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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Nick Moss
Nick Moss
American Chicago blues and electric blues musician
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Lacy Gibson
Lacy Gibson
American blues guitarist
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Phil Guy
Phil Guy
American blues guitarist
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Lurrie Bell
Lurrie Bell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
American blues and soul band
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Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
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Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson I
American blues musician
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Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
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Kim Wilson
Kim Wilson
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Harmonica Hinds
Harmonica Hinds
American musician
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Earring George Mayweather
Earring George Mayweather
musical artist
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Aron Burton
Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue
American blues musician and harmonica player
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Shakey Jake Harris
Shakey Jake Harris
American Chicago blues singer, harmonicist and 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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Andrew Odom
Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
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Junior Parker
Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
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Joe Hill Louis
Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
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Little Smokey Smothers
Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
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Willie Cobbs
Willie Cobbs
American blues singer and harmonica player
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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John Primer
John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Jason Ricci
Jason Ricci
American musician
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Jerry McCain
Jerry McCain
American electric blues musician
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Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
American blues guitarist and singer
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Linsey Alexander
Linsey Alexander
Blues musician
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Big John Wrencher
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
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Dennis Gruenling
Dennis Gruenling
musical artist
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Lester Davenport
Lester Davenport
American Chicago blues harmonica player and singer
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Rod Piazza
Rod Piazza
American musician
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Junior Kimbrough
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist

Junior Wells

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American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist

Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist. He was one of the pioneers of the amplified blues harp-style associated with Chicago. Wells is best known for his signature song "Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues, described by the critic Bill Dahl as "one of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s".

Wells performed and recorded with various notable blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, and Buddy Guy. He remained a fixture on the blues scene throughout his career and also crossed over to rock audiences while touring with the Rolling Stones. Not long before Wells died, the blues historian Gerard Herzhaft called him "one of the rare active survivors of the 'golden age of the blues'".