Come build their trees from the roots up, because like the man says ....
"The blues are the roots; everything else is the fruits." - Willie Dixon
Blues Hall of Fame inductees:
Musician Biographies from the PBS Series, The Blues
- Luther Allison
- Duane Allman
- Jeff Beck
- Elvin Bishop
- Mike Bloomfield
- Joe Bonamassa
- David Bromberg
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Charles Brown
- Ruth Brown ‧ 30‧jan‧1928-2006‧nov‧17 ‧
- Willie Brown
- Roy Buchanan
- Paul Butterfield
- Ray Charles
- Sam Chatmon
- Marshall Chess
- Eric Clapton
- Willie Cobbs
- Albert Collins
- Johnny Copeland
- Shemekia Copeland ‧ 10-apr-1979 ‧
- James Cotton
- Ida Cox ‧ 25‧feb‧1896-1967‧nov‧10 ‧
- Robert Cray
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Bo Diddley
- Willie Dixon
- Dr. John
- Tinsley Ellis
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Rosco Gordon
- Buddy Guy
- John Hammond
- W.C. Handy
- Corey Harris
- Alvin Youngblood Hart
- Jimi Hendrix ‧ 1942-1970 ‧
- Billie Holiday
- John Lee Hooker
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Son House
- Howlin' Wolf
- Alberta Hunter ‧ 01‧apr‧1895-1984‧oct‐17 ‐
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Elmore James
- Etta James
- Skip James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Tommy Johnson
- Tom Jones
- Janis Joplin
- Junior Wells
- Keb' Mo'
- Albert King
- B.B. King
- Chris Thomas King
- Freddie King
- Jonny Lang
- Sam Lay
- Lead Belly
- J.B. Lenoir
- Little Richard
- Little Walter
- Alan Lomax
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Brownie McGhee
- Blind Willie McTell
- Magic Sam
- Magic Slim
- Taj Mahal
- John Mayall
- Big Maceo Merriweather
- Memphis Minnie
- Muddy Waters
- Willie Nix
- Odetta ‧ 1930-2008 ‧
- Junior Parker
- Charley Patton
- Pinetop Perkins
- Sam Phillips
- Professor Longhair
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
- Bonnie Raitt
- Louisiana Red
- Tampa Red
- Jimmy Reed
- The Rolling Stones
- Bobby Rush
- Otis Rush
- Jimmy Rushing
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Nina Simone ‧1933-2003 ‧
- Slim Harpo
- Bessie Smith
- Mamie Smith
- Otis Spann
- Victoria Spivey
- Hubert Sumlin
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Koko Taylor
- Sonny Terry
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Big Mama Thornton
- Ali Farka Toure
- Derek Trucks
- Big Joe Turner
- Ike Turner
- Otha Turner
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- T-Bone Walker
- Bukka White
- Cassandra Wilson
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
- Johnny Winter
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Peetie Wheatstraw