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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Johnny Williams
Johnny Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
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J. B. Hutto
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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Homesick James
Homesick James
American blues musician
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Floyd Jones
Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Ransom Knowling
Ransom Knowling
American musician
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
10
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
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Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
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Jazz Gillum
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
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Magic Sam
Magic Sam
American Chicago blues musician
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George Smith
George Smith
American electric blues harmonica player
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Johnny Temple
Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Mississippi Joe Callicott
Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
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George "Mojo" Buford
George "Mojo" Buford
American blues harmonica player
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Fred Below
Fred Below
American musician
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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John Brim
John Brim
American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Sidney Maiden
Sidney Maiden
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Silas Hogan
Silas Hogan
American blues musician
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Peg Leg Howell
Peg Leg Howell
African American blues singer and guitarist
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Cash McCall
Cash McCall
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Rusty Zinn
Rusty Zinn
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross
American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer
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Casey Bill Weldon
Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
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Walter Roland
Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Jimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
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Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
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Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner
American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist
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Otis Rush
Otis Rush
American musician
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Darrell Nulisch
Darrell Nulisch
American electric blues singer and harmonica player
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Luther Allison
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
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Eddie C. Campbell
Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Yank Rachell
Yank Rachell
American country blues musician
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John Jackson
John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
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Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard
American blues musician
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J. T. Brown
J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Lil' Son Jackson
Lil' Son Jackson
American blues guitarist
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Christian Dozzler
Christian Dozzler
Austrian singer
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Sugar Ray Norcia
Sugar Ray Norcia
American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player
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Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Buster Benton
Buster Benton
American blues guitarist and singer
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Bertha Lee Pate
Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer
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Dave Kelly
Dave Kelly
British musician
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Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
American Chicago blues guitarist
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David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Moody Jones
Moody Jones
American Chicago blues guitarist, bass player, and singer
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
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Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist

Johnny "Man" Young

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American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
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Johnny "Man" Young (January 1, 1918 – April 18, 1974) was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era. His nickname, Man, came from his playing the mandolin.