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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
1
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
2
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
3
Stick McGhee
African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
4
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
5
Luke "Long Gone" Miles
American Texas blues singer and songwriter
6
Ralph Willis
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
7
Alec Seward
American Piedmont and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
8
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
9
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
10
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
11
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
American folk music duo
12
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
13
Bishop Dready Manning
American blues musician
14
Mike Seeger
American singer
15
Bob Shad
American music executive
16
Big Boy Henry
American singer
17
Baby Tate
American Piedmont blues guitarist
18
Buster Pickens
American blues pianist
19
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
20
Happy Traum
American musician
21
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
22
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
23
Henry Townsend
American musician
24
Buddy Moss
American East Coast blues guitarist
25
Bull City Red
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
26
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
27
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
28
Ted Bogan
American country-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
29
John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
30
Don Harris
American rock and roll violinist and guitarist
31
The Larks
32
Bob Gaddy
American East Coast blues and rhythm and blues pianist, singer and songwriter
33
Michael Franks
American recording artist; singer and songwriter
34
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
35
Brendan Power
New Zealand musician; harmonica player
36
Percy Heath
American musician
37
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
38
Sticks Evans
musician
39
Barbara Dane
American singer
40
Michael Doucet
American musician
41
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
42
Roy Book Binder
American blues guitarist
43
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
44
Mark Hummel
American musician
