Blues shouter

A blues shouter is a blues singer, often male, capable of singing unamplified with a band.

Notable blues shouters include:

• Piney Brown
• Walter Brown, of the Jay McShann orchestra^[1]
• H-Bomb Ferguson^[2]
• Wynonie Harris^[2][3]
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• Duke Henderson, who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s.^[4][5][6][7]
• Jimmy Rushing, blues shouter with Count Basie.^[1][2]
• Big Joe Turner – his style hardly changed at all between 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete", and 1954's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". AllMusic called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era".^[8]
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, an unusual combination of blues shouter and bebop alto saxophone player.^[1][2]
• Big Joe Williams^[1]
• Jimmy Witherspoon, who also appeared with Jay McShann.^[1][2]
• Billy Wright^[1]
• Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett)

References

1. "Blues Shouters". Allaboutbluesmusic.com. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
2. "The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
3. Zolten, Jerry (2002-12-13). Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds : Celebrating the Rise of Soul ... - Jerry Zolten Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and American Studies Penn State University. p. 139. ISBN 9780195348453. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
4. Bill Dahl. "Get Your Kicks - Duke Henderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
5. "Duke Henderson - Get Your Kicks". Delmark.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
6. Larry Birnbaum (2013). Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll. p. 118. ISBN 9780810886384. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
7. Billboard. 1952-10-11. p. 42. Retrieved 2015-10-26 – via Internet Archive. blues shouter. Duke Henderson.
8. Bill Dahl. "Big Joe Turner | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-26.