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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Hattie Hart
Hattie Hart
American Memphis blues singer and songwriter
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Casey Bill Weldon
Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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George Smith
George Smith
American electric blues harmonica player
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Noah Lewis
Noah Lewis
American jug band and country blues musician
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Buster Benton
Buster Benton
American blues guitarist and singer
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J.D. Short
J.D. Short
American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist
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Buster Pickens
Buster Pickens
American blues pianist
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Joe Hill Louis
Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
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Dan Sane
Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
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Little Willy Foster
Little Willy Foster
American Chicago blues harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
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Willie James Lyons
Willie James Lyons
American musician
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Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue
American blues musician and harmonica player
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Blues Boy Willie
Blues Boy Willie
African American electric blues singer and harmonica player
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Junior Wells
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
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Moses "Whispering" Smith
Moses "Whispering" Smith
American blues harmonicist and singer
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Big John Wrencher
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer
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Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Baby Tate
Baby Tate
American Piedmont blues guitarist
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Robert Wilkins
Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
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John Sebastian
John Sebastian
American musician
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Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross
American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Baby Boy Warren
Baby Boy Warren
American blues singer and guitarist
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Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Preston Shannon
Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Too Tight Henry
Too Tight Henry
musical artist
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The Legendary Blues Band
The Legendary Blues Band
band that plays Chicago blues
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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George "Mojo" Buford
George "Mojo" Buford
American blues harmonica player
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Charlie Burse
Charlie Burse
American musician
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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Calvin Frazier
Calvin Frazier
American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Sammy Lawhorn
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Boyd Gilmore
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
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Little Joe Blue
Little Joe Blue
American musician
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
Memphis Willie B.
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Memphis Willie B.

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Memphis Willie B. (November 4, 1911 – October 5, 1993) was an American Memphis blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter.

He was known for his work with Jack Kelly's Jug Busters and the Memphis Jug Band. His career was revived in the 1960s after years away from the music industry. He recorded "The Stuff Is Here" and "Stop Cryin' Blues". His 1961 song "Overseas Blues" retrospectively expressed the fear of World War II servicemen who had survived the conflict in Europe and were sent to fight in the Pacific War.