John Jackson (February 24, 1924 – January 20, 2002) was an American Piedmont blues musician. Music was not his primary activity until his accidental "discovery" by the folklorist Chuck Perdue in the 1960s. Jackson had effectively given up playing in his community in 1949.
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Cephas & Wiggins
American blues duo
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Mike Seeger
American singer
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Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Michael Doucet
American musician
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Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Hound Dog Taylor
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Hazel Dickens
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Charlie Musselwhite
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Etta Baker
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Henry Townsend
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Carey Bell
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Johnny Shines
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Jimmy Johnson
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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The Holmes Brothers
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Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
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Claude Williams
American musician
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Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Otis Spann
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
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Pablo Moses
Jamaican musician
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Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
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Flaco Jiménez
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Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
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BeauSoleil
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Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Big Joe Duskin
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
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Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Leon Thomas
American singer
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Frankie Lee Sims
American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist
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John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Lucky Peterson
American musician
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Harry Oster
American folklorist
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Alice Stuart
American musician
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Rick Franklin
musical artist
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Barbara Dane
American singer
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Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
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Archie Edwards
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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King Biscuit Boy
Canadian blues musician
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Andy Statman
American musician
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Dock Boggs
American musician
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Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Randy Scruggs
American musician
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Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician