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Eric Gales
Eric Gales
American musician
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Albert King
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Larry Davis
Larry Davis
American electric Texas blues and soul blues musician
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Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Joe Louis Walker
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
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Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, guitarist, harmonicist and songwriter
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Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks
American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
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Little Arthur Duncan
Little Arthur Duncan
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Calvin Newborn
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
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Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II
American rock guitarist, songwriter and producer
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Bobby Murray
Bobby Murray
American blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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Preston Shannon
Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Donald Dunn
Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
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Teenie Hodges
Teenie Hodges
American guitarist, songwriter
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Bluesology
Bluesology
band
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Otis Redding
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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B. B. King
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
American musician
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The Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters
band
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Sammy Lawhorn
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Sean Costello
Sean Costello
American blues musician
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Michael Burks
Michael Burks
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Lonnie Mack
Lonnie Mack
American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist
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William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Barrelhouse Chuck
Pianist, singer and songwriter
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
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Bnois King
Bnois King
U.S. Blues and Jazz musician
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
American musician
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Luther Allison
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
American blues and soul band
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Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
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Little Milton
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
American rock band
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Cyril Davies
Cyril Davies
British musician
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Junior Kimbrough
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
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L.V. Banks
L.V. Banks
Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Jimmy Burns
Jimmy Burns
American blues guitarist and singer
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Frank Wright
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
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Luther Tucker
Luther Tucker
American musician
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Jimmy Dotson
Jimmy Dotson
American singer
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Johnny Diesel
Johnny Diesel
Australian musician
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Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Smokey Wilson
Smokey Wilson
American West Coast blues guitarist
66
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Double Trouble
Double Trouble
American blues rock band from Austin, Texas
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Mike Zito
Mike Zito
American musician
70
Willie D. Warren
Willie D. Warren
American electric blues guitarist, bass player and singer
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Willie Mitchell
Willie Mitchell
American record producer and arranger
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Aron Burton
Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
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Terry Evans
Terry Evans
American blues and soul singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
Little Jimmy King
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Little Jimmy King

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American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Emmanuel Lynn Gales (December 4, 1964 – July 19, 2002), known professionally as Little Jimmy King, was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. A left-handed guitarist who played the instrument upside down, he concocted his stage name in deference to his two musical heroes, Jimi Hendrix and Albert King.

He is best known for his tracks "Win, Lose or Draw" and "Upside Down and Backwards". He was the frontman of Little Jimmy King & the Memphis Soul Survivors. He also worked with Albert King and with his brothers Eric and Eugene Gales.