St. Louis blues
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The St. Louis blues is a type of blues music. It is usually more piano-based than other forms of the blues, and is closely related to the jump blues, ragtime and piano blues. Typically, a small number of singers, a pianist and a few other instruments (used primarily for rhythm) make up a band.
- Fontella Bass
- Chuck Berry
- Henry Brown
- Teddy Darby
- Walter Davis
- Donny Hathaway
- Johnnie Johnson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Albert King
- Robert Lockwood, Jr.
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Robert Nighthawk
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Henry Townsend
- Ike Turner
- Bennie Smith
See also "St. Louis Blues (song)" for the W.C. Handy song.
Blues • Blues genres |
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| Jug band - Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Electric blues - Jump blues - Piano blues - Fife and drum blues |
| Jazz blues - Blues-rock - Soul blues- Punk blues |
| British blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues |
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