Music History Biographies

Music history with a focus on blues and rock.

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Adrian Belew
Ahmet Ertegun
Alan Wilson
Albert Collins
Albert King
Alex Harvey
Alexis Korner
Amos Milburn
Andrew Scheps
Andy Fraser
Arthur Crudup
Barbecue Bob
BB King
Ben Thatcher
Bessie Smith
Beth Hart
Big Joe Turner
Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Walter Horton
Bill Broonzy
Bill Ward
Billy Cox
Billy Gibbons
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie McTell
Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan
Bobby Bland
Bobo Jenkins
Bonnie Raitt
Brian Epstein
Brian Jones
Brownie McGhee
Buddy Guy
Bull City Red
Buster Pickens
Champion Jack Dupree
Charley Patton
Charlie Watts
Charlotte Hatherley
Chas Chandler
Chuck Berry
Cyril Davies
Dave Davies
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
David Bowie
David Lindley
Derek Trucks
Eddie Guitar Burns
Eddie Guitar Slim Jones
Eddie Kramer
Edgar Winter
Elizabeth Cotten
Elmore James
Eric Clapton
Etta James
Eva Taylor
Felix Pappalardi
Floyd Council
Forest City Joe
Freddie King
Furry Lewis
Gary Moore
Gatemouth Moore
Geezer Butler
George Harrison
George Thorogood
Ginger Baker
Glyn Johns
Graham Bond
Guitar Gabriel
Gus Cannon
Henry Townsend
Hip Linkchain
Hound Dog Taylor
Howlin Wolf
Hubert Sumlin
J.B. Hutto
Jack Bruce
Jack White
James Cotton
Jan Akkerman
Janis Joplin
Jay McShann
Jazz Gillum
Jeff Beck
Jim Scott
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Witherspoon
JJ Cale
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Jody Williams
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Meek
Joe Satriani
John Bonham
John Lee Hooker
John Mayall
John Mayer
John Otway
John Paul Jones
Johnnie Bassett
Johnny Shines
Johnny Winter
Joss Stone
Junior Parker
Junior Wells
Keith Relf
Keith Richards
Koko Taylor
Lead Belly
Lee McBee
Leo Fender
Lightnin Hopkins
Lil Green
Little Hat Jones
Little Smokey Smothers
Little Walter
Lonesome Sundown
Luther Allison
Ma Rainey
Magic Sam
Magic Slim
Mance Lipscomb
Mark Knopfler
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Slim
Mick Jagger
Mick Taylor
Mike Kerr
Mississippi John Hurt
Mitch Mitchell
Muddy Waters
Nancy Wilson
Neil Young
Noel Redding
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Otis Rush
Ozzy Osbourne
Papa Charlie Jackson
Paul Kossoff
Paul Rodgers
Peetie Wheatstraw
Peg Leg Howell
Peggy Jones
Pete Brown
Peter Green
Pinetop Perkins
Pink Anderson
Professor Longhair
R. L. Burnside
Randy California
Ray Charles
Ray Davies
Reverend Gary Davis
Rick Rubin
Robby Krieger
Robert Cray
Robert Fripp
Robert Johnson
Robert Nighthawk
Robert Plant
Robin Trower
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Wood
Roosevelt Sykes
Roy Buchanan
Rupert Neve
Scrapper Blackwell
Screamin Jay Hawkins
Shakey Jake Harris
Simon Kirke
Sista Monica Parker
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sleepy John Estes
Soko Richardson
Son House
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Terry
Steve Cropper
Steve Marriott
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Salas
Stevie Winwood
Stevie Wonder
Sunnyland Slim
Susan Tedeschi
Sylvester Weaver
T Bone Walker
Taj Mahal
Tal Wilkenfeld
Tampa Red
The Butler Twins
Tom Dowd
Tom Scholz
Tommy Johnson
Tony Iommi
Victoria Spivey
W C Handy
Walter Trout
Walter Vinson
Warren Haynes
Warren Zevon
Whistlin Alex Moore
Willie D Warren
Willie Dixon