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 REAL BLUES NAMES
 by Cornbread

Peter 'Cornbread' Cohen Just in case you were wondering what these blues folks real names are:

Chuck Berry – Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Elwood J. Blues – Daniel Aykroyd
"Joliet" Jake E. Blues – John Belushi
Big Bill Broonzy - William Lee Conley Broonzy
Gatemouth Brown – Clarence Brown
Ray Charles – Ray Charles Robinson
Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapp
Bo Diddley – Ellas Bates (later McDaniel)
Floyd Dixon - Born J Riggins Jnr.
Champion Jack Dupree - William Thomas Dupree
Blind Boy Fuller - Fulton Allen
Buddy Guy – George Guy
Slim Harpo - James Moore
Jimi Hendrix – James Marshall Hendrix
Z.Z. Hill - Arzell Hill
Leadbelly - Huddie William Ledbetter
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Sam Hopkins
Son House – Eddie James House
Elmore James - Elmore Brooks
Etta James - Jamesetta Hawkins
Skip James – Nehemiah James
Dr. John - Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.
Lonnie Johnson - Alfonzo Johnson
Guitar Junior – Luther Johnson
Guitar Junior - Lee Baker, Jr. AKA Lonnie Brooks
Detroit Junior – Emery Williams, Jr.
Albert King – Albert Nelson
BB King – Riley B. King
Freddie King – Freddie Christian
Professor Longhair - Henry Roeland Byrd
Little Milton – Milton Campbell
Memphis Minnie – Lizzie Douglas
Keb’ Mo’ - Kevin Moore
Taj Mahal - Henry St.Clair Fredricks
Johnny Otis - John Veliotes
Pinetop Perkins – Joe Willie Perkins
Bonnie Raitt - Arbonna Raitt
Jimmy Rogers – James A. Lane
Bobby Rush - Emmit Ellis Jr.
Magic Sam – Sam Maghett
Harmonica Slip - James Moore also known as Slim Harpo
Fatboy Slim – Quentin Cook
Lightnin’ Slim – Otis Hicks
Memphis Slim – John Chatman
Guitar Slim – Eddie Jones
Watermelon Slim – Bill Homans
Big Bad Smitty – John H. Smith
Hound Dog Taylor – Theodore Roosevelt Taylor
Koko Taylor – Cora Walton
Sonny Terry – Saunders Terrell
Butch Trucks – Claude Hudson Trucks, Jr.
Ike Turner – Izear Turner
Big Mama Thornton – Willie Mae Thornton
T-Bone Walker – Aaron Thhibeaux Walker
Little Walter - Marion Walter Jacobs
Muddy Waters – McKinley Morganfield
Junior Wells - Amos Blackmore
Peetie Wheatstraw – William Bunch
Otis Williams – Otis Miles
Sonny Boy Williamson - John Lee Williamson
Blind Willie McTell – William Samual McTear
Boxcar Willie - Lecil Travis Martin
Johnny Winter - John Dawson Winter
Howlin’ Wolf – Chester Burnett
Buckwheat Zydeco – Stanley Joseph Dural, Jr.

Finally, yours truly,
Cornbread – Peter Cohen, Jr.


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