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Elvin Bishop
American musician
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Tommy Castro
American musician
2
John Németh
American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
3
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
American blues band
4
Luther Tucker
American musician
5
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
6
Johnny Griffin
American musician
7
Delaney Bramlett
American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
8
The Marshall Tucker Band
American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Johnny Nicholas
American blues musician
10
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Bobby Rush
American musician
12
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
13
The Blues Brothers
American blues and soul band
14
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
15
Maria Muldaur
American folk-blues singer
16
Mark Hummel
American musician
17
Albert White
American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
18
Barry Goldberg
American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
19
Sons of Champlin
American rock band
20
Harvey Mandel
American guitarist
21
The Animals
English band
22
Curtis Salgado
American musician
23
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
25
Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
26
Terry Kath
American musician, former member of the rock band Chicago
27
Curley Bridges
American electric blues, rock-and-roll, and rhythm-and-blues singer, pianist and songwriter
28
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
29
Billy Price
American musician
30
Rusty Zinn
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
31
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
32
Duffy Bishop
American electric blues singer and songwriter
33
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
34
Mavis Staples
American singer
35
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
36
George Coleman
American musician
37
Eddie Floyd
American singer
38
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
39
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
40
Tinsley Ellis
American blues and rock musician
41
Bobby King
American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer
42
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
43
Ronnie Earl
American blues guitarist
44
Mark Naftalin
American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer
45
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
46
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
47
Norman Beaker
English blues musician
48
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
