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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
blues musician
1
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
2
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
3
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
4
Mississippi Sheiks
band
5
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
6
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
7
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
8
Bo Carter
American early blues musician
9
Tommy Johnson
American musician
10
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
11
Henry Townsend
American musician
12
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
13
Chris Thomas King
American blues musician and actor
14
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
15
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
16
Homesick James
American blues musician
17
Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
18
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
19
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
20
Buddy Boy Hawkins
American musician
21
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
22
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
23
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
24
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
25
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
26
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
27
Jim Kweskin
American musician
28
Geeshie Wiley
African-American woman musician
29
Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
30
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
31
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
32
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
33
King Solomon Hill
Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897–1949)
34
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
35
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
36
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
37
Dave Hole
Western Australian slide guitarist
38
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires
American blues singer and guitarist
39
Peg Leg Howell
African American blues singer and guitarist
40
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
41
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
42
Plas Johnson
American musician
43
Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
44
Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
45
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
46
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
47
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
48
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
49
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
50
Archie Edwards
American Piedmont blues guitarist
51
Willie Lofton
blues musician
52
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
53
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
54
Alan Wilson
musician
55
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
56
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
57
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
