Frank Stokes (January 1, 1877 or 1888 – September 12, 1955) was an American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel, who is considered by many musicologists to be the father of the Memphis blues guitar style.
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Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
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Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
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Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Bo Carter
American early blues musician
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Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
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Memphis Jug Band
band
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Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Arnold Moore
American singer
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William Harris
American bluesman
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Bogus Ben Covington
American blues musician
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Blind Joe Reynolds
American musician
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Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
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James Govan
American musician
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
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Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Hammie Nixon
American musician
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Henry Thomas
American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.
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Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Willie Nix
American Chicago blues singer and drummer
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Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Walter Vinson
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
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Too Tight Henry
musical artist
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Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
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Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Leo Soileau
American musician
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Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Porter Grainger
American musician
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Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
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Robert Petway
African-American blues singer and guitarist
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Charlie Burse
American musician
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
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Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
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Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Buddy Boy Hawkins
American musician