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Junior Kimbrough
american musician
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R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Kenny Brown
American blues slide guitarist
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Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
4
Lil' Dave Thompson
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Paul "Wine" Jones
American contemporary blues guitarist and singer
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer
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Charles Caldwell
American musician from Mississippi
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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T-Model Ford
United StatesAmerican blues musician
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Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
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Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
blues musician
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
American musician
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Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Jimbo Mathus
American musician
20
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Asie Payton
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Bobby Rush
American musician
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Jason Ricci
American musician
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B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Walter Vinson
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Nathaniel Mayer
American musician
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Lester Butler
American blues harmonica player and singer
29
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
31
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
32
Dan Auerbach
American musician
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Lucky Peterson
American musician
34
Valerie June
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Dexter Allen
musician
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
39
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
40
Magic Slim
American blues musician
41
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
42
Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
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The Black Keys
American rock band
44
Kid Bailey
American Delta blues musician
45
Tommy Johnson
American musician
46
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
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Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
49
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
50
Don Bryant
American musician
51
Carey Bell
American blues musician
52
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
53
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
54
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
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Little Freddie King
American Delta blues guitarist
57
Keb' Mo'
American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
58
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
59
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
60
Watermelon Slim
American musician
61
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
62
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
63
Bobby Sowell
American musician
64
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Willie Mitchell
American record producer and arranger
66
Grady Champion
musical artist
67
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
69
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
