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The (Extended) Blues Tree
(According to the All Music Guide)

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.	Main style(9)	Sub style(76)	Key Artists
1	Chicago Blues	Chicago Blues	Luther Allison	Robert Lockwood, Jr.
2			Eddie Boyd	Magic Sam
3			Willie Clayton	Big Maceo Merriweather
4			Eddie Clearwater	Brewer Phillips
5			Buddy Guy	Jimmy Reed
6			Shakey Jake Harris	Fenton Robinson
7			Big Walter "Shakey" Horton	Jimmy Rogers
8			Howlin' Wolf	Otis Rush
9			Elmore James	Muddy Waters
10			Luther Snake Boy Johnson	Sonny Boy Williamson I
11			Little Walter	Sonny Boy Williamson II
12	.	Acoustic Chicago Blues	Kokomo Arnold	Harlem Hamfats
13	.		The Big Three Trio	Richard M. Jones
14			Scrapper Blackwell	Memphis Minnie

15			Blind Blake	Robert Nighthawk
16			Big Bill Broonzy	Victoria Spivey
17			Bumble Bee Slim	Roosevelt Sykes
18			Lee Collins	Tampa Red
19			Willie Dixon	Washboard Sam
20			Thomas A. Dorsey	Casey Bill Weldon
21			Champion Jack Dupree	Sonny Boy Williamson I
22			Bill and Gloria Gaither	Johnny Young
23			Jazz Gillum	.
24	.	Electric Chicago Blues	Billy Boy Arnold	Charlie Musselwhite
25	.		Carey Bell	Robert Nighthawk
26			Michael Bloomfield	Snooky Pryor
27			Eddie Boyd	Jimmy Reed
28			John Brim	Jimmy Rogers
29			Lonnie Brooks	Otis Rush
30			Paul Butterfield	Johnny Shines
31			William Clarke	Otis Spann
32			James Cotton	Hubert Sumlin
33			Willie Dixon	Sunnyland Slim
34			Buddy Guy	Tampa Red
35			Big Walter "Shakey" Horton	Eddie Taylor
36			Howlin' Wolf	Hound Dog Taylor
37			J.B. Hutto	Koko Taylor
38			Elmore James	Muddy Waters
39			J.B. Lenoir	Junior Wells
40			Little Walter	Homesick James Williamson
41			Johnny Littlejohn	Sonny Boy Williamson II
42			Magic Sam	Mighty Joe Young
43			Magic Slim	.
44	.	Modern Chicago Blues	Johnny Copeland	Magic Sam
45	.		The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
46	Delta Blues	Delta Blues	Ishmon Bracey	Tommy Johnson
47			R.L. Burnside	Robert Lockwood Jr.
48			Bo Carter	Joe Hill Louis
49			Sam Chatmon	Tommy McClennan
50			Sam Collins	Mississippi Fred McDowell
51			James Cotton	Charley Patton
52			Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Johnny Shines
53			Blind Roosevelt Graves	Sunnyland Slim
54			Jessie Mae Hamphill	Johnny "Geechie" Temple
55			Earl Hooker	James "Son" Thomas
56			John Lee Hooker	Muddy Waters
57			Son House	Bukka White
58			Mississippi John Hurt	Big Joe Williams
59			Skip James	Sonny Boy Williamson II
60			Robert Johnson	.
61	.	Acoustic Delta Blues	Robert Johnson	Charley Patton
			.	.
62	.	Electric Delta Blues	Roosevelt "Booba" Bames	John Lee Hooker
63	.		R.L. Burnside	Sam Kelly
64			Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Robert Lockwood Jr.
65			Andrew Dunham	Johnny Shines
66			Frank Frost	Big Joe Williams
67			Rocky Fuller	Sonny Boy Williamson II
68	.	Modern Delta Blues	R.L. Burnside/Sound Machine	Junior Kimbrough
69	.		Larry Davis	.
70	Harmonica Blues	Harmonica Blues	Billy Boy Arnold	Charlie Musselwhite
71			Paul Butterfield	Jimmy Reed
72			William Clarke	George "Harmonica" Smith
73			Jimmy Cotton	Little Walter
74			Walter Horton	Junior Wells
75			Lazy Lester	Sonny Boy Williamson II
76	.	Electric Harmonica Blues	Billy Boy Arnold	Little Walter
77	.		George Harmonica Smith	.
78	.		.	.

79	Modern Electric Blues	Modern Electric Blues	Luther Allison	Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
80			Marcia Ball	Little Charlie & The Nightcats
81			Lonnie Brooks	Lonnie Mack
82			William Clarke	Delbert McClinton
83			James Cotton	Rod Piazza
84			Robert Cray	Sonny Rhodes
85			Chris Duarte	Fenton Robinson
86			Tinsley Ellis	Roomful of Blues
87			The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Kenny Wayne Shepherd
88			Anson Funderburgh	Siegel-Schwall Band
89			Buddy Guy	Jimmie Vaughan
90			Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson	Stevie Ray Vaughan
91			Big Daddy Kinsey	Joe Louis Walker
92			Ron Levy	Valerie Wellington
93	.	British Blues	The Animals	Rory Gallagher
94			Long John Baldry	Alexis Korner
95			Duster Bennett	Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings
96			Graham Bond	John Mayall
97			Chicken Shack	The Rolling Stones
98			Eric Clapton	Them
99			Cyril Davies	The Yardbirds
100			Fleetwood Mac	.

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Page last updated on:
May 28 2000