LEGENDS of the BLUES CARDS by WILLIAM STOUT
In this boxed set of trading cards, acclaimed artist and writer William Stout captures the soul and unique personalities of 50 amazing musicians and vocalists—some famous, some obscure—but all true legends to aficionados of the blues. Stout’s eclectic selections—all personal favorites—are exquisitely rendered in ink and watercolor.
A concise performer biography is featured on the back of each card. Stout’s long and diverse career encompasses projects from underground comix, album/CD covers, and countless book and magazine illustrations to Hollywood film design and even painting in Antarctica.
Featured performers: Muddy Waters (a different image than the box cover), Albert Ammons, Kokomo Arnold, Fred Below, Big Maceo, Big Maybelle, Lucille Bogan (Lucille Anderson, aka Bessie Jackson), Eddie Boyd (Edward Riley Boyd), Tiny Bradshaw (Myron Bradshaw), Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Charles Brown, Roy Brown, Ida Cox, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Cow Cow Davenport, Walter Davis, Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates, later Ellas McDaniel), Willie Dixon (William James Dixon), “Georgia Tom” Dorsey (Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Champion Jack Dupree (William Thomas Dupree), Blind Boy Fuller (Fulton Allen), Jesse Fuller (a.k.a. Lone Cat), Lowell Fulson (a.k.a. Lowell Fulsom, Lowell Fullsom), Jazz Gillum (William McKinley Gillum), Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones), W. C. Handy (William Christopher Handy), Slim Harpo (James Moore), Wynonie Harris, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins), Rosa Henderson (Rosa Deschamps), Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan), Earl Hooker, John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins (Sam Hopkins), Walter “Shakey” Horton, Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter, Elmore James (Elmore Brooks), Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (Frank Devera Jackson), Lonnie Johnson (Alonzo Johnson), Pete Johnson, Robert Johnson, (Robert Leroy Dodd), Louis Jordan, Albert King (Albert Nelson), B. B. King (Riley B. King), Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, J. B. Lenoir, and Meade Lux Lewis (Meade Anderson Lewis).
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