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Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
2
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
3
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
4
Hammie Nixon
American musician
5
Baby Boy Warren
American blues singer and guitarist
6
Carey Bell
American blues musician
7
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
8
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
9
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
10
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
11
Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
12
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
13
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
14
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
15
Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
16
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
17
Kansas City Red
American blues drummer and singer
18
Noah Lewis
American jug band and country blues musician
19
J.D. Short
American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist
20
John T. Smith
American guitarist (1890-1940)
21
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
22
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
23
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
24
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
25
Andy Rodgers
American Delta blues harmonicist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
26
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
27
Catfish Keith
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
28
Rosco Gordon
American Blues singer and songwriter
29
Robert Petway
African-American blues singer and guitarist
30
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
31
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
32
Doyle Bramhall II
American rock guitarist, songwriter and producer
33
Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
34
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
35
Kim Wilson
American blues singer and harmonica player
36
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
37
Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
38
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
39
L.C. Green
American Blues musician
40
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
41
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
42
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
43
Tom Lavin
Canadian musician
44
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
45
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
46
Son Bonds
American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
47
Willie Nix
American Chicago blues singer and drummer
48
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
49
Oscar Woods
American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
50
Lee Jackson
American musician
51
Memphis Willie B.
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
52
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
53
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
54
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
55
Duke Robillard
American blues musician
56
Son Seals
American electric blues guitarist and singer
57
Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
58
Eric Gales
American musician
59
Sam Carr
Blues musician
60
Bo Carter
American early blues musician
61
Memphis Jug Band
band
62
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
63
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
64
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American musician
