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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Bob Stroger
Bob Stroger
American blues singer and bass guitarist
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St. Louis Jimmy Oden
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Sticks Evans
Sticks Evans
musician
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Barrelhouse Chuck
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Booker T. Laury
Booker T. Laury
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J. B. Hutto
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon
Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon
musical artist
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Little Joe Blue
Little Joe Blue
American musician
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Vasti Jackson
Vasti Jackson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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Eddie Lusk
Eddie Lusk
American musician
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Sax Mallard
Sax Mallard
American jazz saxophonist
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Brewer Phillips
Brewer Phillips
American blues guitarist
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Calvin Jackson
Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Louisiana Red
Louisiana Red
African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
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Johnny Drummer
Johnny Drummer
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, keyboardist, drummer, harmonicist and songwriter
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue
American blues musician and harmonica player
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Lil' Ed Williams
Lil' Ed Williams
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
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William Moore
William Moore
blues singer and guitarist from the United States
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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John Dummer Band
John Dummer Band
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Shakey Jake Harris
Shakey Jake Harris
American Chicago blues singer, harmonicist and songwriter
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Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves
Americana musician from Austin, Texas
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Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
musical artist
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Lester Davenport
Lester Davenport
American Chicago blues harmonica player and singer
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Smoky Babe
Smoky Babe
American acoustic blues guitarist and singer
Armand Jackson
American musician

Armand Jackson

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Armand "Jump" Jackson (March 25, 1917 – January 31, 1985) was an American blues and rhythm and blues drummer, bandleader, songwriter, record label owner, and booking agent. He is best known for creating the forceful "sock" rhythm found on the backbeat on many blues recordings made in Chicago, Illinois, United States, during late 1940s and 1950s. He wrote a number of popular tracks including his own instrumental, "Midnight Shuffle".

In 1958, Jackson created La Salle Records. Four years later, he was the drummer for the first European tour of the American Folk Blues Festival.