Elder Roma Wilson (December 22, 1910 – October 25, 2018) was an American gospel harmonica player and singer. A clergyman, Wilson discovered he had a degree of notability later in his life, having previously been unaware of interest in his work.
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Claude Joseph Johnson
American gospel singer
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Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
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Pops Staples
American musician
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Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
band
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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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George Higgs
musical artist
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John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
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Doyle Lawson
American musician
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David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Bishop Dready Manning
American blues musician
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Mike Seeger
American singer
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Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, guitarist, harmonicist and songwriter
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Cephas & Wiggins
American blues duo
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Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
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Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
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Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
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Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
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Dorinda Clark-Cole
American singer
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Henry Townsend
American musician
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T. Viswanathan
Indian musician
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Richard Hagopian
American musician
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Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Birmingham Sunlights
American gospel group
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Big Joe Duskin
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
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Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Othar Turner
American fife player
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Michael Doucet
American musician
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J. M. Gates
American musician
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Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
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Boozoo Chavis
American musician
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Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
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Melvin Wine
American fiddler
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Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
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Raymond Kāne
American musician
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B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
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Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
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John Dee Holeman
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Cyril Pahinui
American musician
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Andy Statman
American musician
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John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
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Ali Akbar Khan
Hindustani musician
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Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Ralph Stanley
American singer
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Chesley Goseyun Wilson
Native American artist
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Deitrick Haddon
American singer-songwriter
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Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
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Queen Ida
American musician
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Canray Fontenot
American musician
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The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
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Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Edwin Duhon
American musician
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Lily May Ledford
American musician
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John P. Kee
American musician
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Del McCoury
American musician
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The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
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Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer