The Robert Cray Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Duke Robillard, Luther Allison, B.B. King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Magic Slim, &The Teardrops

Tony Bennett, Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, Leonard Cohen, Otis Taylor, Paul Anka, Eric Sardinas, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, ‎Adam Duritz, Buddy Guy

Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, Magic Slim, Eric Bibb, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, John Lee Hooker , Keb' Mo', Albert King

Richie Sambora, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray , Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia , Rich Robinson, Jonny Lang, Stanley Jordan, Alvin Lee , Jimmy Page

U2, Eddie Vedder, Buddy Guy, Christina Aguilera, Peter Tosh, Bette Midler, Raphael Saadiq, Tina Turner, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Bruce Springsteen

George Thorogood, Elvin Bishop, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, John Primer, Robert Cray, John Mclaughlin, Al Di Meola, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Warren Haynes, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, David Gilmour

Leonard Cohen & Sonny Rollins, John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt, Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Tito Puente & Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang & Ronnie Wood, Diana Krall & Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks, Deborah Harry & Joss Stone, Madonna & Gogol Bordello, Linkin Park & Jay Z, Diane Charlemagne & Moby, David Gilmour & Roger Waters

Sonny Boy Williamson II, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Landreth, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy

Muddy Waters's 'Folk Singer' is his fourth (and only all-acoustic) album released on April 17, 1964 by Chess.

This day ( April 13, 2005), in St. Louis, Missouri, died Johnnie Johnson, an American pianist and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This day (April 11, 1987), in Dover, Kent, England, is born Jocelyn Eve Stoker a.k.a. Joss Stone a British soul singer.

Arrested Development's '3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...' is their debut album released on March 24, 1992 by Chrysalis / EMI.

Alice In Chains & Heart, David Gilmour & The Who, Iggy Pop & Metallica, Jonny Lang & Eric Johnson, Gary Clark Jr. & William Bell, Chicago & REO Speedwagon, Robert Plant & Sheryl Crow, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins, Lionel Richie & Blake Shelton, Sharon Corr & Vonda Shepard, Billy Joel & Itzhak Perlman, Larry Graham & Mark King

Zakk Wylde, Gary Clark Jr, Alvin Lee, John Frusciante, Robin Trower, Adrian Belew, Buckethead, Eric Johnson, Chuck Loeb, Bill Frisell, Jorma Kaukonen, Ali Farka Touré

Gary Clark Jr.'s 'This Land' is his fifth album produced by Jacob Sciba and released on February 22, 2019 by Warner Bros.

The Guardian

Langston Hughes was my first introduction to writing. I remember checking out a book of his poems at the library in elementary school

USA Today

He laughs, more bitter than amused. “I got a pearl Cadillac. I loved that car. But cops would pull me over, and I’d get squad cars on me for no reason... American Songwriter

According to Clark, the neighbor had approached him and said, “Who owns this house?”, refusing to believe it could belong to someone who looked like Clark.

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

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This day (February 4, 2016), in Los Angeles, California, died Maurice White, an American singer, songwriter and founder of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Willie Dixon, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Wells, Albert Collins, BB King, Jimmy Johnson, Hubert Sumlin ,David Johansen, Charlie Musselwhite, Lucky Peterson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal, Gregg Allman

This day (January 31, 1944), in Kosciusko, Mississippi, is born Charles Douglas a.k.a. Charlie Musselwhite, an American electric blues harmonica player.

Mick Taylor, Larry Carlton, Nils Lofgren, Jimmy Johnson, Matt Schofield, John Sykes, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Steve Morse, Daniel Johns, Joe Satriani, Phil Collen, John Petrucci, Joe Perry, Slash, Johnny Depp, Eddie Van Halen

This day (January 15, 1998), in Chicago, Illinois, died Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. a.k.a. Junior Wells, an American Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica player..

Eric Clapton's 'Rush' is the soundtrack album to the movie of the same name fully written and performed by Clapton and released on January 14, 1992 by Duck / Reprise,

Muddy Waters' 'Hard Again' is an album produced by Johnny Winter and released on January 10, 1977 by Blue Sky.

Brian Johnson & Billy Joel, Jeff Beck & Beth Hart, Etta James, Grateful Dead & Tower Of Power, Marianne Faithfull & David Bowie, Kelly Clarkson & John Legend, Annie Lennox & Al Green, Natalie Cole & Diana Krall, Patti Smith & R.E.M, Ian Dury & Mick Jones, Boz Scaggs & Los Lobos, Dean Martin & Tony Bennett, Julie Andrews, John Denver & Placido Domingo

John Mayall, Albert King, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Freddie King, Joe Louis Walker, Muddy Waters, Gary Moore, Willie Dixon, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Lucky Peterson

T Bone Walker, John Mayer, Lonnie Brook, Gary Moore, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B B King, Albert King, Paul Butterfield, Etta James, John Mayall, the Bluesbreakers, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, John Hammond, Taj Mahal, Bobby McFerrin, Big Joe Turner, Lucky Peterson

This day (November 24, 1985), in Inglewood, California, died Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. a.k.a Big Joe Turner, an American blues shouter.

David Crosby's 'Here If You Listen' is his seventh album recorded with Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael Teague of Snarky Puppy and released on October 26, 2018 by BMG

USA Today

At age, 77, David Crosby is a “lion in winter” – sage in the ways of the world he serenades, with leonine hair and a history of stirring up trouble through song

Washington Post

Crosby shows great taste and artistic smarts in giving The Lighthouse Band, as the collective is known, a more prominent presence Billboard

Crosby addresses his own mortality, singing “I've been thinking about dying/ and how to do it well.” It’s a tough subject, but one that he tackles head-on

David Crosby - Here If You Listen

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This day (October 19, 1988), in Detroit, Michigan, died Eddie James House, Jr a.k.a Son House, an American blues singer and guitarist.

Willie Nelson's 'My Way' is his sixty-eighth studio album featuring Norah Jones on one song, produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings and released on September 14, 2018 by Legacy Recordings

Rolling Stone

“He didn’t worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or whatever – he could sing it either way, and that’s the feel you have to have.”

The Mainichi

a bluesy intimacy that may make some of those who don't care much for Sinatra's braggadocio and bombast on his own version give the song another chance. The Art Desk

He doesn’t amp up the croon factor or melodrama like so many young Bublé wannabes. He simply inhabits the songs

Willie Nelson - My Way

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Recorded on January 12 & 13, 2007, "Two Men with the Blues" is a

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Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.

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Rolling Stone

But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals.

The Independent

...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next The Times

is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time

Paul Simon - In the Blue Light

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This day (August 27, 1990), in East Troy, Wisconsin, died Stevie Ray Vaughan, an American guitarist, singer-songwriter.

Joe Bonamassa's 'Blues Deluxe' is his third studio album released on August 26, 2003 by J&R Adventures.

This day (August 1, 1953), in Columbus, Georgia, is born Robert Cray, an American blues guitarist and singer.

This day (July 25, 1984), in Los Angeles, California, died Willie Mae a.k.a Big Mama Thornton, an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.

Stevie Ray Vaughan's ‘Texas Flood' is his debut album recorded with Double Trouble and released on June 13, 1983 by Epic.