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Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
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Sid Hemphill
2
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
3
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
4
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
5
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
6
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
7
Vera Hall
American folk singer
8
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
9
Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
10
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
11
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
12
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
13
Hally Wood
American singer
14
Memphis Jug Band
band
15
Andy Bey
American musician
16
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
17
Charlie Dore
English female singer-songwriter
18
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
19
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
20
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
21
Hans Theessink
Dutch guitarist, singer and songwriter
22
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
23
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
24
Shirley Collins
British folk singer
25
Jackie Lomax
English recording artist; guitarist and singer-songwriter
26
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
27
Ivory Joe Hunter
American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist
28
Ian Wallace
English drummer
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
30
Mark Murphy
American singer
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Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician
32
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Alasdair Roberts
British singer
