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John Jackson
John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
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Rick Franklin
Rick Franklin
musical artist
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Cephas & Wiggins
Cephas & Wiggins
American blues duo
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Big John Wrencher
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Magic Slim
Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Lightnin' Wells
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
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Boo Hanks
Boo Hanks
musical artist
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Willie Baker
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Ramon Goose
Ramon Goose
English blues rock guitarist, singer and record producer
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Charlie Parr
Charlie Parr
American country blues musician
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Eddie Kirkland
Eddie Kirkland
American blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
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Blind John Davis
Blind John Davis
American musician
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George Higgs
George Higgs
musical artist
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The Pretty Things
The Pretty Things
English band
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American musician
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Canned Heat
Canned Heat
American rock band
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David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Robert Petway
Robert Petway
African-American blues singer and guitarist
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Alan Wilson
Alan Wilson
musician
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Geeshie Wiley
Geeshie Wiley
African-American woman musician
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Texas Johnny Brown
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Irene Scruggs
Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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John Mooney
John Mooney
American blues guitarist and singer
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Blind Blake
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
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Boogie Woogie Red
Boogie Woogie Red
American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
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Dave Hole
Dave Hole
Western Australian slide guitarist
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John Fahey
John Fahey
1939–2001; American fingerstyle guitarist
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Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Marion Brown
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Floyd Council
Floyd Council
American blues guitarist and singer
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Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper
British guitarist
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Blind Willie Walker
Blind Willie Walker
American guitarist
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Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Alice Stuart
Alice Stuart
American musician
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Smoky Babe
Smoky Babe
American acoustic blues guitarist and singer
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Bull City Red
Bull City Red
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle
British musician
Archie Edwards
American Piedmont blues guitarist

Archie Edwards

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American Piedmont blues guitarist
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Archie L. Edwards (September 4, 1918 – June 18, 1998) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades worked with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson. His best-known recordings are "Saturday Night Hop", "The Road Is Rough and Rocky", and "I Called My Baby Long Distance". In the late 1950s he owned a barbershop that attracted blues musicians who helped to start his musical career.

Describing his musical style, Edwards said, "I play what they call the old Piedmont style, but I call it East Virginia blues 'cause that's where I learned it".