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Luderin Darbone
Luderin Darbone
American fiddler
1
Edwin Duhon
Edwin Duhon
American musician
2
Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet
American musician
3
Canray Fontenot
Canray Fontenot
American musician
4
The Red Stick Ramblers
The Red Stick Ramblers
5
BeauSoleil
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
6
Octa Clark
Octa Clark
American Cajun accordion player
7
Leroy Leblanc
Leroy Leblanc
American musician
8
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
9
Doc Guidry
Doc Guidry
American fiddle player
10
Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
11
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
12
Dewey Balfa
Dewey Balfa
American musician
13
Pops Staples
Pops Staples
American musician
14
Inez Catalon
Inez Catalon
American Creole singer
15
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
16
Queen Ida
Queen Ida
American musician
17
Pokey LaFarge
Pokey LaFarge
American musician
18
Ryan Brasseaux
Ryan Brasseaux
American academic
19
Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
20
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
21
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
22
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
23
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
24
Al Berard
Al Berard
American musician
25
Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger
American singer
26
Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
27
Del McCoury
Del McCoury
American musician
28
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
29
George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
30
Amédé Ardoin
Amédé Ardoin
American Louisiana Creole musician
31
Oscar Alemán
Oscar Alemán
(1909-1980) Argentine jazz musician
32
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
American musician
33
Joe Thompson
Joe Thompson
American musician
34
Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
35
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
36
Alan Glen
Alan Glen
British musician
37
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
38
Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Barry Jean Ancelet
Barry Jean Ancelet
folklorist
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Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker
American fiddle player
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Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
42
D. L. Menard
D. L. Menard
American musician
43
Patsy Montana
Patsy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
45
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
46
Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers), a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana, formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music.

The group, which continues to tour and perform, has one of the longest histories of a musical group in the United States of America, and while its lineup has changed many times since its conception, its founders — fiddler Luderin Darbone and accordionist Edwin Duhon — led the band until Duhon's death in 2006. (Darbone died November 21, 2008.) While the roots of the band lie in its Cajun music repertoire, the Ramblers perform a broad swath of American music, from Western swing to blues and rockabilly, and much of their sound blends them all.