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Austin "Walkin' Cane" (guitar, slide)
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Black Ace (guitar, slide)
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In the late '30s, a Texan by the name of Babe Karo Lemon Turner released a single called "Black Ace Blues." A Fort Worth radio station started to use the cut as a theme song and soon Turner assumed the moniker. Long before Jeff Healy piqued the music world's... [ Continue ]
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Blind Willie Johnson (guitar, slide)
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Blind Willie Johnson was arguably the greatest and most popular ‘sanctified’ singer to record in the pre-World War II era. His forceful singing and stunning guitar work ensured that he continued to sell records even into the Depression. His blindness has been... [ Continue ]
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Bonnie Raitt (guitar, slide)
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In the late '60s, restless in Los Angeles, Bonnie moved east to Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a Harvard/Radcliffe student majoring in Social Relations and African Studies, she attended classes and immersed herself in the city's turbulent cultural and political activities.... [ Continue ]
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Bucky Baxter (guitar, slide)
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Bukka White (guitar, slide)
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Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White was another of the original Bluesmen to come out of Mississippi, living the life they sang about. He benefited from a resurgence of interest in his music and was able to enjoy firsthand the Blues Revival, performing and recording... [ Continue ]
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Cesar Silva (guitar, slide)
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Clifton Hyde (guitar, slide)
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Was Born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and likes music...alot. Primary Instruments are Mandolin, Steel Guitar, Baritone Guitar, and good ol' acoustic and electric guitars. [ Continue ]
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Debashish Bhattacharya (guitar, slide)
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Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is arguably the greatest slide guitarist in the world. He is an undisputed master of the demanding technique and discipline of both Hindustani classical music and modern world fusion. A “virtuoso’s virtuoso,” he has revolutionized... [ Continue ]
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Dennis Johnson (guitar, slide)
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Douglas MacRae (guitar, slide)
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Doug MacRae makes his home in Toronto, Canada, where he was born. He has over thirty years in music. He learned to play guitar and write songs as a teenager by listening to such artists as Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, and Larry Norman. He played and studied the songs, and began... [ Continue ]
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Earl Hooker (guitar, slide)
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Earl Hooker played and lived the blues. He played in a Delta style taken largely from Robert Nighthawk with a touch of T-Bone Walker, but he did it with a flair and flamboyance unmatched by any of his contemporaries. He was part of the Chicago scene but his style was not simply... [ Continue ]
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Elmore James (guitar, slide)
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Guitarist Elmore James established himself in Chicago in 1952, forming his legendary band the Broomdusters. While never attaining the fame of fellow Mississippi expatriates Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, James became one of the city's most influential guitarists. He... [ Continue ]
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Frank Russell (guitar, slide)
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Gabby Pahinui (guitar, slide)
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"Gabby Pahinui," says DeSoto Brown, a Hawaiian cultural-history expert whose brother worked with Pahinui, was not only that he was an outstanding musician and entertainer, and a central figure, maybe THE central figure, of the Hawaiian Renaissance in the '70s, but that he... [ Continue ]
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Gadjes Band (guitar, slide)
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http://nogypsy.narod.ru/newsite/eng_site/resume/resume.htm The word gadjo" means not gypsy", thereby Gadjes Band" is a non-gypsy band that plays gypsy jazz. Gadjes Band" was formed in 2004 by Russian blues and jazz guitarist Eugene Nemov. The band... [ Continue ]
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Hound Dog Taylor (guitar, slide)
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Until he recorded his (and Alligator Records') first album, “Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers,” in 1971, Taylor was largely unknown outside of Chicago. He played blues guitar for 35 years before reaching a wider audience and gaining the status of a beloved... [ Continue ]
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Jay Gordon's Blues Venom (guitar, slide)
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John O'Reilly Jr (guitar, slide)
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Lowell George (guitar, slide)
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Mark Hamilton (guitar, slide)
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Matthew Basso (guitar, slide)
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Matt Basso has been a Singer/Songwriter for the last 25 years. He started out in a band called 3rd Wish. Since going solo in 1996, he has recorded and performed some folk and blues music. His love for the sound of the blues harp and the intensity of 80's hard rock helped him to... [ Continue ]
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Megan Lovell (guitar, slide)
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Micheal Barre (guitar, slide)
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Mississippi Fred McDowell (guitar, slide)
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Mississippi Fred McDowell was a stylist and purveyor of the original Delta blues, he was superb, equal parts Charley Patton and Son House coming to the fore through his roughed-up vocals and slashing bottleneck style of guitar playing. McDowell knew he was the real deal, and... [ Continue ]
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Robert Nighthawk (guitar, slide)
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A highly influential blues slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk, adapted and refined his technique on the instrument to accompany his mournful vocal style. Elmore James, Muddy Waters, and Earl Hooker are direct musical offspring, and yet, despite his close ties to greatness,... [ Continue ]
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Roosevelt Collier (guitar, slide)
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Soft spoken by nature, South Florida-bred ROOSEVELT COLLIER does his hollering on the pedal steel guitar. Brought up in the sacred steel" tradition of the House of God Church, Roosevelt built his reputation alongside his uncles and cousins in The Lee Boys, known for their... [ Continue ]
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Son House (guitar, slide)
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Son House, the legendary Delta blues singer and guitarist, was an original voice coming out of Depression era Mississippi. He embodied the isolation, poverty and alienation of the Delta, which translated into his visceral and gripping expressions, forming the bedrock of the... [ Continue ]
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Sonny Landreth (guitar, slide)
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Born in Mississippi, relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana, Sonny Landreth was immersed in the great Swamp-pop and Zydeco music of the area. He picked up a variety of musical styles playing with some of the best musicians on the Louisiana scene, while developing his considerable... [ Continue ]
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Sturgis Nikides (guitar, slide)
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Unless you’re a big fan of John Cale’s solo work, you’re probably unfamiliar with Sturgis Nikides. Sturgis was Cale’s guitar player through the 1980s, and has a long, colorful history as a professional musician. Simply put, it’s easy to call him a time-honored vet and... [ Continue ]
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Tampa Red (guitar, slide)
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One of the most popular artists of the 20s, 30s and 40s, Tampa red was probably the all-time best-selling Georgia bluesman. He may well have been the most influential bottleneck stylist in blues. He perfected the single-string slide attack and smooth bottleneck tones mimicked by... [ Continue ]
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The Howard Hughes Suite (guitar, slide)
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Reclusive, lone, multi-instrumentalist. Bottleneck slide guitar and pedal steel alchemy. ♣️♦️♠️♥️ [ Continue ]
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The Retrobates (guitar, slide)
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Mylos “Boogie” Sonka, the Retrobates trail boss, plays both steel and standard guitars, as well as the fiddle and tiple. He sings all vocal parts, though seldom at once. He has been an ace fancy yodeler since the tragic barbed-wire high jump accident. His main interest is... [ Continue ]
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Tony Duran (guitar, slide)
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