| R | R | R | |||
| Known by Name | YouTube Content | Born | Died | St. | Notes --- (Home / www.BluesWorship.com) |
| Ray Charles | 49 | 1930 | 2004 | MS | Raymond Charles Robinson (9/23/1930 – 6/10/2004) |
| Ray Davies | 16 | 1944 | UK | Raymond Douglas "Ray" Davies CBE, 6/21/1944 | |
| Reggie Sears | 1 | 1991 | FL | Reginald W. Sears, April 12, 1991 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL | |
| Reverend Gary Davis | 113 | 1896 | 1972 | SC | also Blind Gary Davis, (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) |
| Richard Rabbit Brown | 33 | 1880 | 1937 | LA | (c. 1880 – c. 1937) |
| Rick Vito | 48 | 1949 | PN | Richard Francis "Rick" Vito (Oct. 13, 1949, Darby, Penn) | |
| Robben Ford | 42 | 1951 | CA | (born December 16, 1951) | |
| Robbie Robertson | 11 | 1943 | CAN | Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC - 7/5/1943 | |
| Robby Krieger | 20 | 1946 | CA | Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger (born January 8, 1946) | |
| Robert Belfour | 39 | 1940 | 2015 | MS | Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, 9/11/1940 – 2/24/2015 |
| Robert Cray | 91 | 1953 | GA | (born August 1, 1953) | |
| Robert Gordon | 1 | 1947 | MD | (born March 29, 1947) | |
| Robert Johnson | 628 | 1911 | 1938 | MS | Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) |
| Robert Junior Lockwood | 38 | 1915 | 2006 | AR | Robert Lockwood, Jr., aka (Mar. 27, 1915 – Nov. 21, 2006) |
| Robert Nighthawk | 64 | 1909 | 1967 | AR | Robert Lee McCollum (Nov. 30, 1909 – Nov. 5, 1967) |
| Robert Pete Williams | 58 | 1914 | 1980 | LA | (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) |
| Robert Randolph | 35 | 1980 | NJ | born Dec. 20, 1980 in Irvington, NJ | |
| Robin Trower | 21 | 1945 | UK | Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945, Catford, UK) | |
| Rod Piazza | 11 | 1947 | CA | (born December 18, 1947) | |
| Roger Waters | 216 | 1943 | UK | George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) | |
| Ron Wood | 60 | 1947 | UK | Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947) | |
| Ronnie Earl | 35 | 1953 | NY | (born Ronald Horvath, March 10, 1953, Queens, NY) | |
| Rory Gallagher | 67 | 1948 | 1995 | IRE | William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) |
| Roy Buchanan | 57 | 1939 | 1988 | AK | (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) |
| Roy Clark | 39 | 1933 | VA | Roy Linwood Clark (born April 15, 1933) | |
| Roy Harper | 75 | 1941 | UK | (born 12 June 1941) |