American legends
The giants, pioneers and survivors from a century of American music as recalled by the stars they influenced
Wanda Jackson: rockabilly queen
T-Model Ford: boss of the blues
Ornette Coleman: jazz revolutionary
Kris Kristofferson: the thinking man's outlaw
Honeyboy Edwards: Delta bluesman
Chuck Berry: hail. hail, rock'n'roll
Sonny Rollins: sax colossus
Etta James: blues powerhouse
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: folk pioneer
Little Anthony: the original teen dreamer
Pete Seeger: pioneer of protest
'Resonant, meaningful, truthful – this music is 20th-century America's real gift to the world'
Jerry Lee Lewis: the hellfire pianist
Jimmy Scott: a voice from another world
Smokey Robinson: the soul of Motown
Ralph Stanley: preaching the gospel of bluegrass
Pinetop Perkins: the oldest living bluesman
Charlie Louvin: the singer of God-fearing country
Buddy Guy: guitar visionary
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