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Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop
American musician
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Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
American musician
2
John Németh
John Németh
American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
3
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
American blues band
4
Luther Tucker
Luther Tucker
American musician
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Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Delaney Bramlett
Delaney Bramlett
American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
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The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marshall Tucker Band
American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Johnny Nicholas
Johnny Nicholas
American blues musician
10
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
American musician
12
Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
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The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
American blues and soul band
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Oliver Sain
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
15
Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur
American folk-blues singer
16
Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
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Albert White
Albert White
American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg
American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
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Sons of Champlin
Sons of Champlin
American rock band
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Harvey Mandel
Harvey Mandel
American guitarist
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The Animals
The Animals
English band
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Curtis Salgado
Curtis Salgado
American musician
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Little Smokey Smothers
Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
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Terry Kath
Terry Kath
American musician, former member of the rock band Chicago
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Curley Bridges
Curley Bridges
American electric blues, rock-and-roll, and rhythm-and-blues singer, pianist and songwriter
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Billy Price
Billy Price
American musician
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Rusty Zinn
Rusty Zinn
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Duffy Bishop
Duffy Bishop
American electric blues singer and songwriter
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
American singer
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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis
American blues and rock musician
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Bobby King
Bobby King
American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Ronnie Earl
Ronnie Earl
American blues guitarist
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Mark Naftalin
Mark Naftalin
American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
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Norman Beaker
Norman Beaker
English blues musician
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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John Primer
John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Terry Callier
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Terry Hanck (born 1944) is an American electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter and record producer, who won a Blues Music Award in 2016 in the 'Instrumentalist - Horn' category. Previously Hanck earned both a Blues Music Award and a Living Blues Award for 'Best Horn' in 2012, and was nominated for the latter prize in the 'Best Song' category. In May 2015, he won the International Songwriting Competition for his soul ballad, "I Keep On Holding On." Born in Chicago, Hanck was influenced by the blues, soul and jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s. After moving to California in 1965, Hanck later toured with Elvin Bishop for over a decade, before leaving to tour and record with his own band for now almost 30 years.

Living Blues writer Lee Hildebrand has written that "Hanck is one of the most formidable saxophonists in the blues and soul business. He has a virile tone and attack and an uncanny command of upper-register notes."