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Mississippi Fred McDowell

632,844 plays (92,975 listeners)

Mississippi Fred McDowell was born Fred McDowell in Rossville, Tennessee, January 12, 1904. He died in Memphis,Tennessee on July 3, 1972. He was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style.

Big Bill Broonzy

667,675 plays (104,958 listeners)

"Big Bill" Broonzy was a prolific American blues composer, recorder and performer. "Big Bill" was born William Lee Conley Broonzy in Scott County, Mississippi on June 26, 1893 or 1898 (the exact year is unclear). While Broonzy himself claimed to be born in 1893, another source claims that Broonzy had a twin sister named Lannie Broonzy who had proof they were born on June 26, 1898.

Charley Patton

647,432 plays (87,314 listeners)

Charley Patton (born Charlie Patton in Edwards, Mississippi, May 1, 1891, died in Indianola, Mississippi, April 28, 1934) was a Blues musician, singer and guitarist.

Skip James

1,100,316 plays (136,333 listeners)

Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Early years

Blind Boy Fuller

282,425 plays (49,300 listeners)

Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. Fuller was born in July 10, 1907 in Wadesboro, North Carolina and died February 13, 1941 in Durham, North Carolina. He played a steel National resonator guitar.

Furry Lewis

163,367 plays (33,279 listeners)

Furry Lewis (March 6, 1899 - September 14, 1981) was a blues guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement by the folk blues revival of the 1960s.

Blind Lemon Jefferson

585,585 plays (98,381 listeners)

Blind Lemon Jefferson (Lemon Henry Jefferson, Coutchman, Texas, October 26, 1894? – December 1929) was an influential blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s.

Elizabeth Cotten

373,609 plays (40,700 listeners)

Elizabeth Cotten (January 5, 1895 - June 29, 1987 in Syracuse) was an American musician. Her style was traditional blues and folk, but she is known for her unique method of playing a right-handed guitar "upside down" in standard tuning, picking the high melody with her right thumb. This style has become know as "Cotten picking."