A Small Selection of Brief Biographies and Video Clips
Some with Audio Only
To R. Crumb's "Heroes of the Blues"
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Amade Ardoin
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
B.B. King
(Video)
Bessie Smith
Blind Blake
(Audio)
Blind Willie McTell (Audio)
Bukka White
Canray Fotentot
Clifford Grandpappy Gibson
Eddie Boyd
Elmore James
Frank Stokes
Furry Lewis
Henry (Ragtime Texas) Thomas
Hound Dog Taylor
Howling Wolf
Hubert Sumlin
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
Jim Jackson
Jimmy Rogers
Johnny Shines
Leadbelly
Little Walter
Memphis Minnie
Mike Bloomfield
Mississipi John Hurt (Audio)
Muddy Waters
Rev. Robert Wilkins (Audio)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Video)
Skip James
Sleepy John Estes
Son House
Sonny Boy Williamson 11
"Stuff" Smith
The Legend of Washington Phillips
Tommy Johnson
Sippie Wallace