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Baby Tate
Baby Tate
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Blind Blake
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
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Willie Trice
Willie Trice
American Blues musician
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Bull City Red
Bull City Red
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Frank Fotusky
Frank Fotusky
musical artist
7
Pink Anderson
Pink Anderson
American singer-guitarist
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Buddy Moss
Buddy Moss
American East Coast blues guitarist
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Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Blind Simmie Dooley
Blind Simmie Dooley
American musician
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Ernie Hawkins
Ernie Hawkins
American musician
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Cootie Stark
Cootie Stark
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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L. C. Robinson
L. C. Robinson
American musician
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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James Thomas
James Thomas
American Delta blues musician
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Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
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Ramblin' Thomas
Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Charley Booker
Charley Booker
American musician
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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David Bromberg
David Bromberg
American musician
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Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
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Josh White
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
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Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King
American blues musician and actor
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Henry "Rufe" Johnson
Henry "Rufe" Johnson
musical artist
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Casey Bill Weldon
Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Drink Small
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
32
Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
33
Rory Block
Rory Block
American blues guitarist and singer
34
Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Scrapper Blackwell
Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Carolina Slim
Carolina Slim
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Steve Phillips
Steve Phillips
British musician
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Rick Franklin
Rick Franklin
musical artist
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Smokey Hogg
Smokey Hogg
American post-war Texas and country blues musician
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Leon McAuliffe
Leon McAuliffe
American musician
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Willie James Lyons
Willie James Lyons
American musician
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Marcus Bonfanti
Marcus Bonfanti
English guitarist and singer
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Boo Hanks
Boo Hanks
musical artist
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Ted Bogan
Ted Bogan
American country-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Frankie Lee Sims
Frankie Lee Sims
American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Pearly Brown
Pearly Brown
American musician
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Floyd Council
Floyd Council
American blues guitarist and singer
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Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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Jimmy Nolen
Jimmy Nolen
American guitarist
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Doug Quattlebaum
Doug Quattlebaum
musical artist
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Blues Boy Willie
Blues Boy Willie
African American electric blues singer and harmonica player
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
American pop band
Blind Willie Walker
American guitarist

Blind Willie Walker

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Blind Willie Walker (April 1896 – March 4, 1933) was an early American blues guitarist and singer, who played the Piedmont blues style. He was described by blues musicians such as Reverend Gary Davis and Pink Anderson as an outstanding guitarist. Josh White called him the best guitarist he had ever heard, even better than Blind Blake: "Blake was quick, but Walker was like Art Tatum." In his performances, he was often accompanied by guitarist Sam Brooks.