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  • noun Plural form of bluesman.

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Examples

  • Dickinson took time out from hard rocking to pick up the mandolin and join Southern bluesmen Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus to form the South Memphis String Band and record the old-timey "Home Sweet Home" album.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Dickinson took time out from hard rocking to pick up the mandolin and join Southern bluesmen Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus to form the South Memphis String Band and record the old-timey "Home Sweet Home" album.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • He also notes how distressed he was when the band morphed from being "bluesmen" into "some [expletive] ersatz Beatles," with the music being drowned out by the screaming crowds of teenaged girls.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed REVIEWED BY ALAN NIESTER 2010

  • He told me about all the great bluesmen he had known and about the shantytowns along the Mississippi River.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • The old bluesmen drove me to the spot where two roads cross.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Howlin 'Wolf, like so many bluesmen before and after him, found release in music.

    Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues 2010

  • Howlin 'Wolf, like so many bluesmen before and after him, found release in music.

    Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues 2010

  • Howlin 'Wolf, like so many bluesmen before and after him, found release in music.

    Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues 2010

  • Like many of his favorite bluesmen, Gregg Allman has led a life filled with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

    Gregg Allman Sings 'Low Country Blues' 2011

  • Like many of his favorite bluesmen, Gregg Allman has led a life filled with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

    Gregg Allman Sings 'Low Country Blues' 2011

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