bluesman
Americannoun
plural
bluesmenEtymology
Origin of bluesman
Example Sentences
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Emerging bluesman Sammie plays a song he wrote as a confession to his pastor father, a paean to the music he loves.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
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 • Nov. 28, 2025
In 1959, a fellow music enthusiast told Mr. Strachwitz that he had found the bluesman in Houston.
From New York Times • May 10, 2023
In June 1950, Lauderdale sent Charles out on a long tour with bluesman Lowell Fulson.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023
Like a bluesman, although he was still growing into his spot with the band.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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