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Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
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Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Luther Tucker
American musician
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Pat Hare
American Memphis blues guitarist and singer
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Fred Below
American musician
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Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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Willie Johnson
American musician
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Rotary Connection
American psychedelic soul band
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Lefty Bates
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
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Earring George Mayweather
musical artist
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Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
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Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Leonard Chess
Polish-American record company executive
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Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Ralph Bass
R&B record producer
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Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Bobby Rush
American musician
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Gene Chandler
American musician
