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Shemekia Copeland
American electric blues singer
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Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
3
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
4
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Hop Wilson
American Texas blues steel guitar player (1927-1975)
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Robert Cray
American blues guitarist and singer
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Johnnie Johnson
American musician
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Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Double Trouble
American blues rock band from Austin, Texas
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John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Jimmie Vaughan
American blues rock guitarist and singer
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
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Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Charles Brown
American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist
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Lowell Fulson
American musician
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Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Lucky Peterson
American musician
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Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Doyle Bramhall
American singer-songwriter and drummer
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Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Joe "Guitar" Hughes
American blues musician
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
31
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Guy Forsyth
American Texas blues and blues rock singer, harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter
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Sleepy LaBeef
American musician
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Magic Sam
American Chicago blues musician
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Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
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Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Eli Cook
American singer, songwriter
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Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
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Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Tommy Shannon
American bass guitarist
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Billy Branch
American Grammy nominated Chicago Blues harmonica player, singer, primary Blues in Schools originator
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Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Doyle Bramhall II
American rock guitarist, songwriter and producer
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Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Plas Johnson
American musician
58
L. C. Robinson
American musician
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Bobby Byrd
American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Clyde McPhatter
American singer
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Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Andy Summers
British guitarist
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Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
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The Chessmen
American musical group
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Mance Lipscomb
American blues singer, guitarist and songster
69
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Kim Wilson
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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U.P. Wilson
African American electric blues guitarist and singer (1934-2004)
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Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
