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Recorded in 1974 by Albert, one of the three great blues kings - with B.B. and Freddie; Albert was born in Mississippi in 1923 and died in 1992; he played terrific shows for the Santa Barbara Blues Society at La Casa de la Raza in 1981, 1984, 1986, and 1987

The dynamic band is led by Santa Barbarans Roach on vocals and Byl on guitar

Born in Arkansas in 1989, Beulah Thomas was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and retired to the church until reviving her career in the 1960s; she died in 1986; she was a big influence on Bonnie Raitt; this song was recorded in 1966

Thien is a singer and guitarist based in New York City

Recorded in 1962 by the great country bluesman, a lifelong Tenn. resident who was born in 1899 or 1900 and died in 1977; he recorded in the 1930s and then was found nearly blind and in poverty in the 1960s and his career resumed

Hammond has been one of the best interpreters of country blues for almost 60 years, and has also played with electric bands (like The Nighthawks); he is an outstanding singer, guitarist, and harmonica player

An excellent ensemble of West Coast musicians that released six fine albums; vocal by Sugaray Rayford

Recorded in 1965 by Eddie House, one of the first generation of legendary MS Delta bluesmen; born in MS in 1902, he stopped recording in the early 1940s and was rediscovered in Rochester, NY, and resumed his career until his death in Detroit in 1988; he was a contemporary of Charley Patton, Willie Brown, and Robert Johnson, and was a very good slide guitarist and a mesmerizing singer

Chester Arthur Burnett, along with Muddy Waters, was an innovator and icon of Chicago blues; born in MS in 1910, he was strongly influenced by Charley Patton; he was a good guitarist and harmonica player and an overpowering and distinctive singer; recorded in 1957, with guitar by his longtime associate Hubert Sumlin

Born in 1976 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Popovic was taught guitar by her father Milton, with whom she has recorded an album; she now lives in the U.S. and has been nominated for many awards

Recorded in 1977 by the barrelhouse pianist, who was born in 1906 and died in 1983; he was on the road playing music by age 15, lived in Chicago for years, and left there for New Orleans, where he died, in the 1950s when electric blues became dominant in Chicago

A beautiful version of this classic! Theessink was born in 1948 in the Netherlands, lives in Vienna, and has released many albums, including several with the late singer Terry Evans

Another of the greatest country bluesmen of the first half of the 20th. century, Hurt lived his entire life in MS and taught himself to play guitar around age 9; after recording unsuccessfully in the late 1920s he lived as a farmer until his rediscovery in 1963; he died in 1966 at age 73; this song was recorded in 1966

Get on your dancing shoes! One of the best rock, blues, Americana, and jam bands for over 40 years now

Recording date not noted; James is recognized as one of the best slide guitarists ever; he was influenced by Tampa Red and Robert Johnson; he died in Chicago in 1963 of a heart attack, at age 45

One of the best blues bands ever and one of the best blues albums ever; vocal and harmonica by Butterfield, guitars by Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop, piano by Mark Naftalin

Born in MS in 1929, Lenoir spent his career in Chicago, where he died in 1967; his main influences were Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

MS native Morris Holt died in 2013 at age 75; he and his band were a premier Chicago band for decades, and one of the best Chicago electric blues bands ever; their music was danceable, with an irresistible groove

Another MS native, born in 1925, Reed produced many hit records in the 1950s and 1960s; he died in 1976; he was an alcoholic who often couldn't remember song lyrics, so his wife can sometimes be heard singing them with him or feeding them to him on his records

Mann is based in Portland, OR, and has won two Blues Music Awards as Bass Player of the Year

Recorded in 1956, again with Hubert Sumlin as guitarist

The band is known for its dynamic live shows, including one for the Santa Barbara Blues Society in May 2018

Vinson was a very good singer and lauded jazz and blues saxophonist; he was born in Houston in 1917, spent the late 1940s and 1950s in New York City (John Coltrane was briefly in one of his bands), and lived in Los Angeles from the early 1960s until his death in 1988; this was his most famous song

Guitarist Kenny and vocalist and harmonicat Tom are one of the best existing country blues duos...and they live in Santa Barbara!

Recorded in 1970; Dixon was born in MS in 1915 and died in his adopted Los Angeles area home in 1992; he was a tremendously important and influential figure in blues, composer of innumerable songs, bassist on myriad records, a Grammy winner, and a member of the Rock and Blues Halls of Fame

A sultry version of Dixon's song by this award-winning Texan singer who has won two Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation as Traditional Female Blues Artist of the Year