Blues Against Hunger Society wants to know which blues guitarists were most influential on blues music. We compiled a list of 30 blues guitarists born before 1930. Please choose the guitarists you believe was the greatest influence on blues, or yourself.    
TOP TEN - Blues Guitar Patriarchs
T-Bone Walker
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Robert Johnson
W.C. Handy
Muddy Waters
Buddy Guy
Albert King
John Lee Hooker
Elmore James
Son House
Skip James
Lightnin' Hopkins
Mississippi John Hurt
Charley Patton
Blind Blake
Mamie Smith
Leadbelly
Big Bill Broonzy
Slim Harpo
Jimmy Reed
Professor Longhair
Wynonie Harris
Brownie McGhee
Chuck Berry
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Memphis Minnie
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Earl Hooker
Other
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