Blues artists & their fantastic names (with homage to Hayden Carruth)
Elmore James, Kokomo Arnold, Tampa Red, "Little" Johnny Jones, Odie Payne, Homesick James, John Littlejohn, Hound Dog Taylor, J. B. Hutto, Peetie Wheatstraw,
Bumble Bee Slim, Gitfiddle Jim, Kansas Joe McCoy, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Maceo Merriweather, Papa Too Sweet, Blind Boy Fuller, Roosevelt Sykes,
Sleepy John Estes, Bumble Bee Slim, Trixie Smith, Monette Moore, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Stick McGhee, Washboard Sam, Hammie Nixon, Little Buddy Doyle, Missippi Matilda,
Bo Carter, James "Yank" Rachell, Jab Jones, Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman, Little Milton, Big Mama Thornton, Little Milton, Texas Johnny Brown, Arthur Crudup, Big Walter Horton,
Blind Wille McTell, Gatemouth Moore, Guitar Slim, Harold "Hardface" Clanton, HoneyBoy Edwards, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Magic Minnie, Pinetop Perkins, and of course Furry Lewis.