06 Apr 15 - 06:58 PM (#3700149) Subject: Blues guitarists born before 1895 From: GUEST,Joseph Scott This is a list of some recorded blues guitarists born before 1895. There are others. Elijah Avery Nathan Beauregard John Bray Rabbit Brown Bo Carter Crying Sam Collins Elizabeth Cotten Tom Darby (e.g. "Heavy Hearted Blues" with Jimmie Tarlton) Carl Davis (Dallas Jamboree Jug Band) Simmie Dooley ("C. C. & O. Blues") Andrew Everett Willie Ford Jack Gowdlock Clarence Greene W.C. Handy (made recordings playing guitar, including "Got No More Home Than A Dog," in 1938) Willie Harris (e.g. "Lonesome Midnight Dream") Roy Harvey Curtis Hayes Nap Hayes Myrt Holmes Barnes "Peg" Howell John Hurt Jim Jackson Papa Charlie Jackson (played ordinary guitar on some recordings) Paul Johnson (e.g. "Fattening Frogs For Snakes") Tom Johnson (Mississippi String Band) Charley Jordan Luke Jordan Louis Keppard Huddie Ledbetter Sam McGee George Montgomery William Moore (e.g. "Midnight Blues") Isaiah Nettles Marshall Owens Charlie Patton Miles Pruett Milus Pruett Homer Roberson ("Stavin' Chain") Dan Sane Willie Santiago (e.g. "Low Down Blues" by Kid Rena) Esther Mae Scott Allen Shaw Son Sims John T. Smith Freddie Spruell Vol Stevens Frank Stokes Jimmie Strothers ("Going To Richmond") J.D. Suggs (his "Memphis Blues" is not the Handy tune) Joe Taggart Steve Tarter Jimmie Tarlton Bill Tatnall ("Fandango") Henry Thomas ("Cottonfield Blues," "Bull-Doze Blues," "Texas Easy Street Blues," "Texas Worried Blues," "Lovin' Babe") Buford Threlkeld Johnny Watson (e.g. "Sundown Blues") Henry Whitter Richard Williams ("Polk County Blues") Hosea Woods |