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Rosa Lee Hill
American delta blues musician
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Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
2
Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
3
Othar Turner
American fife player
4
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
American band
5
Hobart Smith
American musician
6
Larry Campbell
American musician
7
2nd South Carolina String Band
8
Sonny Boy Nelson
American blues musician
9
Norman Blake
American musician
10
Peter Rowan
American singer
11
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
12
Mike Seeger
American singer
13
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
14
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
15
Willie Johnson
American musician
16
Memphis Jug Band
band
17
Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
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Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
19
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
20
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
21
Wilmer Watts
American musician
22
The Duhks
Folk band
23
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
24
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
25
The Dillards
American bluegrass band
26
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
27
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician
28
J. P. Cormier
Canadian musician
29
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
30
Jim Kweskin
American musician
31
Greg Quill
Australian musician, Canadian journalist
32
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
33
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
34
Benny Williams
American musician
35
Sid Griffin
American musician
36
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
37
Russ Barenberg
American musician
38
Mississippi Sheiks
band
39
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
40
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
41
Red Cardell
Breton Rock band
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Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
