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Freddie King
1,156,656 plays (150,915 listeners)
King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. His mother was Ella May King, his father J.T Christian. His mother and her brother, who both played the guitar, began teaching Freddie to play at the age of six. He liked and imitated the music of Lightnin' Sam Hopkins and saxophonist Louis Jordan.
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Albert Collins
934,108 plays (148,613 listeners)
Albert Collins (October 1, 1932 — November 24, 1993) was a blues guitarist, singer and musician. He had many nicknames, such as "The Ice Man", "The Master of the Telecaster" and "The Razor Blade".
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Buddy Guy
3,477,197 plays (362,968 listeners)
Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix and other 1960s blues and rock legends, Guy is considered as an important proponent of Chicago blues made famous by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He has influenced both widely known and local blues guitarists.
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Otis Rush
781,124 plays (144,697 listeners)
Otis Rush (born April 29, 1935 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is maybe the greatest guitar king ever to make Chicago blues. He is also well known for his electrifying voice and for being one of the first baritones to reach popularity in the blues industry. Rush uses his great voice to deliver his songs with plenty of experience and pure emotion.
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B.B. King
8,786,515 plays (651,313 listeners)
Riley B. King aka B. B. King (born September 16th, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi) is a well known American blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
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Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan
201,347 plays (14,943 listeners)
Albert King: a huge, if not one of the most influental guitarists in the eyes of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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T-Bone Walker
987,882 plays (151,252 listeners)
Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone (May , 1910 — March, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, pianist and songwriter who was one of the most important pioneers of the electric guitar. His electric guitar solos were among the first heard on modern blues recordings and helped set a standard that is still followed.
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Elmore James
1,418,943 plays (208,363 listeners)
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar".
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Luther Allison
594,986 plays (97,291 listeners)
Luther Allison (born 17 August 1939 in Widener, AR, died 12 August 1997 in Madison, WI) was an American blues guitarist. His powerful guitar work – equal parts traditional blues string-bending and wall-shaking rock 'n roll – is matched in energy only by his soul-deep vocals. His live shows (often clocking in at well over three hours) are the stuff of legend.
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Johnny Winter
2,167,220 plays (271,210 listeners)
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born February 23, 1944) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer.
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