Yank Rachell (born James A. Rachel; March 16, 1903 or 1910 – April 9, 1997) was an American country blues musician who has been called an "elder statesman of the blues". His career as a performer spanned nearly seventy years, from the late 1920s to the 1990s.
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Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
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Ted Bogan
American country-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Noah Lewis
American jug band and country blues musician
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Son Bonds
American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Hambone Willie Newbern
American musician
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Ikey Robinson
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Henry Townsend
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Homesick James
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Hans Theessink
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Backwards Sam Firk
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Jim Jackson
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Curley Weaver
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Ramblin' Thomas
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Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Will Shade
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Dan Sane
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Oscar Woods
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Blind Boy Fuller
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Washboard Sam
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Terry Evans
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Frank Stokes
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Sonny Boy Williamson I
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Geeshie Wiley
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band
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Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Alexis Korner
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Jazz Gillum
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Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Peetie Wheatstraw
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Bumble Bee Slim
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Gus Cannon
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Floyd Council
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Robert Petway
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Brownie McGhee
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John Lee Hooker
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Preston Shannon
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Alec Seward
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Bull City Red
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Little Buddy Doyle
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Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Ralph Willis
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
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Maxwell Davis
American musician
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Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Mattie Delaney
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John T. Smith
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Otis Spann
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Stick McGhee
African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Mose Vinson
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Fenton Robinson
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John Henry Barbee
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Mance Lipscomb
American blues singer, guitarist and songster
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Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
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Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Curtis Salgado
American musician
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Bernie Leadon
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Chris Thomas King
American blues musician and actor
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Big Jack Johnson
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Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Junior Wells
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Dan Pickett
American musician