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Country Blues genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Country Blues
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Country Blues
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2003
I've Always Been Crazy: Tribute to Waylon JenningsVarious Artists
1993
World Gone WrongBob Dylan
2019
Stay AroundJ.J. Cale
2001
Gravitational ForcesRobert Earl Keen
1969
Driftin’ Way of LifeJerry Jeff Walker
1969Let It BleedThe Rolling Stones
2005
Blue GuitarsChris Rea
2000
American III: Solitary ManJohnny Cash
New in Country Blues
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026The Last Season of AmericaSeasick Steve
2026Sittin' on Top of the WorldSam Chatmon
Country Blues by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Country 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 Country Blues
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- 8 Ball Aitken
- Alice Merton
- Amythyst Kiah
- Barbecue Bob
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Daddy’s Breakfast Voodoo
- Blind Blake
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Blind Willie McTell
- Blind Willie Walker
Bo Carter- Breanna Barbara
- Bukka White
- Casey Bill Weldon
- Cephas & Wiggins
- Charley Lincoln
- Charley Patton
- Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
- Daddy Stovepipe
- Ed Bell
- Eddie Anthony
- Elizabeth Cotten
- Emmie Lee
- Etta Baker
Frank Stokes- Furry Lewis
- Gary Porter
- Hambone Willie Newbern
- Jazz Gillum
- John Cephas
- Kansas Joe McCoy
- Kokomo Arnold
- Lead Belly
- Leo Welch
- Lottie Kimbrough
- Memphis Minnie
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Mississippi Sheiks
- Papa Charlie Jackson
- Peg Leg Howell
- Phil Wiggins
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Richard “Rabbit” Brown
- Robert Johnson
- RoXi and the Blue Cats
Sam Chatmon- Scrapper Blackwell
- Seasick Steve
- Sleepy John Estes
- Smokey Hogg
- Sonny Terry
Stoner Train- Stovepipe No. 1
- Sylvester Weaver
The Notting Hillbillies- Tiki Cowboys
- Washboard Sam
Wooden Horse
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Country Blues is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Country Blues originated
Parent genre
Country Blues is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Country Blues