I finally figured it out.
This is a mix of the most iconic black and white pre 1940 blues/country.
That would go like this, just the must have artists.
Louis Armstrong
Jellyroll Morton
Mamie Smith
Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
Papa Charley Jackson
Emmett Miller..............performed in black face
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Jimmie Rodgers
The Carter Family
Charley Patton
Victoria Spivey
The Memphis Jug Band
Rabbit Brown...his "James Alley Blues" a must listen.
Frank Hutchison
Darby & Tarlon....best kept secret in all of musicdom. They are amazing.
Leroy Carr
B,F.Shelton....only recorded 4 songs, three about killing women, one about prison. Hillbillie.
Blind Blake.....he just vanished, one of the Jack Reacher novels has Reacher in Georgia trying to find out what happened. Did go off in another direction,
Big Bill Broonzy
Memphis Minnie....first great female guitarist
Blind Willie McTell.....Bob Dylan a huge fan.
Clarence Ashley.....recorded the original...House of the Rising Sun....1933
Lead Belly
Geechie Wiley....her Last Kind Words a legit masterpierce
Dock Boggs....a must listen
Cannon Jug Stomper.....Gus Cannon's dad was a slave, he talks about how the slave owners did pair off their slaves, looking to product a superior worker.
Jimmie Davis.....former governor of Louisiana, played with a black guitar player Oscar Woods, back when that wasn't cool.
Lucille Bogan....her "Shave Um Dry"....total filth....."nibbles on my ties long as a mans thumb"....just one example.
Sleepy John Estes
The Slillet Lickers
Emry Arthur.....the original..."Man of Constant Sorrow".
Bessie Tucker
Luke Jordan...the original..."Cocaine Blues".
Robert Johnson....Da Man~~
Sonny Boy Williamson
Gene Autry.......yep, he belongs
Big Joe Williams......his...Please Don't Go....been covered by a ton.
Ida Cox
Bayless Rose
Lee Child the author of the Jack Reacher novels knows them blues.