How to Use bluesman in a Sentence

bluesman

noun

• Lightnin’ Hopkins is revered around the world as one of the last great bluesmen.
  — Joel Selvin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• There’s a lot Kingfish can learn from Guy about how to be a bluesman.
  — Carlo Rotella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• There’s not a bluesman alive that could pick his instrument up and play it.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2020
• The vintage bluesman wrote the above lyrics after spending a year as a fan of Cincinnati sports.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
• The late bluesman Luther Wamble spent some time late in his life as a resident of the farm, and Steele swears she’s heard his voice in her ear since then.
  — al, 29 Oct. 2021
• Chicago bluesman Studebaker John brought down the house at a show last fall in Boise.
  — Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 31 July 2017
• But even as a rising guitar whiz, Kingfish knew that singing is the key to being a bluesman.
  — Carlo Rotella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• The Stones appeared several times, once with the bluesman Howlin’ Wolf, one of their idols.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
• Across the record, Batiste also raps, stomps like a preacher and wails like a barrelhouse bluesman.
  — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
• The daughter of Texas bluesman Johnny Copeland, she's made her mark in her own right with a big voice and a straight-ahead delivery.
  — Scott Stroud, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
• As a bluesman, Luther never had the type of fame or fortune his nephews enjoyed.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2021
• But the bluesman's larger-than-life sound isn't solely for the classic rock and punk crowds - he's even spent time opening for teen dream Ed Sheeran.
  — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 6 June 2017
• Zep ripped off a lot of bluesmen, never paying tribute.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• In an era of TikTok pop jive, Cedric Burnside is a dirty-fingernails bluesman.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 29 Sep. 2021
• Concerts in the Park Local bluesman Tom Larsen and his band kick off the outdoor concert series with live blues and funk music.
  — Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post, 21 June 2017
• Eric Clapton, a true bluesman at heart, hated the single’s pop tendencies and left the group.
  — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
• Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin was a bluesman to his core, albeit one with a weakness for elfin mysticism.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 Oct. 2020
• The night will feature Greene, a longtime bandmate and friend of the bluesman, jamming with other past members and associates of Miller, who would have been 75 on Jan. 1.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• That same year, the pair shared tragedy, playing with Stevie Ray Vaughan only hours before the Texas bluesman died in a helicopter crash.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Portland bluesman Curtis Salgado took his place on the bill.
  — David Greenwald, OregonLive.com, 27 May 2017
• Gut bucket bluesman Little Freddie King performs a set streamed from d.b.a. at 8 p.m.
  — NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• To me, there was little difference between a bluesman and a preacher: Both were in the business of inspiring their working-class and weary brethren.
  — David Weiss, Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2016
• Nashville bluesman Von Johin learned the art of Mississippi Delta-style blues the old fashioned way: by playing small venues across the country.
  — Eliot Van Buskirk, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2008
• Chicago bluesman Lurrie Bell streams live at 8:45 p.m. Tickets via ourconcerts.live.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2021
• Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon plays an hour-long set at 8:45 p.m. Tickets via ourconcerts.live.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2021
• Taylor, 69, duck-walked across the stage to catch guitarist Michael Landau uncork a stinging solo, then goofily improvised lyrics and pulled a few bluesman faces to end the song.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 12 July 2017
• Time has come again for sardonic country bluesman Ray Wylie Hubbard.
  — Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
• Lost without his grandfather and powerless to unlock both his mother’s anger and his own grief, Clayton heads out on his own in search of some bluesmen.
  — Meg Medina, New York Times, 12 May 2017
• Perhaps more than any other bluesman, Robert Leroy Johnson epitomizes the lasting allure and deep mythology of the genre.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 31 July 2022
• Related Ahead of his fall Solo tour, the seven-time Grammy Award-winning bluesman appeared on two separate shows overnight, for chats, laughs and a performance.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024