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Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Carey Bell
American blues musician
2
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
3
Magic Slim
American blues musician
4
Jimmy Burns
American blues guitarist and singer
5
John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
6
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
7
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
8
Lurrie Bell
American blues guitarist and singer
9
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
10
Eddie Lusk
American musician
11
Joseph Bowie
American musician
12
Dave Specter
American Chicago blues and jazz guitarist
13
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
14
Golden "Big" Wheeler
Chicago blues singer
15
Toronzo Cannon
American guitarist
16
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
17
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
18
Ken Saydak
American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter
19
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, guitarist, harmonicist and songwriter
20
Little Mack Simmons
African American, Chicago blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
21
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
22
Bonny B.
French blues musician
23
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
24
Tail Dragger Jones
musical artist
25
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
26
Malik Yusef
American spoken word artist
27
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
28
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
29
Bob Stroger
American blues singer and bass guitarist
30
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
31
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
32
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
33
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
34
Otis Rush
American musician
35
Luther Tucker
American musician
36
Harmonica Hinds
American musician
37
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
38
Jimmy Johnson
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
39
Odie Payne
American Chicago blues drummer
40
Marty Sammon
American blues keyboardist
41
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
42
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
43
Lafayette Leake
American musician
44
Barkin' Bill Smith
Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter
45
Little Arthur Duncan
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
46
Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
47
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
48
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
49
Johnny Griffin
American musician
50
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
51
Hound Dog Taylor
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
52
Sugar Ray Norcia
American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player
53
Mark Hummel
American musician
54
Matthew Skoller
American musician
55
Speckled Red
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
56
Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
57
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
58
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
59
Robert Elem
American musician
60
Mighty Joe Young
American Chicago blues guitarist
61
Liz Mandeville
American blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and rubboard player
62
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
63
Mike Wheeler
American blues songwriter and guitarist
64
A.C. Reed
American blues saxophonist
65
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
66
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
67
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
68
Ray Nance
American musician
69
Carl Weathersby
American electric blues musician
70
Linsey Alexander
Blues musician
71
Diunna Greenleaf
American soul blues singer and songwriter
