Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers (March 21, 1929 – July 23, 1993) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of Howlin' Wolf's backing band and worked with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, J. T. Brown, Freddie King, Little Johnny Jones, Little Walter, and Willie Dixon. His younger brother, Abe (born Albert, January 2, 1939 – November 20, 2010), was the bluesman Little Smokey Smothers, with whom he is sometimes confused.
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Pianist, singer and songwriter
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Fred Below
American musician
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Boston Blackie
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Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
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Armand Jackson
American musician
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
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The Legendary Blues Band
band that plays Chicago blues
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Rotary Connection
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Little Walter
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Willie Dixon
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
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Luther Tucker
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Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Henry Gray
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Barry Goldberg
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Luther Allison
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Earring George Mayweather
musical artist
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Eddie Shaw
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Eddie C. Campbell
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Chicago Blues All-Stars
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Paul Butterfield
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Buddy Guy
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John Brim
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Magic Slim
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John Primer
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The Red Devils
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Johnny Winter
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Pinetop Perkins
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Good Rockin' Charles
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Leonard Chess
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The Blues Brothers
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Billy Flynn
American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Nick Gravenites
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Morris Jennings
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Pat Hare
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Joe Carter
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Freddie King
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Bo Diddley
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Tail Dragger Jones
musical artist
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Mel London
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Lafayette Leake
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Willie Johnson
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Sam Lay
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
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Leroy Foster
American blues singer, drummer and guitarist
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Robert Cray
American blues guitarist and singer