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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer
2
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
3
Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
4
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
5
Charley Booker
American musician
6
John Fahey
1939–2001; American fingerstyle guitarist
7
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
8
Hayes McMullan
musical artist
9
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
10
Louise Johnson
Blues singer and pianist
11
Mississippi Sheiks
band
12
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
13
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
14
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
15
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
16
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
17
Buddy Boy Hawkins
American musician
18
Jimbo Mathus
American musician
19
Tommy Johnson
American musician
20
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
21
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
22
Alan Wilson
musician
23
Terry Robb
Canadian guitarist
24
Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
25
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
26
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
27
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
28
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
29
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician
30
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
31
Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
32
Woodrow Adams
American Delta blues guitarist and harmonica player
33
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
34
Pops Staples
American musician
35
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
36
Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
37
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
38
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
39
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
40
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
American country blues band
41
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
42
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
43
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
44
Willie Lofton
blues musician
45
Jimmy Burns
American blues guitarist and singer
46
Bertha Idaho
American classic female blues singer
47
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
48
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
49
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
50
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
51
King Solomon Hill
Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897–1949)
52
Mattie Delaney
American delta blues singer and guitarist
53
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
