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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Billy Branch
Billy Branch
American Grammy nominated Chicago Blues harmonica player, singer, primary Blues in Schools originator
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Johnny Drummer
Johnny Drummer
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, keyboardist, drummer, harmonicist and songwriter
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Buster Benton
Buster Benton
American blues guitarist and singer
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Eddie Boyd
Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
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Big Jack Johnson
Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Cash McCall
Cash McCall
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Floyd Dixon
Floyd Dixon
American rhythm and blues pianist and singer
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Robert Curtis Smith
Robert Curtis Smith
American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Ken Saydak
Ken Saydak
American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter
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Texas Johnny Brown
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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J. T. Brown
J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Eddie King
Eddie King
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Big John Wrencher
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
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Jimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Hip Linkchain
Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Johnny Heartsman
Johnny Heartsman
American electric blues and soul blues musician
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Andrew Odom
Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue
American blues musician and harmonica player
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Eddie C. Campbell
Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Sammy Lawhorn
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis
American blues and rock musician
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Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor
American blues and soul singer
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Chicago Blues All-Stars
Chicago Blues All-Stars
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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John Primer
John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Lacy Gibson
Lacy Gibson
American blues guitarist
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Liz Mandeville
Liz Mandeville
American blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and rubboard player
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Sam Carr
Sam Carr
Blues musician
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Lil' Son Jackson
Lil' Son Jackson
American blues guitarist
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
Johnny B. Moore
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Johnny B. Moore

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American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Johnny B. Moore (born Johnny Belle Moore, January 24, 1950, Clarksdale, Mississippi) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of Koko Taylor's backing band in the mid-1970s. He has recorded nine solo albums since 1987. Moore's music retains a link to the earlier Chicago blues of Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters, who also travelled to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta.

"If Johnny B. Moore isn't a star in the making," stated Allmusic's Bill Dahl, "there's no justice in the world." The blues historian Gérard Herzhaft commented that "[Moore's] albums reflect a strong Delta flavor that is refreshing in the present blues scene, dominated by rock or funk overtones." However, the blues historian Tony Russell noted in 1997 that Moore "was still one of Chicago's interesting secrets".