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Here are some Louisiana natives/blues related names that come to mind ... this is NOT a 'definitive list' ... nor is it limnited to 'pre-war' blues performers ... it's presented in no particular order ... I think you'll find many names of highly influential blues artists from the 'earliest' blues era to the contemporary era, as well as some 'lesser known' names that might pique one's curiosity/interest and cause one to search out more information.

Judge Riley - b. 1909, New Orleans, LA
Preston Jackson - b. 1902 - New Orleans, LA
Ernest "Tabby" Thomas - b. 1929, Baton Rouge, LA
James "Slim Harpo" Moore, b. 1924, Lobdell, LA
Hayward "Chuck" Carbo, b. 1926, Houma, LA
Earl Gilliam, b. 1930, Lafayette, LA
Allen Toussaint, b. 1938, New Orleans, LA
Paul Senegal, b. 1944, LA
Henry Gray, b. 1925, Kenner, LA
Joe Johnson, b. 1942, Independence, LA
John Campbell, b. 1952, Shreveport, LA
Fird "Blind Snooks" Eaglin, b. 1936, New Orleans, LA
B’Nois King, b. 1943, Delhi, LA
Isidore "Tuts" Washington, b. 1907, New Orleans, LA
Aaron Neville, b. 1941, New Orleans, LA
Huey "Piano" Smith, b. 1934, New Orleans, LA
Paul Gayten, b. 1920, New Orleans, LA
Jesse "Baby Face" Thomas, b. 1911, Logansport, LA
Geno Delafose, b. 1971, Eunice, LA
Earl Silas "Earl King" Johnson IV, b. 1934, New Orleans, LA
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson, b. 1889, New Orleans, LA
Roger Aldus, b. 1916, Carencro, LA
Alton "Rockin’ Dopsie" Rubin, b. 1934, Carencro, LA
Phillip Walker, b. 1937, Welsh, LA
King Floyd, b. 1945, New Orleans, LA
Joseph De Lacroix "DeDe" Pierce, b. 1904, New Orleans, LA
Warren Storm, b. 1937, Abbeville, LA
Irma "Irma Thomas" Lee, b. 1941, Ponchatoula, LA
Bobby Charles, b. 1938, Abbeville, LA
Earnest "Ernie-K-Doe" Kador, Jr., b. 1936, New Orleans, LA
Antoine "Fats" Domino, b. 1928, New Orleans, LA
Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, b. 1911, Welsh, LA
Lloyd Price, b. 1933, Kenner, LA
"Harp Blowin’ Sam" Fowler, b. 1909, Tulluhah, LA
Dave "Omar Hakim Khayyam/Omar Shariff" Alexander Elam, b. 1938, Shreveport, LA
Saunders King, b. 1910, Staple, LA
Clarence "Frogman" Henry, b. 1937, Algiers, LA
Marva Wright, b. 1948, New Orleans, LA
Clarence Edwards, b. 1933, Lindsay, LA
Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, b. 1937, Haynesville, LA
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Miles, b. 1895, New Orleans, LA
Walter "Fats" Pichon, b. 1906, New Orleans, LA
Robert Cage, b. 1937, New Orleans, LA
Richard Berry, b. 1935, Extension, LA
James David "J.D." Nicholson, b. 1917, Monroe, LA
Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, b. 1926, Delhi, LA
Johnny "Little Sonny" Jones, b. 1913, New Orleans, LA
Sam "Mighty Sam" McClain, b. 1943, Monroe, LA
John Delafose, b. 1939, Duralde, LA
Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery, b. 1906, Kentwood, LA
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, b. 1924, Vinton, LA
Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite, b. 1937, St. Martinville, LA
Lemoine "Lemon" Nash, b. 1898, Lakeland, LA
Calvin Owens, b. 1929, New Orleans, LA
Ralph Perkins, b. 1935, Lafayette, LA
Phillip "Phil" Guy, 1940, Lettsworth, LA
Al Broussard, b. 1906, New Orleans, LA
Frankie Lee Simms, b. 1917, New Orleans, LA
Walter Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs, b. 1930, Marksville, LA
Luke "Long Gone" Miles, b. 1925, Lachute, LA
Larry Williams, b. 1935, New Orleans, LA
Joe "King" Oliver, b. 1885, Abend, LA
Sidney Bechet, b. 1897, New Orleans, LA
Rev. Johnny Williams, b. 1906, Alexandria, LA
Cleveland Chenier, b. 1921, Opelousas, LA
"Creole" George Guesnon, b. 1907, New Orleans, LA
Lizzie "Memphis Minnie"/"Kid" Douglas Lawlers, b. 1897, Algiers, LA
Raful Neal, b. 1936, farm near Erwinville, LA
Clarence Brown, b. 1940, New Orleans, LA
Jessie Lee "Bonnie Lee " Frealls, b. 1931, Bunkie, LA
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, b. 1977, Shreveport, LA
Richard M. Jones, b. 1892, Barton, LA
Lafayette Jerl "Thing" Thomas, b. 1928, Shreveport, LA
"Queen Ida" Guillory, b. 1929, Lake Charles, LA
Leo Nocentelli, b. 1946, New Orleans, LA
Shirley Goodman (Goodman-Pixley), b. 1936, New Orleans, LA
Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson, b. 1933, Torras, LA
Nathan Abshire, b. 1913, Gueyden, LA
Ransom Knowling, b. 1912, New Orleans, LA
Clifton Chenier, b. 1925, Opelousas, LA
Leonard Lee, b. 1936, New Orleans, LA
Roy "Chubby" Carrier, Jr., b. 1967, Lafayette, LA
Lavelle White, b. 1929, Amite, LA
William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree, b. 1910, New Orleans, LA
Robert Lee "Chicago Bob" Nelson, b. 1944, Bogalusa, LA
Overton Amos "Smiley Lewis" Lemons, b. 1913, DeQuincey, LA
Bessie Griffin, b. 1922, New Orleans, LA
Larry Garner, b. 1952, New Orleans, LA
John "Long John" Hunter, b. 1931, Ringgold, LA
"Big Roger" Collins, b. 1935, Ville Platte, LA
Margie Evans, b. 1940, Shreveport, LA
Curly "Barefoot" Miller, b. 1902, New Orleans, LA
George "Buddy" Guy, b. 1936, Lettsworth, LA
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong - b. 1901, New Orleans, LA
Lynn August, b. 1948, Lafayette, LA
Alvin K. "Al King" Smith, b. 1926, Monroe, LA
Samuel "Cryin’ Sam" Collins, b. 1887 in LA
Percy Mayfield, b. 1920, Minden, LA
Robert Henry "Baby Boy" Warren, b. 1919, Lake Providence, LA
Bobby Mitchell, b. 1935, Algiers, LA
Barbara George, b. 1942, New Orleans, LA
Sam Butera, b. 1927, New Orleans, LA
Gabriel "Guitar Gable" Perrodin, b. 1937, Bellview, LA
Classie Ballou, Jr., b. 1937, Elton, LA
Dalton Reed, b. 1952, Cade, LA
Troy Turner, b. 1970, Baton Rouge, LA
Willie Bryant, b. 1908, New Orleans, LA
Robert "Bobby" Parker, b. 1937, Lafayette, LA
Terrance Simien, b. 1965, Eunice, LA
Huary Perry "U.P." Wilson, b. 1934, Shreveport, LA
Milton J. "Half A Head" Batiste, Jr., b. 1934 New Orleans, LA
Buddy Bolden, b. 1877, New Orelans, LA
Amédé Breaux, b. 1900, Rayne, LA
Harvey "Harmonica Fats" Blackston, b. 1927, McDade, LA
Roy Brown, b. 1925, New Orleans, LA
Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette, b. 1933, New Orleans, LA
Lee "King Ivory Lee" Semien, b. 1931, Washington, LA
Leon T. "Archibald" Gross, b. 1912, New Orleans, LA
Silas Hogan, b. 1911, Westover, LA
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, b. 1885, Gulfport, LA
Edwin Joseph "Eddie Bo" Bocage, b. 1930, New Orleans, LA
Henry Butler, b. 1948, New Orleans, LA
Willis Prudhomme, b. 1931, LA
Joseph "Mighty Joe" Young, b. 1927, Shreveport, LA
Jerry Lee Lewis, b. 1935, Ferriday, LA
Robert "Willie" Egan, b. 1923, Minden, LA
Clarence Williams, b. 1893, Plaquemaine, LA
Ernest Thibodeaux,b. 1925, Basile, LA
Sam "Lovin’ Sam" Theard, b. 1904, New Orleans, LA
Spencer Williams, b. 1889, New Orleans, LA
Edina Hicks, b. 1895, New Orleans, LA
Robert Parker, b. 1930, New Orleans, LA
Kenny Neal, b. 1957, New Orleans, LA
Chris Thomas King, b. 1962, Baton Rouge, LA
Nellie Lutcher, b. 1915, Lake Charles, LA
Mahalia Jackson, b. 1911, New Orleans, LA
Blanche Thomas, b. 1922, New Orleans, LA
Canray Fontenot, b. 1922, L'anse Aux Vachesla, LA
Lee Collins, b. 1901, New Orleans, LA
Vernon "Boogie Woogie Red" Harrison, b. 1925, Rayville, LA
Wynton Marsalis, b. 1961, New Orleans, LA
Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis, b. 1930, Lake Charles, LA
Carol Fran, b. 1933, Lafayette, LA
Edna Hicks, b. 1895, New Orleans, LA
Earl Palmer, b. 1924, New Orleans, LA
Curtis John "Coco Robicheaux" Arceneuax, b. 1947, Ascension Parish, LA
Mary Roszella "Rosie Ledet" Bellard, b. 1971, LA
Sherman Robertson, b. 1948, Breaux Bridge, LA
Clarence Samuels, b. 1923, Baton Rouge, LA
Tommy Ridgley, b. 1925, New Orleans, LA
Battiste Illinois Jacquet, b. 1922, Broussard, LA
Rosco Chenier, b. 1941, Notleyville, LA
Linda Hopkins, b. 1925, New Orleans, LA
Emmit "Bobby Rush" Ellis, Jr., b. 1930, Homer, LA
Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker, b. 1913, New Orleans, LA
Arthur "Guitar" Kelley, b. 1924, Clinton, LA
Ellis Marsalis, b. 1934, Gert Town, LA
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, b. 1947, Lafayette, LA
Elmore "Elmo" Nixon, b. 1933, Crowley, LA
Tab Benoit, b. 1967, Baton Rouge, LA
Mac (Dr. John) Rebennack, b. 1940, New Orleans, LA
Curley Mays, b. 1938, Maxie, LA
Louis Prima, b. 1911, New Orleans, LA
Jesse "Ooh Poo Pah Do" Hill, b. 1932, New Orleans, LA
Art Neville, b. 1937, New Orleans, LA
James "James Booker" Carroll Booker III, b. 1939, New Orleans, LA
Lee "Lonnie Brooks" Baker, Jr., b. 1933, Dubuisson, LA
Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, b. 1918, Bogalusa, LA
Pleasant "Cousin Joe" Joseph, b. 1907, Wallace, LA
Walter "Wolfman" Washington, b. 1943, New Orleans, LA
Mem Shannon, b. 1959, New Orleans, LA
Dave Bartholomew, b. 1920, Edgard, LA
Irvirn "Lee" Dorsey, b. 1926, New Orleans, LA
James "Bat" Robinson, b. 1903, Algiers, LA - d. 3/2/57, St. Louis, MO
Chris Kenner, b. 1929, Kenner, LA - d. 1/25/76, New Orleans, LA
Harry Choates, b. 1922, Rayne, LA - d. 7/17/51, Austin, TX
Charles Neville, b. 1939, New Orleans, LA