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Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Aron Burton
Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
3
Luther Allison
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Luther Tucker
Luther Tucker
American musician
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Willie James Lyons
Willie James Lyons
American musician
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Reggie Sears
Reggie Sears
American Musician
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Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg
American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Nick Gravenites
Nick Gravenites
American musician
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Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Johnny B. Moore
Johnny B. Moore
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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George Butler
George Butler
American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
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Ken Saydak
Ken Saydak
American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter
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Eddie C. Campbell
Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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A.C. Reed
A.C. Reed
American blues saxophonist
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Bob Stroger
Bob Stroger
American blues singer and bass guitarist
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Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis
American musician
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Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Harvey Mandel
Harvey Mandel
American guitarist
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Freddie Spruell
Freddie Spruell
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
American blues rock guitarist and singer
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Willie D. Warren
Willie D. Warren
American electric blues guitarist, bass player and singer
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Robert Elem
Robert Elem
American musician
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The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
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Billy Flynn
Billy Flynn
American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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John Primer
John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
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Sammy Lawhorn
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Hip Linkchain
Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Hubert Sumlin
Hubert Sumlin
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
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Magic Slim
Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Defunkt
Defunkt
American band
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Texas Johnny Brown
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
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Don Harris
Don Harris
American rock and roll violinist and guitarist
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Barry Levenson
Barry Levenson
musical artist
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Cash McCall
Cash McCall
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Vance Kelly
Vance Kelly
American soul blues singer and guitarist
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Roy Gaines
Roy Gaines
American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Eddie King
Eddie King
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Little Joe Blue
Little Joe Blue
American musician
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Gary B.B. Coleman
Gary B.B. Coleman
American soul blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Billy Branch
Billy Branch
American Grammy nominated Chicago Blues harmonica player, singer, primary Blues in Schools originator
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Arbee Stidham
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
73
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Chico Banks (March 7, 1962 – December 3, 2008) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He released one album, in 1997 on Evidence Music, produced by Grammy nominee Larry Hoffman. Banks was both a band-leader and premiere sideman, sought-after as a sideman in Chicago, having played with many of that city's best blues musicians from his late teens until his death at the age of 46. He is best known for his tracks "Your Fine" and "Candy Lickin' Man". He was the son of the guitarist Jessie Banks, who played backing for the Mighty Clouds of Joy.

One commentator noted that Banks "focuses on good-time, upbeat blues". He was an influence on the guitarist and singer Reggie Sears.