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The band is based in Long Island, NY, and includes several family members of songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist Samuel Taylor

Recorded in 1930 by Estes; the anthology, compiled by musicologist Harry Smith, was originally released in 1952 on vinyl; fair guitarist but unique singer Estes often played with mandolinist Yank Rachell and harmonica player Hammie Nixon; he died in 1977

Dynamic blues rock guitarist Trout was in John Mayall's band in the 1980s with guitarist Coco Montoya

From Iowa, Burt won the 2018 International Blues Challenge in three categories: Best Solo/Duo, Best Solo Guitarist, and Best Harmonica Player

Recorded 96 years ago by one of the very good but barely known 1920s women blues and jazz singers

Originally released in 2007 by singer/guitarist Riley and harmonicat Corritore; Corritore last played for the Santa Barbara Blues Society in Sept. 18 with Chicago guitarist John Primer

Recorded in 1928 by the seminal Texas bluesman, who was born blind in 1893 and died in Chicago in 1929; for much of his life he was a street musician, but he recorded over 100 tracks between 1926 and his death, including under the pseudonym Deacon Bates

From Brazil and now living in the U.S., singer-guitarist Menezes won the Best Electric Guitarist award at the 2018 International Blues Challenge

Tomorrow, Nov. 10, Rush turns 87 years old! and he's still going strong; a skilled guitarist, singer, and harmonica player, he has been popular on the "chitlin circuit" for decades and is famous for his raucous, raunchy live shows

Now 87 years old, singer and pianist Fran had a series of hit singles in the 1950s and 1960s; this was her first single, released in 1957; she later teamed with guitarist and second husband Clarence Holliman, who died in 2000

Scintillating blues rocker guitarist Greene is a Santa Barbara native who has enjoyed a rapid upward trajectory in the blues world in the last few years; label owned by Tab Benoit, who plays drums on the album

71 year old Massachusetts native Margolin was guitarist in the Muddy Waters Band from 1973 to 1980, and has appeared on innumerable albums of his own and others; his previous album won the Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album of the Year; a song appropriate for the coronavirus pandemic

Recorded in 1927 by one of the most popular jug bands of the era; the band recorded from the 1920 to the late 1950s and was the most recorded pre-WW II jug band

Stellar guitarist Goldwasser also performs as Paris Slim; he has been on many albums, including with The Mannish Boys; he now lives in Carpinteria, CA, and frequently plays in the Santa Barbara area

Recorded in 1929; born Lucille Anderson in 1897, she died in 1948; she also performed as Bessie Jackson; many of her songs were explicitly lascivious, especially the notorious "Shave 'em Dry"

Originally released in 2012; vocal by Big Pete Pearson; Ramos, a 61 year old native of Fullerton, CA, and the son of opera singers, has been guitarist with the James Harman Band, Roomful of Blues, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Mannish Boys, and Los Fabulocos, and has been nominated for many Blues Music Awards

A 1959 recording by Tennessee soul blues singer Shelton, who was born in 1931 and died in 2002

From a small town in Maryland, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jones has lived in Los Angeles for several decades

A blues devotee since age 16 when he saw Rev. Gary Davis perform, Cohen is a skilled acoustic bluesman; he lives in Memphis and specializes in blues from the 1920s to 1950s

Born in LA, pianist Gray was Howlin' Wolf's pianist from 1956 to 1968; he put out almost 60 albums and appeared on many more, and is a member of the Blues Hall of Fame; he died in Feb. 2020 at age 95

Starr began playing guitar at age 12; the band's first album was released in 2012; the band is based in Sacramento, CA

Recorded in 1928; Smith recorded with pianist Cow Cow Davenport from 1927 to 1930; little more is known about her

George Bisharat is a retired criminal defense attorney and law professor living in the San Francisco Bay Area; he specializes in playing chromatic harmonica and released his first album in 2014

Guitarist Ramirez is from Costa Rica; his band was runner-up in the band category at the 2020 International Blues Challenge; keyboards by Jim Pugh, formerly of the Robert Cray Band, now living in Santa Ynez, CA, and head of the non-profit music label Little Village Foundation

A 1959 track by Otis Hicks, born in 1913 and raised in LA; he spent much of his later life in MI and died in 1974; many of his Excello tracks were with harmonica player Lazy Lester and Slim's brother-in-law Slim Harpo