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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful
American band
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Denny Freeman
Denny Freeman
American Texas and electric blues guitarist
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
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John Sebastian
John Sebastian
American musician
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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David Hidalgo
David Hidalgo
American musician
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Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo'
American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
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Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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William Ezell
William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Lizz Wright
Lizz Wright
American singer
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Canned Heat
Canned Heat
American rock band
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
American band
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Lightnin' Wells
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
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Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
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John Dee Holeman
John Dee Holeman
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Rabbit Brown
Rabbit Brown
American blues guitarist and composer
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Blind Blake
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
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Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Colin Linden
Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
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Erik Jacobsen
Erik Jacobsen
American record producer
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Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Modern Folk Quartet
Modern Folk Quartet
American folk music revival group formed in the early 1960s
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb
American blues singer, guitarist and songster
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Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur
American folk-blues singer
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Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Jesse Ed Davis
Jesse Ed Davis
American musician
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Bessie Tucker
Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
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Gid Tanner
Gid Tanner
American musician
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John Jacob Niles
John Jacob Niles
American musician
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The Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters
band
Henry Thomas
American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.

Henry Thomas

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American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.
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Henry Thomas (1874–1930?) was an American country blues singer, songster and musician. Although his recording career, in the late 1920s, was brief, Thomas influenced performers including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Grateful Dead, and Canned Heat. Often billed as "Ragtime Texas", Thomas's style is an early example of what later became known as Texas blues guitar.