Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

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George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer. Known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton...
Bob Koester

Bob Koester

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Robert Gregg Koester (born October 30, 1932) is the founder and owner of Delmark Records, the oldest independent record label in the United States...
Magic Sam

Magic Sam

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Sam "Magic Sam" Maghett was a blues guitarist and singer. Magic Sam was born in Grenada, Mississippi. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1950,...
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Kahil El'Zabar

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Kahil El'Zabar (born November 11, 1953, Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly...
Bruce Iglauer

Bruce Iglauer

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Bruce Iglauer (b. July 10, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is the founder and head of the independent blues record label Alligator Records in Chicago....
Arthur Crudup

Arthur Crudup

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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (also known as "Pop" Crudup) (August 24, 1905 - March 28, 1976) was a delta blues singer and guitarist. He is best known...
Pete Welding

Pete Welding

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Peter J. Welding (November 15, 1935 - November 17, 1995) was an American blues historian, archivist and record producer. Born in Philadelphia, he...
Sammy Blue

Sammy Blue

Sammy Blue returned to Atlanta and met Muddy Waters the following year. Muddy also "took a liking" to Sammy and invited him to go to Chicago with...