Bluesman is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bluesman in a sentence
Bluesman meaning
a male blues musician
Using Bluesman
- The main meaning on this page is: a male blues musician
Context around Bluesman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bluesman
- In this selection, "bluesman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, electric, americana, wolf, jimmy, keb and chester stand out and add context to how "bluesman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bluesman s voice and american electric bluesman jimmy reed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bluesman" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bluesman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A bluesman’s voice is a little bit different. (9 words)
The Bluesman: The Story of the Music of the Men Who Made the Blues. (14 words)
Fresh from his first-ever Grammy Award win, for best traditional blues album for “Porcupine Meat,” legendary bluesman Friday night. (20 words)
Growing up in a musical family, he quickly developed his craft as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, played his first gig at the age of 12 and by his early 20s performed live with iconic bluesman Taj Mahal. (38 words)
The entire thing was derived from a single line in a ‘80s magazine profile of Johnson, attributed to fellow bluesman and Johnson mentor Son House decades after the fact, and who likely never actually said it. (36 words)
In the meantime, he’s working to arrange a writing session with Americana bluesman Keb’ Mo’ and schooling himself, via YouTube, on the finer points of self-producing Facebook Live and other virtual-platform events. (35 words)
Example sentences (11)
A bluesman’s voice is a little bit different.
Dylan’s 39th studio album features a 17-minute ballad about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as a tribute to American electric bluesman Jimmy Reed.
In the meantime, he’s working to arrange a writing session with Americana bluesman Keb’ Mo’ and schooling himself, via YouTube, on the finer points of self-producing Facebook Live and other virtual-platform events.
Fogerty is inspired the music of the greats from whom he learned as a young musician — the artists range from Howlin’ Wolf (bluesman Chester Burnett), the Beatles, rockabilly icon James Burton and Jimi Hendrix.
Growing up in a musical family, he quickly developed his craft as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, played his first gig at the age of 12 and by his early 20s performed live with iconic bluesman Taj Mahal.
The entire thing was derived from a single line in a ‘80s magazine profile of Johnson, attributed to fellow bluesman and Johnson mentor Son House decades after the fact, and who likely never actually said it.
Fresh from his first-ever Grammy Award win, for best traditional blues album for “Porcupine Meat,” legendary bluesman Friday night.
The romance between Jackson and Ally is by-the-numbers, and the retired bluesman (Dave Chappelle) who has had his own addictions is a cliché.
The Topsham-based trio features Darren "Lil Bluesman" Thiboutot on lead and rhythm guitar and vocals; Rick "Slow Driver" McLennan on bass guitar and vocals; and Darren "Big Red" Thiboutot on drums and vocals.
The Bluesman: The Story of the Music of the Men Who Made the Blues.
Wald 2004, p. 139. Johnson did record versions of "Preaching the Blues" and "Walking Blues" in the older bluesman's vocal and guitar style (House's chronology has been questioned by Guralnick).