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Blind Lemon Jefferson

Index Blind Lemon Jefferson

Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer, songwriter, and musician. [1]

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A Stranger Here

A Stranger Here is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 2009.

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Albert King

Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many other blues guitarists.

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Alger "Texas" Alexander

Alger "Texas" Alexander (September 12, 1900 – April 18, 1954) was an American blues singer from Jewett, Texas.

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Alone with My Friends

Alone with My Friends is an album by American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Battle label.

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American Epic: The Collection

American Epic: The Collection is a 100-track, 5-CD box set of American roots music performances from the 1920s and 1930s.

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American folk music

The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, or roots music.

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American folk music revival

The American folk-music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.

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Andy Rodgers (musician)

Andy Rodgers (March 14, 1922 – August 14, 2004) was an American Delta blues harmonicist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Anthology of American Folk Music

The Anthology of American Folk Music is a six-album compilation released in 1952 by Folkways Records (catalogue FP 251, FP 252, and FP 253), comprising eighty-four American folk, blues and country music recordings that were originally issued from 1927 to 1932.

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Archie Edwards

Archie L. Edwards (September 4, 1918 – June 18, 1998) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades worked with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson.

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Art Evans

Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.

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Art Laibly

Arthur Charles "Art" Laibly (April 17, 1894 – October 30, 1971) was an American record producer and sales manager.

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Art Satherley

Arthur Edward "Art" Satherley (October 19, 1889 – February 10, 1986) was a record producer and A&R man, who was born in England but spent most of his career in the United States.

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August and Everything After

August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen Records.

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Bateman 365

Bateman 365 is a project initiated by Scott Bateman in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the on the scale of one year.

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Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley, June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan may refer to.

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Black Snake Moan (band)

Black Snake Moan is an American industrial rock band formed in 1997 in the San Francisco Bay Area by singer, songwriter Paige Lawrence.

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Black Snake Moan (film)

Black Snake Moan is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake.

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Black Swan Records

Black Swan Records was an American jazz and blues record label founded in 1921 in Harlem, New York.

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Blind Lemon Jefferson discography

This is a comprehensive discography of Blind Lemon Jefferson, who was an East Texas–born and Chicago-based Texas blues musician.

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Blind Melon

Blind Melon (Stylized as BLind MeLoN) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California by two musicians from Mississippi and one from Indiana.

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Blind musicians

Blind musicians are singers or instrumentalists, or in some cases singer-accompanists, who are legally blind.

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Blind Willie Johnson

Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist and evangelist.

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Blind Willies

Blind Willies is an American folk rock band based in San Francisco.

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Blue Goose Records

Blue Goose Records was an American independent record label set up in the early 1970s by Nick Perls.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Blues Hall of Fame

The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Blues Jumped the Rabbit

"Blues Jumped the Rabbit" is a blues song from the album Cotton Eyed Joe recorded by Karen Dalton in 1962.

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Blues on Fire

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Blues, Rags and Hollers

Blues, Rags and Hollers is the first album by the American country blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, released in 1963.

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Bob Dylan (album)

Bob Dylan is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 19, 1962 by Columbia Records.

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Bob Dylan's recording sessions

Bob Dylan is an American musician, singer-songwriter, music producer, artist, and writer.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a musical genre that became popular during the late 1920s, but developed in African-American communities in the 1870s.

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Brer Soul

Brer Soul is the debut studio album of Melvin Van Peebles.

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Clarence Horton Greene

Clarence Horton Greene (June 26, 1894 – October 22, 1961) was an American musician and recording artist, noted for his fiddle and guitar work, and a pioneer in country music of the 1920s.

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Classic female blues

Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, popular in the 1920s.

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Corrine, Corrina

"Corrine, Corrina" (sometimes "Corrina, Corrina") is a 12-bar country blues song in the AAB form.

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Coutchman, Texas

Coutchman (sometimes spelled Couchman) is a ghost town in northern Freestone County, Texas, United States, some 4 miles southwest of Streetman off of Texas Farm to Market Road 246, near CR 994 and CR 995.

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Craig Kinsey

Craig Kinsey is an American trans-genre singer-songwriter and intellectual based in Houston, Texas, most commonly known for his wild bacchanalian stage shows.

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Crawling King Snake

"Crawling King Snake" (alternatively "Crawlin' King Snake" or "Crawling/Crawlin' Kingsnake") is a blues song that has been recorded by numerous blues and other artists.

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Culture of Dallas

This article is about the culture of Dallas, Texas (USA).

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Dancing Down the Stony Road

Dancing Down the Stony Road is the seventeenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2002 on his own record label, Jazzee Blue.

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Dave Hole

Robert David "Dave" Hole (born 30 March 1948, Heswall, Cheshire, United Kingdom) is an Australian slide guitarist known for his style of playing rock and roll and blues music.

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Deep Ellum, Dallas

Deep Ellum is a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in East Dallas, Texas.

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Deep Elm Blues

The "Deep Elm Blues" is an American traditional song.

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Document Records

Document Records is an independent record label in Scotland that specializes in reissuing vintage blues and jazz.

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Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) is known as the father of jazz guitar.

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Electric blues

Electric blues refers to any type of blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.

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Flora Molton

Flora Molton (née Rollins; March 12, 1908 – May 31, 1990) was an American gospel music street singer.

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Freddie Spruell

Freddie Spruell (December 28, 1893 – June 19, 1956) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer, variously billed as Papa Freddie or Mr.

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Freestone County, Texas

Freestone County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Texas.

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Furry Lewis

Walter E. "Furry" Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981) was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Gennett Records

Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, which flourished in the 1920s.

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George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation

The George H. Buck Jr.

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Ghetto Gothic

Ghetto Gothic is the fifth studio album by Melvin Van Peebles.

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Ghost Stories (Dream Syndicate album)

Ghost Stories is the fourth studio album by the Los Angeles-based alternative rock band The Dream Syndicate.

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Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934)

Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934) is a compilation of recordings made by American country music group the Carter Family, released in 1998.

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Gospel blues

Gospel blues or holy blues is a form of blues-based gospel music that has been around since the inception of blues music, a combination of blues guitar and evangelistic lyrics.

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Grafton, Wisconsin

Grafton is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Great White Wonder

Great White Wonder, or GWW, is the first notable rock bootleg album, released in July 1969, and containing unofficially released recordings by Bob Dylan.

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Harry Everett Smith

Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 in Portland, Oregon – November 27, 1991 in New York City) was a visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic, and largely self-taught student of anthropology.

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Henry "Rufe" Johnson

Henry "Rufe" Johnson (October 2, 1908 – February 4, 1974), was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, harmonica player, pianist, singer and songwriter.

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Heritage Records (England)

Heritage Records was a London, England record label, founded in 1960 by Tony Standish, specialising in blues and early jazz recordings.

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Herman E. Johnson

Herman E. Johnson (born August 18, 1909 – February 2, 1975) was an American country blues guitarist.

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Hobart Smith

Hobart Smith (May 10, 1897—January 11, 1965) was an American old-time musician.

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Hokum

Hokum is a particular song type of American blues music—a humorous song which uses extended analogies or euphemistic terms to make sexual innuendos.

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Honorific nicknames in popular music

Honorific nicknames in popular music are terms used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often religious, familial, or (most frequently) royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically.

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Houston Stackhouse

Houston Stackhouse (September 28, 1910 – September 23, 1980) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer.

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Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.

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I Know You Rider

"I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists.

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In Concert (Peter, Paul and Mary album)

In Concert is a live album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1964 (see 1964 in music).

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In Session (Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan album)

In Session is a blues album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60.

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J. B. Lenoir

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J. Mayo Williams

Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams (September 25, 1894 – January 2, 1980) was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music.

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J. T. Smith (musician)

John T. Smith (c. 1890 – c. 1940), variously known as the Howling Wolf, "Funny Paper" Smith, "Funny Papa" Smith, and Howling Smith, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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Jack of Diamonds (song)

Jack of Diamonds (a.k.a. Jack o' Diamonds and Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)) is a traditional folk song.

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Jefferson (surname)

Individuals with the surname "Jefferson" include the following.

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Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton

Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born January 26, 1989) is an American musician from Los Angeles.

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John T. Smith (blues musician)

John T. Smith (1896 – June 30, 1940) was an American Texas blues musician, who had a short lived recording session with Vocalion Records.

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Johnson City sessions

The Johnson City Sessions were a series of influential recording auditions conducted in Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1928 and 1929 by Frank Buckley Walker, head of the Columbia Records "hillbilly" recordings division.

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Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County.

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Jorma Kaukonen

Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist.

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Josh White

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist.

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Keiji Haino

Keiji Haino (灰野 敬二 Haino Keiji) born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Kawagoe, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music.

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Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings

Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings is a four-CD album by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia.

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Keystone Encores

Keystone Encores is an album by Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, and Bill Vitt.

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King Solomon Hill

King Solomon Hill is the name assigned to a blues singer and guitarist who recorded a handful of songs in 1932.

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L. C. Ulmer

Lee Chester "L.

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Lead Belly

Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced.

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Leadbelly (film)

Leadbelly is a 1976 film chronicling the life of folk singer Huddie William Ledbetter (better known as "Lead Belly").

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Lesley Riddle

Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 - July 13, 1980) was an African-American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music.

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Lightnin' Hopkins

Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas.

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List of Basement Tapes songs

The Basement Tapes is a collection of over 100 songs recorded by Bob Dylan and his then-backing group, the Band, in the summer of 1967 in West Saugerties, New York, just outside Woodstock.

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List of blind people

The following is a list of notable blind people.

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List of blues musicians

Performers in the blues style range from primitive, one-chord Delta players to big bands to country music to rock and roll to classical music.

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List of country blues musicians

The following is a list of country blues musicians.

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List of gospel blues musicians

The following is a list of gospel blues musicians.

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List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (J–P)

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List of Grateful Dead cover versions

The Grateful Dead were an American rock band known for their extensive touring and constantly varying set lists, including many cover songs from various musical genres.

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List of guitarists

This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia.

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List of guitarists by genre

This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.

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List of insect-inspired songs

This is a list of songs inspired by insects.

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List of nicknames of blues musicians

The following list of nicknames of blues musicians complements the existing list of blues musicians by referring to their nicknames, stage names and pseudonyms, thereby helping to clarify possible confusion arising over artists with similar or the same nicknames.

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List of people from Dallas

The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in Dallas, Texas (US).

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List of people from Texas

The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.

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List of Piedmont blues musicians

The Piedmont blues (also known as Piedmont fingerstyle) is a type of blues music characterized by a unique fingerpicking method on the guitar in which a regular, alternating-thumb bassline pattern supports a melody using the treble strings.

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List of Rough Guide albums

This is a list of World Music Network's "Rough Guide" albums.

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List of songs recorded by the Beatles

The following is a table of songs recorded by the Beatles.

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List of stage names

This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname, followed by their birth name.

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List of Texas blues musicians

Texas Blues is a subgenre of the blues, and of course is not limited to Texas-based musicians.

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List of train songs

A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads.

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List of years in jazz

This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages.

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Little Red Rooster

"Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as it was first titled) is a blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon.

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Live at Raji's

Live at Raji's is a live album and by Los Angeles band The Dream Syndicate.

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Living the Blues

Living the Blues is the third album by Canned Heat, a double album released in late 1968.

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Long Distance Call (Muddy Waters song)

"Long Distance Call" is a song by American blues musician Muddy Waters.

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Major Moves

Major Moves is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in May 1984.

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Marion Brown

Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist.

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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records.

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Matchbox (song)

"Matchbox" is a rockabilly song recorded by Carl Perkins in December 1956.

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Mike Raven

Austin Churton Fairman (15 November 1924 – 4 April 1997), who used the name Churton Fairman but was more widely known under the pseudonym Mike Raven in the 1960s and early 1970s, was a British radio disc jockey, actor, sculptor, sheep farmer, writer, TV presenter and producer, ballet dancer, flamenco guitarist and photographer.

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Milestone Records discography

The discography for Milestone Records runs from 1966 when the label was established by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz.

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Mississippi John Hurt

John Smith Hurt (possibly March 3, 1892 – November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer and guitarist.

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Moaning Lisa

"Moaning Lisa" is the sixth episode of The Simpsons' first season.

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Moon Mullican

Aubrey Wilson Mullican (March 29, 1909 – January 1, 1967), known as Moon Mullican and "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players", was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist.

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Mule Skinner Blues

"Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Blue Yodel #8", "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughan.

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Music of Texas

The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians.

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Nashville discography

This is the discography of the 2012 American musical drama television series Nashville (2012) by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri and starring Connie Britton as "Rayna Jaymes" and Hayden Panettiere as "Juliette Barnes." The drama depicts an inter-related group of vocalists, songwriters, and music industry members who live in Nashville, Tennessee.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist Blixa Bargeld.

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Offstage musicians and singers in popular music

Offstage musicians and singers are performers who play instruments and/or sing backstage, out of sight of the audience, during a live popular music concert at which the main band is visible playing and singing onstage.

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One Kind Favor

One Kind Favor is B.B. King's 42nd and final studio album.

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Origins of rock and roll

Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s.

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Our Goodman

"Our Goodman" (Child 274, Roud 114) is a Scottish and English humorous folk song.

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Paper Rival

Paper Rival was an indie rock band formed in late 2005 from Nashville, Tennessee.

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Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame

The Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame honors artists who recorded for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin with a 'piano key'.

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Paramount Records

Paramount Records was an American record label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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Rabbit's foot

In some cultures, the foot of a rabbit is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck.

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Ragged & Dirty (song)

"Ragged & Dirty" is an old southern blues song popular in Memphis and other cities of Tennessee and Mississippi.

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Ralph Willis (blues musician)

Ralph Willis (c. 1910 – June 11, 1957) was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.

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Ramblin' Thomas

Willard Thomas, better known as Ramblin' Thomas (c. 1902–c. 1945), was an American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Robert Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician.

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Robert Pete Williams

Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.

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Roll Away the Stone (album)

Roll Away the Stone is an album by American blues singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps, released in 1997.

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Saddle River String Band

Saddle River String Band is a Canadian bluegrass quartet, with influences of blues and folk from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" is a song recorded by American blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson in two slightly differing versions in October 1927 and February 1928 that became "one of his most famous compositions".

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September 24

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Sings Like Hell

Sings Like Hell is an album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 1993.

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Sitting on Top of the World

"Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top of the World") is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon.

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Songs from Home

Songs from Home is the title of a recording by the American folk music and country blues artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 2002.

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Spectre (Laibach album)

Spectre is eighth studio album by Laibach.

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Stefan Grossman

Stefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records.

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Stephen Dale Petit

Stephen Dale Petit (born 19 April 1969) is an American-born guitarist, singer, songwriter and New Blues musician.

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Stormy Weather (Thelonious Monster album)

Stormy Weather is the third full-length album by Thelonious Monster.

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T-Bone Walker

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound.

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Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today

Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today, sometimes referred to as "Volume 6," is the sixth installment in the Teenage Shutdown! series of garage rock compilations put out by Tim Warren of Crypt Records, which is available on both LP and compact disc formats.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas blues

Texas blues is a style of blues music.

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That Black Snake Moan

"That Black Snake Moan" is a song written and recorded by American country blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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That's All Right

"That's All Right" is a song written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup.

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The Country Blues

The Country Blues is a seminal album released on Folkways Records in 1959, catalogue RF 1.

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The Firstborn Is Dead

The Firstborn Is Dead is the second studio album released by the post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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The Grateful Dead (album)

The Grateful Dead is the debut album of the Grateful Dead.

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The Guitar Player

The Guitar Player is an album by British guitarist Davey Graham (then Davy Graham), released in 1963.

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The Mississippi Moaner

Isaiah Nettles, known by his recording alias The Mississippi Moaner, was an American country blues singer and guitarist.

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The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 2

The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2 is the second soundtrack album for the American musical drama television series Nashville, created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri and starring Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, a legendary country music superstar, whose stardom begins fading, and Hayden Panettiere as rising teen star Juliette Barnes.

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The Original Mono Recordings

The Original Mono Recordings is a box set compilation album of recordings by Bob Dylan, released in October 2010 on Legacy Recordings, catalogue 88697761042.

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The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins

The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins is the twentieth studio album by the Texan blues guitarist and singer Lightnin' Hopkins.

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The Singer (Diamanda Galás album)

The Singer is an album by Diamanda Galás released in 1992, largely featuring her versions of classic blues and gospel songs.

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Theme Time Radio Hour (season 1)

The first season of the Theme Time Radio Hour, hosted by Bob Dylan, ran from May 3, 2006, to April 18, 2007 on XM Satellite Radio for a total of 50 shows.

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Then and Now (Doc Watson album)

Then and Now is a 1973 studio album by American country music artists, and father-and-son team, Doc Watson and Merle Watson.

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Thomas Shaw (blues musician)

Thomas Edgar Shaw (March 4, 1908 – February 24, 1977), aka Tom Shaw, was an American blues singer and guitarist.

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Timeline of music in the United States (1920–49)

This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1920 to 1949.

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Too Tight Henry

Too Tight Henry, born Henry Lee Castle (1899 – August 16, 1971) was an American blues musician, who recorded four songs for Columbia Records and Brunswick Records in 1928 and 1930.

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Van Ronk Sings

Van Ronk Sings was an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 1961.

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Victoria Spivey

Victoria Regina Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976), sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer and songwriter.

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Vigilante Man

"Vigilante Man" is a song by Woody Guthrie, recorded and released in 1940 as one of his Dust Bowl Ballads.

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Road

Voyage to the Bottom of the Road is the sixth album by Birkenhead-based UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released July 1997.

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Walkin' Blues

"Walkin' Blues" or "Walking Blues" is a blues standard written and recorded by American Delta blues musician Son House in 1930.

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WaterTower Theatre

WaterTower Theatre, formed in 1996, is the resident theatre company of the Addison Theatre Centre, Addison, Texas, in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

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What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?!

What the...You Mean I Can't Sing?! is the fourth studio album by Melvin Van Peebles.

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William Ezell

William Ezell (December 23, 1892 – August 2, 1963), was an American blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and occasional singer, who was also billed as Will Ezell.

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Willie Dixon

William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.

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Wizz Jones (album)

Wizz Jones is the 1969 album by the pioneer British folk musician Wizz Jones.

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Wortham, Texas

Wortham is a town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.

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WVFS

WVFS Tallahassee, launched in 1987, is one of four radio stations that broadcast from the Florida State University in the Tallahassee area.

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Yazoo Records

Yazoo Records was an American record label founded in the late 1960s by Nick Perls.

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Young Jessie

Obediah Donnell "Obie" Jessie (born December 28, 1936), is an African American R&B and jazz singer and songwriter.

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(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean

"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" is a song written by Johnny Wallace and Herbert J. Lance and recorded by Ruth Brown in 1952.

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1893 in music

Events in the year 1893 in music.

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1893 in the United States

Events from the year 1893 in the United States.

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1897 in music

Events in the year 1897 in music.

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1925 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1925.

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1926 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1926.

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1927 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1927.

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1928 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1928.

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1929 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1929.

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1929 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1929.

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1929 in the United States

Events from the year 1929 in the United States.

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78 Records

78 Records is a music store located in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson

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