Napoleon Strickland (October 1, 1919 – July 21, 2001), sometimes known as Napolian Strickland, was a fife and drum blues artist, and songwriter, and vocalist specializing in country blues, specifically North Mississippi hill country blues. He also played guitar, drums, harmonica, fife, and all manner of percussion instruments.
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Othar Turner
American fife player
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Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
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R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Sid Hemphill
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Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
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Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
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Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Mike Vernon
English music executive studio owner and record producer
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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J.D. Short
American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist
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Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Juke Boy Bonner
American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist
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Omar & the Howlers
American blues rock band
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Robert Belfour
American blues musician
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Terry "Harmonica" Bean
American blues harmonicist and guitarist
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Junior Kimbrough
american musician
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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The Word
musical artist
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Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Shardé Thomas
American fife player
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Canned Heat
American rock band
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Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
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Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
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Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
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Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Woodrow Adams
American Delta blues guitarist and harmonica player
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North Mississippi Allstars
American southern rock/blues band
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Kenny Brown
American blues slide guitarist
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Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Memphis Jug Band
band
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Sam Carr
Blues musician
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Tav Falco's Panther Burns
American rock band
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Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Bobby Rush
American musician
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Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
blues musician
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Alan Wilson
musician
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
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Memphis Willie B.
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician