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Chicago Blues genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Chicago Blues
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Chicago Blues
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1959
Moanin’ in the MoonlightHowlin’ Wolf
1965
Hoodoo Man BluesJunior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band with Buddy Guy
1977
Hard AgainMuddy Waters
1971The London Howlin’ Wolf SessionsHowlin’ Wolf featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts
1959
Memphis Slim at the Gate of HornMemphis Slim
1961
The Folk Lore of John Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker
1991
Alone & AcousticBuddy Guy & Junior Wells
1972
Boss Blues HarmonicaLittle Walter
1990
Keep It to OurselvesSonny Boy Williamson
1976Midnight SonSon Seals
1965
More Blues on the South SideBilly Boy Arnold
Chicago Blues by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Chicago Blues by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Chicago Blues
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Maceo
- Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows
- Billy Boy Arnold
BluesMotel- Bob Margolin
- Boston Blackie
- Brewer Phillips
- Buddy Guy
- Carey Bell
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Earl Hooker
- Eddie Boyd
- Eddie Shaw
- Eddy Clearwater
- Elmore James
- GA‐20
- Homesick James
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
- Howlin’ Wolf
- Hubert Sumlin
- J.B. Lenoir
- James Cotton
- Jimmy Dawkins
- Jimmy Johnson
- John Primer
- John Wright
- Junior Wells
Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band- Koko Taylor
- L.V. Johnson
- Lester Davenport
- Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
- Little Walter
- Lonnie Brooks
- Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson
- Luther Allison
- Magic Sam
- Magic Sam Blues Band
- Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Slim
- Mike Bloomfield
- Muddy Waters
- Otis Rush
- Otis Spann
- Pinetop Perkins
- Ricky Allen
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Snooky Pryor
- Son Seals
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Tab Benoit
Tail Dragger- Tampa Red
- The Muddy Waters Band
The Son Seals Blues Band- William Clarke
- Willie Kent
- Willie Mabon
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Chicago Blues is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Chicago Blues originated
Parent genre
Chicago Blues is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Chicago Blues