Oh man, they're getting hard

1) This blues vocalist from Naples, Texas straddled Blues and Soul stylings. - I'd go with Bobby Blue Bland -totally soulful

2)This Chicago Blues artist's first hit was originally known as Your Cat Will Play, but he scored a Chess Records smash with it in 1952 under another name. He played in Muddy Waters' band, but left to take Junior Wells' spot with the Aces. - That would probably be Little Walter Jacobs

3) He had a 70s charting tune with Frigidaire Woman and learned guitar from Albert King. - Eek! Tough one -

4)This Blues guitarist was born Lee Baker Jr in Dubuisson, LA and is still a fixture in the Chicago Blues Scene. - I'm guessing Little Milton, but it's only because Little Milton is still gigging.

5) This Texas guitarist founded The Every Hour Blues Boys in the 1950s and later teamed with Leon Russell. - Gotta be Freddie King, he's the only fellow I know of that teamed with Leon Russell.

6)He recorded High Compression with a group that included Pinetop Perkins and Guitar Slim - Wow, these are some obscure questions, man! I'll have to check the reference books after all!

7) In his 1963 hit he intones "I might have to work...I might mop the floor". Name the song and artist. - Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson (no. 2) - with his great tune based on the Green Onions riff - "Help me".

8) This former Illinois State Boxing champ made his mark primarily as a Blues songwriter. - I'm guessing Willie Dixon, though he could also be famous for being the Chess Studios A&R man and bass player.

9) His first hit was a cover of Lowell Fulson's Three O'Clock Blues. - Whoa! I'm stumped

10)Despite a string of hits, including Chicken Shack Boogie, in the early fifties, this blues pianist ended life as a hotel clerk, dying almost unknown in 1980. - Finally, one that I'm sure of - Amos Milburn!

fun, thanks, man!