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Albert Collins
Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
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Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
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Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
American musician
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Willie James Lyons
Willie James Lyons
American musician
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Hamilton Loomis
Hamilton Loomis
musical artist
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Joe Osborn
Joe Osborn
American bassist
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Joe Louis Walker
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
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Anders Osborne
Anders Osborne
American singer-songwriter
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Shuggie Otis
Shuggie Otis
American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist
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Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan
American blues musician
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Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Tony Furtado
Tony Furtado
American musician
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Luther Allison
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Johnny Fuller
Johnny Fuller
American electric blues and West Coast blues musician
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Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
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Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
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Bobby Murray
Bobby Murray
American blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Innes Sibun
Innes Sibun
British blues singer-songwriter
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Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon
American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer
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Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson
American musician (1944-1989)
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis
American blues and rock musician
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
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Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
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Hound Dog Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Duane Allman
Duane Allman
American musician
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Colin Linden
Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
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George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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René Hall
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
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David Bromberg
David Bromberg
American musician
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Everett Barksdale
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
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Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Doug Sahm
Doug Sahm
American country music and blues rock musician
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Guitar Shorty
Guitar Shorty
American blues guitarist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Howard Alden
Howard Alden
American jazz guitarist
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Floyd Dixon
Floyd Dixon
American rhythm and blues pianist and singer
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
Johnny Heartsman
American electric blues and soul blues musician

Johnny Heartsman

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American electric blues and soul blues musician
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John Leroy "Johnny" Heartsman (February 9, 1936 – December 27, 1996) was an American electric blues and soul blues musician and songwriter. He showed musical diversity, playing a number of musical instruments, including the electronic organ and flute. He contributed his distinctive guitar playing to a number of recordings made in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued playing until his death.

His best-known recording, "Johnny's House Party", was an R&B hit in 1957. Other notable tracks recorded by Heartsman are "Paint My Mailbox Blue" and "Heartburn". He variously worked with Jimmy McCracklin, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Big Mama Thornton, Ray Agee, Jimmy Wilson, Johnny Fuller, Al King, Tiny Powell and Joe Simon.

He is not to be confused with the American jazz singer Johnny Hartman.