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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Jazz Gillum
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Casey Bill Weldon
Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Homesick James
Homesick James
American blues musician
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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Noah Lewis
Noah Lewis
American jug band and country blues musician
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Cow Cow Davenport
Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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Little Johnny Jones
Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Robert Wilkins
Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
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Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
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Sam Chatmon
Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
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Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Willie Cobbs
Willie Cobbs
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Bobo Jenkins
Bobo Jenkins
American Detroit blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Peg Leg Howell
Peg Leg Howell
African American blues singer and guitarist
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Arbee Stidham
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Romeo Nelson
Romeo Nelson
American boogie woogie pianist
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Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor
American blues and soul singer
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Curley Weaver
Curley Weaver
American blues musician
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Bo Carter
Bo Carter
American early blues musician
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Walter Roland
Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Jimmy Yancey
Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Charley Jordan
Charley Jordan
American musician
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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Armand Jackson
Armand Jackson
American musician
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Mozelle Alderson
Mozelle Alderson
musical artist
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Blind John Davis
Blind John Davis
American musician
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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John Brim
John Brim
American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Eddie Mapp
Eddie Mapp
American country blues harmonicist
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Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
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Henry Townsend
Henry Townsend
American musician
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Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
American band led by Louis Jordan
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Yank Rachell
Yank Rachell
American country blues musician
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Smokey Hogg
Smokey Hogg
American post-war Texas and country blues musician
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Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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William Ezell
William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Elzadie Robinson
Elzadie Robinson
American blues singer
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Doctor Clayton
Doctor Clayton
American blues musician
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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American Chicago blues musician
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Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge, January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician.

He is best remembered as a blues guitarist who had a distinctive single-string slide style. His songwriting and his bottleneck technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk and Muddy Waters, and many others, including Elmore James and Mose Allison. In a career spanning over 30 years, he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum songs. His best-known recordings include "Anna Lou Blues", "Black Angel Blues", "Crying Won't Help You", "It Hurts Me Too", and "Love Her with a Feeling".