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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Quinn Wilson
Quinn Wilson
American jazz bassist and tubist (1906-1978)
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James Bracken
James Bracken
American songwriter
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Vernel Fournier
Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Ewart Abner
Ewart Abner
American music industry executive
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Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
American musician
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Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Lefty Dizz
Lefty Dizz
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
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A.C. Reed
A.C. Reed
American blues saxophonist
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Luther Tucker
Luther Tucker
American musician
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Little Arthur Duncan
Little Arthur Duncan
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Junior Wells
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
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Jody Williams
Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
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Lacy Gibson
Lacy Gibson
American blues guitarist
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L. G. McKinley
L. G. McKinley
American musician
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Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Gary Primich
Gary Primich
American blues harmonica player, singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Sammy Lawhorn
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Little Sammy Davis
Little Sammy Davis
American blues musician
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Little Smokey Smothers
Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
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Lonesome Sundown
Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Bonny B.
Bonny B.
French blues musician
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Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Johnny B. Moore
Johnny B. Moore
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Lillian Leach
Lillian Leach
American singer
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Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
American musician
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Andrew Odom
Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
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Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Dicky Wells
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
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Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
Lefty Bates
American Chicago blues guitarist

Lefty Bates

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Lefty Bates (March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007) was an American Chicago blues guitarist. He led the Lefty Bates Combo and worked with the El Dorados, the Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James, the Aristo-Kats, the Hi-De-Ho Boys, the Moroccos, and the Impressions. A regular on the Chicago blues scene, his major work was as a session musician on numerous recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.

Bates was married to the locally well-known club dancer Mary Cole Bates, who died in 2001.