Louisiana Blues

Genre of blues music that developed in the period after World War II in the state of Louisiana. Emerged 1955. Wikipedia

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54 artists with 2.5M combined listeners. 81% of them sit in the Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with Chicago Blues.

Where Louisiana Blues sits on the map

• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 44 artists (81%)
• R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues · 4 artists (7%)
• Flamenco Guitar / Flamenco / Lds · 2 artists (4%)
• Native American Traditional / Healing Hz / Native American Contemporary · 1 artists (2%)
• Indie Anthem-Folk / Indie Folk / Vancouver Indie · 1 artists (2%)
• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Louisiana Blues

Louisiana Blues artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Albert King & Muddy Waters · 83 shared playlists
2. Muddy Waters & Elmore James · 51 shared playlists
3. Muddy Waters & Sonny Boy Williamson II · 43 shared playlists
4. Muddy Waters & Big Mama Thornton · 34 shared playlists
5. Big Mama Thornton & Elmore James · 22 shared playlists
6. Albert King & Luther Allison · 17 shared playlists
7. Buster Benton & Sonny Boy Williamson II · 14 shared playlists
8. Stan Butler & Bigg Robb · 10 shared playlists
9. Skip James & Son House · 8 shared playlists
10. Mississippi John Hurt & Son House · 7 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Louisiana Blues, for their size.

• Chicago Blues · 10 shared artistsBoth: Elmore James, Koko Taylor, Luther Allison
• Delta Blues · 6 shared artistsBoth: Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White
• Traditional Blues · 8 shared artistsBoth: Muddy Waters, Albert King, Koko Taylor
• Electric Blues · 8 shared artistsBoth: Muddy Waters, Albert King, Elmore James
• Acoustic Blues · 4 shared artistsBoth: Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Justin Johnson
• Blues · 4 shared artistsBoth: Blind Willie McTell, Lazy Lester, Guitar Slim
• Country Blues · 3 shared artistsBoth: Mississippi Fred McDowell, Altered Five Blues Band, Scrapper Blackwell
• Southern Soul Blues · 3 shared artistsBoth: Bigg Robb, Adrian Bagher, Stan Butler

Artists

54 artists tagged Louisiana Blues, ranked by listeners.

1. Muddy Waters1.5M listeners · Electric Blues
2. Albert King253.0K listeners · Electric Blues
3. Hugh Laurie158.9K listeners
4. Elmore James114.0K listeners · Electric Blues
5. Big Mama Thornton68.0K listeners · Electric Blues
6. Son House61.9K listeners · Electric Blues
7. Memphis Slim60.2K listeners · Piano Blues
8. Koko Taylor58.8K listeners · Chicago Blues
9. Leadbelly45.0K listeners
10. Skip James35.1K listeners
11. Mississippi John Hurt27.1K listeners · Delta Blues
12. Luther Allison26.7K listeners · Traditional Blues
13. Justin Johnson21.5K listeners · Acoustic Blues
14. J.B. Lenoir21.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
15. Mississippi Fred McDowell16.8K listeners · Traditional Blues
16. Blind Willie Johnson15.5K listeners · Electric Blues
17. Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band10.2K listeners
18. Sonny Boy Williamson II8.9K listeners · Electric Blues
19. Henrik Freischlader8.3K listeners
20. Bukka White7.3K listeners · Acoustic Blues
21. Blind Willie McTell5.0K listeners · Blues
22. Blind Lemon Jefferson4.2K listeners · Texas Blues
23. Ma Rainey3.3K listeners
24. Bigg Robb2.8K listeners · Southern Soul
25. Blind Blake2.5K listeners
26. Peter Frampton Band2.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
27. Lazy Lester2.1K listeners · Blues
28. Reverend Gary Davis1.9K listeners
29. Buster Benton1.5K listeners · Traditional Blues
30. Altered Five Blues Band1.3K listeners · Blues Rock
31. The Sweeplings1.3K listeners · Sheffield Indie
32. David Gogo1.2K listeners
33. Adrian Bagher1.1K listeners · Southern Soul
34. Soul Machine1.0K listeners · Classic Soul
35. Stan Butler1.0K listeners · Southern Soul
36. Eb Davis Blues Band1.0K listeners
37. Beat Flippa1.0K listeners · Southern Soul
38. MynxMotion Studio1.0K listeners · Rebel Blues
39. Scrapper Blackwell1.0K listeners · Alternative Country
40. Guitar Slim1.0K listeners · Electric Blues
41. musicforlife1.0K listeners · Folk-Pop
42. Relaxing Blues Music1.0K listeners · British Blues
43. Johnny Shines1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
44. Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Jack Myers, Freddie Below1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
45. Willie Mabon, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Robert Stroger, Odie Payne1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
46. The James Cotton Band1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
47. Homesick James And His Dusters1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues
48. Jeff Fetterman1.0K listeners · Tin Pan Alley
49. Lightnin' Slim1.0K listeners · Blues
50. Todd Rhodes1.0K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
51. Rev. Gary Davis1.0K listeners · Cosmic American
52. Andreas Brink1.0K listeners
53. Lara Price Band1.0K listeners
54. Muddy Waters Blues Band1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues