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B.B. King

If you ask anyone to name a blues man, chances are the first name that will come to mind will be B.B. King, aka "The King of the Blues". It's been said of him that he "arguably did more for bringing blues to white America than any other musician".

Bob Dylan

A legend of the American music scene, Robert Allen Zimmerman is better known to the world as Bob Dylan. Dylan’s place in the annals of modern music history has long been secured with recordings such as Blood On The Tracks, Highway 61 Revisited and the 1966 classic Blonde on Blonde.

Chet Atkins

Chester Burton Atkins was born in 1924 near the Appalachian hamlet of Luttrell, Tennessee. Music ran in his blood. Chet’s grandfather was a country fiddler, his mother played piano and sang and his father was an itinerant piano teacher who sang with touring evangelists.

Emmylou Harris

Described by Billboard Magazine as a “truly venturesome, genre-transcending pathfinder,” Emmylou Harris’ crystal-clear soprano vocals, impeccable instinct for discovering the heart of a song and uncompromising integrity has made her...

Guy Fletcher

When Guy Fletcher was born in Maidstone, Kent in 1960 music was already a way of life in the household. Guy's Mum, Dad and Uncle had their own group 'The Cameos'. "One of my first musical memories was at the age of 4, singing songs and being recorded in the Fletcher garage studio".

James Taylor

Touted as the founder and leading proponent of the "singer/songwriter" trend in popular music, James Taylor is an American legend. Still popular today, his music is often credited for easing the transition from 1960s activism and its attendant frustrations into the less political, more inward-looking 1970s.

John Fogerty

Born John Cameron Fogerty in Berkley, California on May 28, 1945, he's best known as the vocalist for swamp rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR).

John Illsley

John Illsley was the bass player with the legendary 120 million album selling Dire Straits and contributing vocalist to their Communiqué, Making Movies and Brothers in Arms albums until the group dissolved in 1995. John also released two albums of his own, Never Told A Soul in 1984 and Glass in 1988.

Paul Brady

Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is one of Ireland's most enduringly popular artists. Born and raised in Strabane, Northern Ireland, on the border with the Irish Republic, he was into a wide variety of music from an early age.

The Notting Hillbillies

Following the incredible success of the Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms album and tour, Mark Knopfler was looking for a change of pace. Mark formed the country outfit The Notting Hillbillies with old friends Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Guy Fletcher.

Tina Turner

Tina Turner was born Annie Mae Bullock near Brownsville, TN in 1938. She made her first appearance as an 18 year old backup singer for Ike Turner, becoming the star of Ike’s revue just two years later.

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White, aka "The Swamp Fox", was born in Louisiana on July 23, 1943. His career began with him playing in clubs throughout Texas in the mid-1960s.

William Topley

With heady literary influences, a taste for the bluesy sound of America’s Deep South and an interest in the Caribbean rhythms of Jamaican reggae, British musician William Topley has been impressing high-powered music lovers for more than a decade.

Willy Deville

Born William Borsey in Stamford, CT , Willy DeVille spent his teen years in the West Village neighbourhood of New York City. It was here that he was exposed to much of the music that would influence his own career – such as Fred Neil, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix.