1. blues musicians or blues music characterized by raw, emotional expression
Usage: slang; music

Examples

• The old gutbuckets played all night at the juke joint.
• Those gutbuckets really knew how to make their guitars cry.
• The festival featured some legendary gutbuckets from the Mississippi Delta.
• You could hear the pain in the gutbuckets’ voices as they sang.
• The club was famous for hosting the best gutbuckets in town.