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Shardé Thomas
Shardé Thomas
American fife player
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Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
2
Napoleon Strickland
Napoleon Strickland
American musician
3
North Mississippi Allstars
North Mississippi Allstars
American southern rock/blues band
4
Sid Hemphill
Sid Hemphill
5
R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
6
Kenny Brown
Kenny Brown
American blues slide guitarist
7
Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
8
Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews
American musician/film score composer
9
Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
10
Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
11
Calvin Jackson
Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
12
Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
13
W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
14
Robert Belfour
Robert Belfour
American blues musician
15
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
16
Dirty Three
Dirty Three
band
17
Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
18
The Word
The Word
musical artist
19
Seasick Steve
Seasick Steve
American blues musician
20
Charley Booker
Charley Booker
American musician
21
Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
22
Mose Allison
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
23
The Greyboy Allstars
The Greyboy Allstars
American Soul jazz band
24
Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
25
Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
26
Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
27
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
American rock band
28
Sam Myers
Sam Myers
American blues musician and songwriter
29
Howard Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
30
Boyd Gilmore
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
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The Slackers
The Slackers
band that plays ska
32
Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
33
Mudhoney
Mudhoney
alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, United States
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Fred Eaglesmith
Fred Eaglesmith
Canadian singer
35
Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira
Musician, composer, producer, singer, writer.
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Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Junior Kimbrough
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
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Cyril Neville
Cyril Neville
American musician
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Poisonblack
Poisonblack
Finnish metal band
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Air
Air
French electronica duo
43
T-Model Ford
T-Model Ford
United StatesAmerican blues musician
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
45
Steve Azar
Steve Azar
American singer-songwriter
46
Sam Carr
Sam Carr
Blues musician
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Anders Osborne
Anders Osborne
American singer-songwriter
Othar Turner
American fife player

Othar Turner

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American fife player

Othar "Otha" Turner (June 2, 1907 – February 27, 2003) was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition. His music was also part of the African-American genre known as Hill country blues.