Blues artists

Lightnin' Hopkins

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Endlessly funky, the best James Brown samples reveal why the hardest working man in show business became the most-sampled artist in history.

Manchester, Television and the City: Ghosts of Winter Hill by Phil Griffin, Urbis.

John Lee Hooker

Billie Holiday

TIME's music critic Josh Tyrangiel 'picks' a pantheon of six-string masters. But much like our custom amplifiers, this list goes to 11

Stevie Ray Vaughan

JOHN LEE HOOKER

USA 1960s.

Jazz and blues

Playing the guitar is a men's club all too often. But women are every bit as capable as men are with the six string. We'd all like to see more women play guitar. Here are some of the best who do.

Memphis for dancing with friends....

Victor Bauer ~ The Blues