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Squirrel Nut Zippers
American jazz band
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Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
American band
2
Amy LaVere
American singer
3
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
American country blues band
4
The Moaners
5
Patrick Sweany
American musician
6
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
7
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
8
Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
9
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
10
Andrew Bird
American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
11
Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
12
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
13
L. C. Ulmer
American blues musician
14
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
15
Johnny Ace
American singer
16
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
17
Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
18
Bobby Rush
American musician
19
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
20
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
21
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
22
Alvin Youngblood Hart
American musician
23
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
24
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
25
Jackie Brenston
American R&B singer, saxophonist, songwriter
26
Othar Turner
American fife player
27
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
28
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
29
Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
30
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
31
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
32
Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
33
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
34
Steve Azar
American singer-songwriter
35
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
36
David Gogo
Canadian blues guitarist
37
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
38
Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
39
Robert Walker
musician
40
Cory Branan
American musician
41
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
42
Doctor Ross
American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer
43
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
44
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
45
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
American blues guitarist and singer
46
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
47
Booker T. Laury
American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer
48
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
49
Jim Dickinson
American musician
50
Citizen Cope
American singer
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Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
