bluesman
Americannoun
plural
bluesmenEtymology
Origin of bluesman
Example Sentences
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Nominated for his first Oscar at 73 for playing bluesman Delta Slim, Lindo is living proof of his own mantra: ‘It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.’
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
The Texas bluesman Gary Clark Jr. reinforces the connection in “Maktub,” Arabic for “it is written”; it’s from his exploratory, style-hopping new EP, “Jpeg Raw.”
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
This year’s slate is led by gentle-breezing gospel staples The Blind Boys of Alabama and electrified bluesman Cedric Burnside, the grandson of blues great R.L.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Still, he knew he was a bluesman and that he had to get back to his plan.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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