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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
1
Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
2
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
3
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
4
Fleming Brown
American musician
5
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
6
Bumble Bee Slim
American Piedmont blues musician
7
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
8
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
9
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
10
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
11
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
12
Joshua Altheimer
pianist
13
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
14
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
15
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
16
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
17
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
18
Henry Townsend
American musician
19
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
20
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
21
Ransom Knowling
American musician
22
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
23
Frank Hamilton
American musician
24
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
25
Memphis Jug Band
band
26
George Barnes
American musician
27
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
28
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
29
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
30
Davey Graham
British guitarist
31
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
32
Dave Alvin
musician
33
Smokey Hogg
American post-war Texas and country blues musician
34
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
35
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
36
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
37
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
musical artist
38
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter
39
Tommy Johnson
American musician
40
"Big Boy" Teddy Edwards
American blues musician
41
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
42
Bert Jansch
Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
43
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
44
John Brim
American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
45
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
46
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
47
Paul Clayton
American musician
48
Homer and Jethro
band
