Early Country Blues Musicians and Their LifeSpans
- Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
- Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
- Barbecue Bob Hicks
- Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
- Billy Garland (1918-1960)
- Black Ace
- Blind Blake
- Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
- Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
- Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
- Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
- Bo Carter
- Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
- Bukka White (1909-1977)
- Bumble Bee Slim
- Charley Lincoln (1900-1963)
- Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
- Clayton Taliaferro Driver (1885-1952)
- Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
- Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
- Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
- Floyd Council
- Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
- Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
- Gary Davis (1896-1972)
- Gus Cannon
- Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
- Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949)
- Ida Cox (1896-1967)
- Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
- Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
- Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
- John Jackson
- Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
- Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
- Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
- Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
- Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
- Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
- Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
- Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
- Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
- Piano Red (1911-1985)
- Pink Anderson
- Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
- Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
- Sam Collins
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
- Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
- Skip James (1902-1969)
- Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
- Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
- Son House (c. 1902-1988)
- Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)
- Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
- Tampa Red (1904-1981)
- The Memphis Jug Band
- Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
- Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
- Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
- Willie Brown