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Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Buster Pickens
Buster Pickens
American blues pianist
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Luke "Long Gone" Miles
Luke "Long Gone" Miles
American Texas blues singer and songwriter
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner
American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist
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Jimmy Bond
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
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Peppermint Harris
Peppermint Harris
American rhythm and blues singer and guitarist
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Smoky Babe
Smoky Babe
American acoustic blues guitarist and singer
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Texas Johnny Brown
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
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Frankie Lee Sims
Frankie Lee Sims
American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist
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Cisco Houston
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Francis Clay
Francis Clay
American musician
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Baby Tate
Baby Tate
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Pink Anderson
Pink Anderson
American singer-guitarist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer
American drummer
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Lil' Son Jackson
Lil' Son Jackson
American blues guitarist
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King Pleasure
King Pleasure
American singer
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Lightnin' Slim
Lightnin' Slim
American Louisiana blues musician
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Bob Shad
Bob Shad
American music executive
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Stick McGhee
Stick McGhee
African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Moses "Whispering" Smith
Moses "Whispering" Smith
American blues harmonicist and singer
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Black Ace
Black Ace
American Texas blues musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist

Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".