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Buddy Guy
Louisiana-born guitarist and singer George "Buddy" Guy is the major link to the electric Chicago blues sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
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D. L. Menard
D. L. Menard was a popular Cajun Zydeco musician from Lafayette.
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Dale Hawkins
Raised in northeastern Louisiana, Dale Hawkins is most famous for "Susie Q" which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named among the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
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Edward "Noon" Johnson
Edward Noon Johnson was a New Orleans musical personality, multi-instrumentalist, and inventor.
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Emanuel Sayles
Emanuel Sayles was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singer, banjoist and guitarist.
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Gatemouth Brown
Though described as a blues guitarist, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown embraced a variety of music genres and musical instruments, including the violin, viola, mandolin, mandola, harmonica, and drums.
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Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter is one of the most important grassroots musicians of the twentieth century.
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Lonnie Johnson
New Orleans native Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter whose professional career spanned six decades.
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Memphis Minnie
Known as “Kid” all her life to her family and re-named “Memphis Minnie” by the recording industry, New Orleans native Lizzie Douglas was a prominent and pioneering guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and blues recording artist.
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Slim Harpo
Baton Rouge guitarist, singer, and harmonica player James "Slim Harpo" Moore, one of the last traditional blues musicians to achieve pop success, was an important influence on many 1960s rock bands.
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Zachary Richard
Born in Scott, where he still maintains a home, Zachary Richard is a musician, poet, environmentalist, and cultural activist.
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