverend Gary Davis
18 Billie Holiday Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years.
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