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Blues Music Hall of Fame
Guide picks
The greatest in American Music.

Luther Allison
This guitar great is gone, but his legend lives on. More recognized in Europe than here at home.

Johnny Adams
A voice smoother than the smoothest whiskey.

Charles Brown
Some of the smoothest piano ever played.

Roy Buchanan
You can still hear Roy's screaming guitar from heaven. He was the first to really wail on an electric guitar.

William Clarke
Harmonica master recorded on Alligator Records.

Albert Collins
The late "Master of the Telecaster". His biting guitar style hasn't been duplicated.

Willie Dixon
Powerhouse of Chicago Blues. Played bass and wrote many classics.

W.C. Handy
"The Father of the Blues."

Z. Z Hill
"Down Home Blues, Down Home Blues."

Earl Hooker
Considered one of the greatest Blues guitarists.

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