bluesman

American  

[blooz-muhn, -man] / ˈbluz mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

plural

bluesmen

1. a musician who sings or plays blues.

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Etymology

Origin of bluesman

First recorded in 1965–70; blues ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

A Spotify playlist curated by Coogler and Göransson is musical scholarship engaging in the call and response to the cultural frustration percolating through this story of life in the Jim Crow South: “See, white folks, they like the blues just fine,” says Delroy Lindo’s bluesman Delta Slim.

From Salon

Looming behind the bluesman is a blackboard, on which a genealogy of the blues has been chalk-drawn in an orderly hand.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a movie that features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy and, on the soundtrack, banjo evangelist Rhiannon Giddens and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m not a movie guy,” the bluesman said, in Coogler’s retelling of this momentous meeting, “but my kids love your movies and they tell me that I gotta meet with you. So I’m here — whatever you need. You want me to sing? I’ll sing. You want me to act? I’m on for the work. But I got you.”

From Los Angeles Times

You’re an electric bluesman in a hip-hop world.

From Los Angeles Times