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Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo
American blues musician
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Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
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Moses "Whispering" Smith
Moses "Whispering" Smith
American blues harmonicist and singer
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Silas Hogan
Silas Hogan
American blues musician
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Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner
American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist
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Jimmy Dotson
Jimmy Dotson
American singer
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Austin Pitre
Austin Pitre
American musician
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Earl King
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
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Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
American blues guitarist and singer
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Herman E. Johnson
Herman E. Johnson
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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The Hamsters
The Hamsters
band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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Carolina Slim
Carolina Slim
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Lonesome Sundown
Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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James Crutchfield
James Crutchfield
American barrelhouse blues singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Phil Guy
Phil Guy
American blues guitarist
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Willie D. Warren
Willie D. Warren
American electric blues guitarist, bass player and singer
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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The Brothers Johnson
The Brothers Johnson
Funk Band
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Little Freddie King
Little Freddie King
American Delta blues guitarist
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit
American blues guitarist, musician and singer
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Christian Dozzler
Christian Dozzler
Austrian singer
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Roy Brown
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Frankie Lee Sims
Frankie Lee Sims
American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist
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Baby Boy Warren
Baby Boy Warren
American blues singer and guitarist
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Little Willie Littlefield
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Louisiana Red
Louisiana Red
African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
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Armand Jackson
Armand Jackson
American musician
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Travis Leonard Blaylock
Travis Leonard Blaylock
blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter
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Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
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Kim Wilson
Kim Wilson
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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René Hall
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
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Jerry McCain
Jerry McCain
American electric blues musician
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Inez Catalon
Inez Catalon
American Creole singer
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Stan Lewis
Stan Lewis
American record label owner and songwriter
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Shuggie Otis
Shuggie Otis
American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist
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Royal Teeth
Royal Teeth
Lightnin' Slim
American Louisiana blues musician

Lightnin' Slim

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American Louisiana blues musician
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Music

Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974), was an American Louisiana blues musician, who recorded for Excello Records and played in a style similar to its other Louisiana artists. The blues critic ED Denson ranked him as one of the five great bluesmen of the 1950s, along with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson.