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Henry "Rufe" Johnson
Henry "Rufe" Johnson
musical artist
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
American band
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Lightnin' Wells
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
3
Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Algia Mae Hinton
Algia Mae Hinton
musician
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Turner Foddrell
Turner Foddrell
American singer
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Doc Watson
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
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George Higgs
George Higgs
musical artist
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Doug Quattlebaum
Doug Quattlebaum
musical artist
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Boo Hanks
Boo Hanks
musical artist
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Etta Baker
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Reverend Beat-Man
Reverend Beat-Man
Swiss musician and label founder
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Valerie Turner
Valerie Turner
American Blues guitarist-vocalist
16
Wilmer Watts
Wilmer Watts
American musician
17
Nappy Brown
Nappy Brown
American R&B singer
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Drink Small
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Cootie Stark
Cootie Stark
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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L. C. Ulmer
L. C. Ulmer
American blues musician
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Lesley Riddle
Lesley Riddle
American musician
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Lonnie Pitchford
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
Bishop Dready Manning
American blues musician

Bishop Dready Manning

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American blues musician
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Bishop Dready Manning (born 1934) is an American guitarist, harmonica player, singer, and songwriter who plays gospel music infused with Piedmont blues elements. He is also the founder of St. Mark Holiness Church in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and a North Carolina Arts Council Folk Heritage Award winner.