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  Andrew Bird
  Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago and currently spends his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. He has mastered several instruments and is musically proficient on others. They include the violin, guitar, mandolin, whistling, and glockenspiel.
  http://wn.com/Andrew_Bird
• Ash Grunwald
  Ash Grunwald (born Ashley Groenewald, 5 September 1976, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian radio announcer and blues musician.
  http://wn.com/Ash_Grunwald
• Blind Blake
  "Blind" Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues/ragtime singer and guitarist. He is often called "The King of Ragtime Guitar".
  http://wn.com/Blind_Blake
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  Bob Groom
  Robert Groom (September 12, 1884 in Belleville, Illinois - February 19, 1948 in Belleville, Illinois), was a professional baseball player who played as a pitcher in two midwest minor leagues and the Pacific Coast League from 1904 - 1908, and then in the Major Leagues from 1909 - 1918. He pitched for the Washington Senators (1909 - 1913), St. Louis Terriers (Federal League, 1914 - 1915), St. Louis Browns (1916 - 1917), and Cleveland Indians (1918). On May 6, 1917 he no-hit the Chicago White Sox (who would win the World Series that year) 3-0. The no-hitter came in the second game of Sunday double-header, after Groom preserved the win in the first game, pitching the last two innings without allowing a hit. It also came the day after teammate Ernie Koob's 1-0 no-hitter against the White Sox; to date, Koob and Groom are the only teammates to pitch no-hitters on consecutive days. His best major league season was with the 1912 Senators, when he won 24 games and Washington finished second in the American League.
  http://wn.com/Bob_Groom
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  Bonnie Raitt
  Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the 1990s including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the slow ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is a lifelong political activist.
  http://wn.com/Bonnie_Raitt
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  Bukka White
  Booker T. Washington White (November 12, 1906 – February 26, 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a phonetic misspelling of White's given name Booker, by his second (1937) record label (Vocalion). White himself disliked the spelling "Bukka" and preferred to be called "Booker".
  http://wn.com/Bukka_White
• Cassandra Wilson
  Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her work, Wilson has won two Grammy Awards.
  http://wn.com/Cassandra_Wilson
• Charley Patton
  http://wn.com/Charley_Patton
• Charlie Patton
  Charlie Patton, better known as Charley Patton (Between April 1887 & 1891 – April 28, 1934) is best known as an American Delta blues musician. He is considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues" and therefore one of the oldest known figures of American popular music. He is credited with creating an enduring body of American music and personally inspiring just about every Delta blues man (Palmer, 1995). Musicologist Robert Palmer considers him among the most important musicians that America produced in the twentieth century. Many sources, including musical releases and his gravestone, spell his name “Charley” even though the musician himself spelled his name "Charlie."
  http://wn.com/Charlie_Patton
• David Johansen
  David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) is an American rock, protopunk, blues and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.
  http://wn.com/David_Johansen
• Diamanda Galas
  http://wn.com/Diamanda_Galas
• Dick Waterman
  Dick Waterman (born July 14, 1935, Plymouth, Massachusetts) is an American writer, promoter and photographer, who has been influential in the development and recording of the blues since the 1960s.
  http://wn.com/Dick_Waterman
• Fiddlin' Joe Martin
  Fiddlin’ Joe Martin (8 January 1900–2 November 1975) was a blues musician who played mandolin on Son House's, Alan Lomax inspired recording sessions in 1941.
  http://wn.com/Fiddlin'_Joe_Martin
• Francis Cabrel
  Francis Cabrel (born 23 November 1953 in Agen, France) is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist. Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as "L'encre de tes yeux" and "Petite Marie" have become enduring favourites in French music. Others, such as "C'était l'hiver", about the suicide of a young girl, have since been covered by other artists such as Canadian Isabelle Boulay.
  http://wn.com/Francis_Cabrel
• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952) is a guitarist and singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  http://wn.com/Gary_Moore
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  Gomez (band)
  Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball (vocals, guitar), Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars) and Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers). The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound is versatile and evades typical music genres falling into blues, indie, alternative, rock, folk, psychadelic and experimental.
  http://wn.com/Gomez_(band)
• James Blood Ulmer
  James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 2, 1942 in St. Matthews, South Carolina) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer's distinctive guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging." His singing has been called "raggedly soulful."
  http://wn.com/James_Blood_Ulmer
• John H. Hammond
  John Henry Hammond II (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, musician and music critic from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music.
  http://wn.com/John_H_Hammond
• John Lomax
  John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 - January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist and folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk songs.
  http://wn.com/John_Lomax
• Leroy Williams
  Leroy Williams is an American jazz drummer.
  http://wn.com/Leroy_Williams
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  Muddy Waters
  McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
  http://wn.com/Muddy_Waters
• Nick Perls
  J. Nicholas Perls (4 April 1942 - 22 July 1987) was the founder and owner of Yazoo Records and Blue Goose Records.
  http://wn.com/Nick_Perls
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  Rory Gallagher
  Rory Gallagher born William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995) ( ) was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. A talented guitarist known for his charismatic performances and dedication to his craft, Gallagher's albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide. Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London, England aged 47.
  http://wn.com/Rory_Gallagher
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  Son House
  Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 (?) – October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music.
  http://wn.com/Son_House
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  Willie Dixon
  William James "Willie" Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as an acclaimed, prolific songwriter, and one of the founders of the Chicago blues sound. His songs have been recorded not only by himself, or that of the trio and other ensembles in which he participated, but an uncounted number of musicians representing many genres between them. A short list of his most famous compositions include "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It On Home". They were written during the peak of Chess Records, 1950–1965, and performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter, influencing a worldwide generation of musicians. Next to Muddy Waters, he was the most influential person in shaping the post World War II sound of the Chicago blues. He also was an important link between the blues and rock and roll, working with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley in the late 1950s. His songs were covered by some of the biggest artists of more recent times, including Bob Dylan, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Foghat, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Megadeth, The Doors, The Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, and a posthumous duet with Colin James.
  http://wn.com/Willie_Dixon

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  De Montfort Hall
  De Montfort Hall is a music and performance venue in Leicester, England. It is situated near Victoria Park and is named after Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.
  http://wn.com/De_Montfort_Hall
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  Detroit
  Detroit () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city where Canada can be viewed by looking to the south. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Its name originates from the French word détroit () for strait, in reference to its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes.
  http://wn.com/Detroit
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  Grafton, Wisconsin
  Grafton is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,312 at the 2000 census. The village is adjacent to the Town of Grafton and the City of Cedarburg.
  http://wn.com/Grafton_Wisconsin
• Leicester, England
  http://wn.com/Leicester_England
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  Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress, currently James H. Billington.
  http://wn.com/Library_of_Congress
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  Lula, Mississippi
  Lula is a town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 370 at the 2000 census.
  http://wn.com/Lula_Mississippi
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  Michigan
  Michigan () is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is a French corruption of the Ojibwe word mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake".
  http://wn.com/Michigan
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  Mississippi
  Mississippi () is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, and its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
  http://wn.com/Mississippi
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  New York
  New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
  http://wn.com/New_York
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  Rochester, New York
  Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest regional economy in all of New York State according to the U.S. Internal Revenue, after the New York City metropolitan area. Known as ''The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City''. It is the county seat for Monroe County.
  http://wn.com/Rochester_New_York
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  United States
  The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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  Wisconsin
  Wisconsin () is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Upper Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. As of 2009 the state has an estimated 5.6 million residents. The state contains 72 counties.
  http://wn.com/Wisconsin

• Alan Lomax
• Andrew Bird
• Ash Grunwald
• Baptist
• benefit concert
• Blind Blake
• Blue Goose Records
• blues
• blues-rock
• Bob Groom
• Bonnie Raitt
• Bukka White
• cancer
• Canned Heat
• Cassandra Wilson
• chain gang
• Charley Patton
• Charlie Patton
• City & Colour
• Clarksdale Moan
• Close As You Get
• concert tour
• country blues
• David Johansen
• De Montfort Hall
• De Stijl (album)
• Death Letter
• Death Letter Blues
• Delta blues
• Depeche Mode
• Detroit
• Diamanda Galas
• Dick Waterman
• Dose (album)
• Eamon McGrath
• Fiddlin' Joe Martin
• field holler
• Fingerlings 3
• Folkways Records
• Francis Cabrel
• Fresh Evidence
• Gary Moore
• Gomez (band)
• gospel blues
• Gov't Mule
• Gov't Mule (album)
• Grafton, Wisconsin
• Grammy Awards
• Great Depression
• Guitar
• guitarist
• Harmonica
• Howlin' Wolf
• It Might Get Loud
• James Blood Ulmer
• John H. Hammond
• John Hammond, Jr.
• John Lomax
• John Mellencamp
• juke joint
• larynx
• Leicester, England
• Leroy Williams
• Liberty Records
• Library of Congress
• Lula, Mississippi
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Ma Rainey
• Mandolin
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Mississippi Delta
• Muddy Waters
• New Moon Daughter
• New York
• Nick Perls
• Out of the Madness
• Paramount Records
• Pony Blues
• Rob Jungklas
• Rochester, New York
• Rory Gallagher
• Shout! Factory
• Skip James
• slide guitar
• Smithsonian Folkways
• Son House
• southern gospel
• spiritual (music)
• studio albums
• Tallulah, Louisiana
• The Rolling Stones
• The White Stripes
• Trouble No More
• United States
• Willie Brown
• Willie Dixon
• Wisconsin

House, Son Filmography

• Black Snake Moan (2006)
• The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003)
• The Road to Rock 'n' Roll (2001)
• Blues Odyssey (2001)
• Blues Masters (1999)
• Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994)
• Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)
• The Search for Robert Johnson (1992)

• My Black Mama, Part 1
• My Black Mama, Part 2
• Preachin' the Blues, Part 1
• Preachin' the Blues, Part 2
• Dry Spell Blues, Part 1
• Dry Spell Blues, Part 2
• Levee Camp Blues
• Government Fleet Blues
• Walking Blues
• Shetland Pony Blues
• Camp Hollers
• Delta Blues
• Special Rider Blues - 2
• Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
• Depot Blues
• American Defense
• Am I Right or Wrong?
• Walking Blues
• Country Farm Blues
• The Jinx Blues, Part 1
• The Jinx Blues, Part 2

• Death Letter
• Pearline
• Louise McGhee
• John the Revelator
• Empire State Express
• Preachin' the Blues
• Grinnin' in Your Face
• Sundown
• Levee Camp Moan
• Pony Blues
• Downhearted Blues

• Walkin´ Blues
• My Black Mama, Part 1
• My Black Mama, Part 2
• Preachin´ the Blues, Part 1
• Preachin´ the Blues, Part 2
• Dry Spell Blues, Part 1
• Dry Spell Blues, Part 2
• Levee Camp Blues
• Government Camp Blues
• Shetland Pony Blues
• Camp Hollers
• Delta Blues
• Special Rider Blues
• Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
• Depot Blues
• American Defense
• Am I Right or Wrong
• County Farm Blues
• The Pony Blues
• The Jinx Blues

• My Black Mama, Part 1
• Walking Blues (Unissued Test)
• Dry Spell Blues
• Country Farm Blues
• Levee Camp Blues
• Walking Blues
• Shetland Pony Blues
• Delta Blues
• Special Rider Blues
• Depot Blues
• American Defense
• Am I Right or Wrong
• Walking Blues (Death Letter)
• Grinnin' in Your Face
• Empire State Express
• John the Revelator

• My Black Mama, Part 1
• Preachin' Blues, Part 1
• Dry Spell Blues, Part 1
• Levee Camp Blues
• Walking Blues
• Special Rider Blues
• Pony Blues
• Death Letter
• Pearline
• John the Revelator
• Preachin' Blues
• Empire State Express
• Levee Camp Moan
• Grinnin' in Your Face

• Death Letter
• Pearline
• Louise McGhee
• John the Revelator
• Empire State Express
• Preachin' Blues
• Grinnin' in Your Face
• Sundown
• Levee Camp Moan

• Levee Camp Blues
• Government Fleet Blues
• Walking Blues
• Shetland Pony Blues
• Delta Blues
• Special Rider Blues
• Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
• Depot Blues
• American Defense
• Am I Right or Wrong
• Walking Blues
• Country Farm Blues
• The Pony Blues
• The Jinx Blues
• The Jinx Blues

• Death Letter
• Pearline
• Louise McGhee
• John the Revelator
• Empire State Express
• Preachin' Blues
• Grinning in Your Face
• Sundown
• Levee Camp Moan

• Death Letter
• Pearline
• Louise MC Ghee
• John the Revelator
• Empire State Express
• Preachin' Blues
• Grinning in Your Face
• Sundown
• Levee Camp Moan

• Shetland Pony Blues
• Camp Hollers
• Delta Blues
• Special Rider Blues
• Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
• Depot Blues
• The Key of Minor
• American Defense
• Am I Right or Wrong
• Walking Blues
• County Farm Blues
• The Pony Blues
• The Jinx Blues, Part 1
• The Jinx Blues, Part 2

Born: 1902-03-21

Died: 1988-10-19