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John Jackson
John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
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Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
American folk music duo
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Rick Franklin
Rick Franklin
musical artist
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Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Birmingham Sunlights
Birmingham Sunlights
American gospel group
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Henry Townsend
Henry Townsend
American musician
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Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger
American singer
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Archie Edwards
Archie Edwards
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet
American musician
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David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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John Dee Holeman
John Dee Holeman
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Dewey Balfa
Dewey Balfa
American musician
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Etta Baker
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Big Boy Henry
Big Boy Henry
American singer
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Suni Paz
Suni Paz
Argentine Singer Songwriter
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Valerie Turner
Valerie Turner
American Blues guitarist-vocalist
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Cedric Burnside
Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
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Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
American folk singer
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Baby Tate
Baby Tate
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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Joe Thompson
Joe Thompson
American musician
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Tommy Jarrell
Tommy Jarrell
American fiddler and banjo player
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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Big Joe Duskin
Big Joe Duskin
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
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Richard Hagopian
Richard Hagopian
American musician
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The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
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Turner Foddrell
Turner Foddrell
American singer
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Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
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Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
Activist, singer
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Happy Traum
Happy Traum
American musician
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Drink Small
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Melvin Wine
Melvin Wine
American fiddler
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Claude Williams
Claude Williams
American musician
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Andy Statman
Andy Statman
American musician
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BeauSoleil
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
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Pops Staples
Pops Staples
American musician
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess
English studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor
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Howard Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
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Curtis Salgado
Curtis Salgado
American musician
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Bessie Jones
Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
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Raymond Kāne
Raymond Kāne
American musician
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Harry Oster
Harry Oster
American folklorist
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Carol Fran
Carol Fran
African American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter
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Whistlin' Alex Moore
Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
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David Chesky
David Chesky
American composer
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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
American singer
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Liz Carroll
Liz Carroll
American musician
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Paul Geremia
Paul Geremia
American musician
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Paquito D'Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
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Jack Owens
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Cusic
Eddie Cusic
American guitarist, singer, songwriter and singer-songwriter
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Smoky Babe
Smoky Babe
American acoustic blues guitarist and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Corey Harris
Corey Harris
American musician
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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American blues duo
Cephas & Wiggins performing at Merlefest in 1994

Cephas & Wiggins were an American acoustic blues duo, composed of the guitarist John Cephas (September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009) and the harmonica player Phil Wiggins (born May 8, 1954). They were known for playing Piedmont blues.