Virginia
Karen Briggs
Rob Brown
Ruth Brown
Charlie Byrd
Robert Cray
Archie Edwards
Ella Fitzgerald
Tiny Grimes
Cliff Jackson
John Jackson
Tommy Newsom
Don Pullen
Keely Smith
Victor Wooten
North Carolina
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Max Roach
Tal Farlow
Lou Donaldson
Tina Brooks
Woody Shaw
Billy Taylor
June Tyson
Percy Heath
Blind Boy Fuller
Carolina Slim
Etta Baker
John Dee Holeman
South Carolina
Jabbo Smith
Dizzy Gillespie
Johnny Helmms
Chris Potter
Georgia
Ray Charles
Otis Redding
James Brown
The Allman Brothers Band
Florida
Dean Dewberry
Robert Thomas, Jr.
Panama Francis
Archie Shepp
Cannonball Adderley
Billie Pierce
Pete Minger
Arturo Sandoval
Gabriel Brown
Buster Bennett
Alabama
Cleveland Eaton
Ray Reach
Johnny Smith
Erskine Hawkins
Tommy Stewart
Hugh Martin
Sammy Lowe
Mississippi
Charlie Musselwhite
Willie Dixon
B. B. King
Charlie Patton
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
John Hurt
Honey Boy Edwards
Lester Young
Mose Allison
Milt Hilton
Dardanelle Hadley
Louisiana
Mia Borders
Slim Harpo
Lightnin’ Slim
Kenny Nea
Moses “Whispering” Smith
Katie Webster
Robert Pete Williams
Marcia Ball
Tuts Washington
Clifton Chenier
Arkansas
William Lee Conley “Big Bill” Broonzy
Chester “Howlin’ Wolf” Burnett
Ernie and Earl Cate
Willie Cobbs
James Cotton
Levon Helm
Al Green
Larry “Totsy” Davis
Tennessee
Memphis Jug Band
The Two Poor Boys
Hammie Nixon
Brownie McGhee
W.C. Handy
Booker T. Laury
Johnny Ace
Willie Nix
Alberta Hunter
Bessie Smith
Joyce Cobb
Kentucky
Lionel Hampton
Rosemary Clooney
Porter Grainger
Sara Martin
Rosa Henderson
Edith Wilson
West Virginia
Johnnie Johnson
Blind Joe Hill
Frank Hutchison
Nat Reese
Musa Kaleem
Art Simmons
Leon “Chu” Berry
Cuba Austin