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Robert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Louise Johnson
Louise Johnson
Blues singer and pianist
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Son Seals
Son Seals
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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J. T. Brown
J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Mississippi Joe Callicott
Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
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The Aces
The Aces
band that plays Chicago blues
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Sam Collins
Sam Collins
American blues singer and guitarist
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Little Buddy Doyle
Little Buddy Doyle
American Memphis blues musician
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Robert Petway
Robert Petway
African-American blues singer and guitarist
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Johnny "Man" Young
Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
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Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver
American country blues guitarist
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Bertha Lee Pate
Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Woodrow Adams
Woodrow Adams
American Delta blues guitarist and harmonica player
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Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross
American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer
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Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Willie Nix
Willie Nix
American Chicago blues singer and drummer
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Hound Dog Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
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Blind John Davis
Blind John Davis
American musician
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Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
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Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Francis Clay
Francis Clay
American musician
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Hambone Willie Newbern
Hambone Willie Newbern
American musician
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Johnny Temple
Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Joe Scott
Joe Scott
an American R&B trumpeter
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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Leroy Foster
Leroy Foster
American blues singer, drummer and guitarist
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Albert King
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Ralph Peer
Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Bogus Ben Covington
Bogus Ben Covington
American blues musician
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David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Fred Below
Fred Below
American musician
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician

Fiddlin' Joe Martin

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American blues musician
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Fiddlin' Joe Martin (January 8, 1900, Edwards, Mississippi – November 2, 1975, Walls, Mississippi) was an American blues musician, who played mandolin on Son House's recording sessions inspired by Alan Lomax in 1941.

Martin was a versatile musician who could play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, washboard and drums. Paul Oliver wrote that he "worked the Delta joints for over fifty years" after leaving Edwards in 1918 when he was fourteen. Martin worked with numerous blues artists including House, Willie Brown, Charley Patton and Howlin' Wolf. He is mostly associated with Woodrow Adams, on all of whose recordings he appeared. Martin and Adams played live together in the Mississippi area until Martin’s death.