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Micky Moody
Micky Moody
British musician
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Colin Linden
Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
2
Tony Furtado
Tony Furtado
American musician
3
Martin Simpson
Martin Simpson
British folk guitarist and singer
4
Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo'
American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
5
Davey Graham
Davey Graham
British guitarist
6
Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
7
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
8
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
9
Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
10
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
11
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes
American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
12
Finbarr Clancy
Finbarr Clancy
Irish folk singer
13
Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper
British guitarist
14
Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
15
John Mayall
John Mayall
English blues musician
16
Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
17
Andrew Winton
Andrew Winton
Australian musician
18
Terry Robb
Terry Robb
Canadian guitarist
19
Boogie Bill Webb
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
20
Dave Hole
Dave Hole
Western Australian slide guitarist
21
Ronnie Earl
Ronnie Earl
American blues guitarist
22
Lurrie Bell
Lurrie Bell
American blues guitarist and singer
23
Gwyn Ashton
Gwyn Ashton
musician
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
25
Michael Messer
Michael Messer
musical artist
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Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson
American musician
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Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
28
Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
29
Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
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J. B. Hutto
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
32
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
33
Mick Taylor
Mick Taylor
British rock musician, former member of The Rolling Stones
34
Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
35
Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Mathew Priest
Mathew Priest
British musician
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Norman Blake
Norman Blake
American musician
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Lil' Ed Williams
Lil' Ed Williams
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell
American musician
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
42
Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
43
Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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The Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers
American soul music band
45
David Lindley
David Lindley
American musician
46
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
American guitarist, singer and composer
47
Ben Harper
Ben Harper
American singer-songwriter and musician
48
Peter Case
Peter Case
American musician
49
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American musician
50
Troy Donockley
Troy Donockley
English composer and multi-instrumentalist
51
David Kramer
David Kramer
South African musician
52
Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
53
Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
American musician
54
The Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band
American rock and blues band
55
Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton
American musician
56
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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American musician

Orville Johnson is an American resonator guitar player born in 1953 in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. He came up in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene. A frequent session musician, he also has released a number of solo and group albums. He has appeared on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on television.

Johnson made his film debut in Georgia, appearing as a musician.

He is a singer, instrumentalist, record producer, songwriter, session player, and teacher. As his entry in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Music (Sasquatch Press, 1999) states, he has become a vital figure on the Northwest music scene. He has appeared on over 400 albums, movie and video soundtracks, and commercials, produced 22 albums for other musicians, and hosted a roots music radio show.

Johnson has taught at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop as well as the International Guitar Seminar, Port Townsend Blues Workshop, Euro-Blues Workshop, and B.C. Bluegrass Workshop.