Bman's Blues Report

James "Son" Thomas (1926-1993)was one of the great Delta blues musicians, as well as a self-taught sculptor. Born in Eden, Mississ...

Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 — January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blue...

Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an influential blues singer, guitarist and songster. Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near N...

Born Booker T. Washington White between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, he gave his cousin B.B. King, a Stella guitar, King's first...

Big Bill Broonzy (26 June 1898 – 15 August 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 19...

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1895 – June 29, 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. A self...

Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician also known as "The Honeydripper". He was a succe...

Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell , was a blues singer and guitar player ...

Joseph Lee Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982), billed throughout his career as Big Joe Williams, was an American Delta blues g...

Born Booker T. Washington White between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, he gave his cousin B.B. King, a Stella guitar, King's first ...

If you watched the movie "the Jerk" and wondered who the musicians were when all the family was sitting around singing ... that W...

I saw this Leon Russell special on PBS may years ago and Furry lewis was featured on it. He demonstrates some of that famous "John Lee ...

This is the great John Lee Hooker. Hooker has always been one of my favorite blues singers and guitar players. The main reason is because he...

This is one of the unsung great blues players. He never had the notoriety of Muddy or BB or Freddy or Albert. But Lightnin was the real deal...

One of the great fingerstyle players of the old blues. It's great to have some of these old videos as crude as they may be. Get Facebook...

The blues is a way of life. The blues is an outlet for emotion. The blues is experiencing someones life ... the turmoil... the strife... a...