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Chicago blues musicians include:

• Big Maceo Merriweather
• Big Walter Horton
• Billy Boy Arnold
• Billy Branch
• Buddy Guy
• Champion Jack Dupree
• Elmore James
• Hound Dog Taylor
• Howlin' WolfHowlin' Wolf ( b. June 10, 1910, West Point, Mississippi d. January 10, 1976, Hines, Illinois) was an American blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Born Chester Arthur Burnett he was nicknamed "Big Foot" and "Bull Cow" in his early ye
• J.B. Hutto
• J.B. Lenoir
• Jimmy Cotton
• Jimmy Dawkins
• Jimmy RogersJimmy Rogers ( 1924 December 19, 1997) is a blues guitarist best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s. Jimmy Rogers was born in Ruleville, Mississippi as James A. Lane and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Rogers took up the g
• John Brim
• John Primer
• Johnny ShinesJohnny Shines ( 1915- 1992) was a blues guitarist. He was born John Ned Shines on April 26, 1915 in Frazier, Tennessee. He spent most of his childhood in Memphis playing slide guitar at an early age in local jukes and for tips on the streets. His first mu
• Junior Wells
• KoKo Taylor
• Little WalterLittle Walter (born Walter Jacobs ( May 1 1930 February 15 1968) was a blues singer and harmonica player. Walter is generally included among blues music greats: Ry Cooder 's opinion is that Little Walter was the single greatest blues musician ever. His re
• Lonnie Brooks
• Luther Allison
• Magic Sam
• Mighty Joe Young
• Muddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield born April 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi died April 30, 1983 in Westmont, Illinois, is better known as Muddy Waters . He was an American blues musician and is generally considered the father of Chicago blues. Waters was first r
• Otis Rush
• Otis SpannOtis Spann born in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 21, 1930 died April 24, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, was a blues singer. Spann was Muddy Waters' pianist from 1952 to 1960 before forming his own band. Following his passing in 1970, he was interred in the B
• Paul ButterfieldPaul Butterfield ( December 17, 1942 May 4, 1987) was an American blues musician, and one of the most innovative harmonica players of the electric blues Chicago-originated style. Butterfield began performing in the Chicago area as a teen, and he soon form
• Robert Lockwood Jr.Robert Lockwood Jr. is an American blues guitarist who recorded for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a longtime collaborator and Chess Records studio guitarist for Sonny Boy Williamson II. Step son to the famous robert johnson of delta crossro
• Robert Nighthawk
• Snooky Pryor
• Son Seals
• Sonny Boy Williamson
• Willie Dixon