in a pre-war acoustic blues style, although his material is contemporary and mainly composed by Long and his elder brother. He has released three albums to date. M Ida May Mack (unknown). Mack recorded eight songs in August 1928, six of which were issued by Victor at that time. Eddie Mapp (c. 1910 – November 14, 1931). Harmonica player. Carl Martin (April 1 or 15, 1906 – May 10, 1979). Piedmont blues multi-instrumentalist and singer. Papa Charlie McCoy (May 26, 1909 – July 26, 1950). Delta blues guitarist, mandolinist and songwriter. Charlie "Specks" McFadden (April 24, 1895 – November 15, 1966). Country blues singer-songwriter. His recordings spanned the years from 1929 to 1937. Mississippi Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972). Hill country blues singer and guitar player. Brownie McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996). Folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. Tommy McClennan (January 4, 1905 – May 9, 1961). American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959). Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. Memphis Jug Band. Founded about 1926 in Memphis and recorded there from 1927 to 1934. Memphis Minnie (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973). Guitarist, singer-songwriter whose recording career lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s. The Mississippi Moaner (unknown) Singer and guitarist who recorded four songs in October 1935. Mississippi Sheiks. Popular and influential guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s, notable mostly for playing country blues, but adept at many styles of popular music of the time. N Sonny Boy Nelson (December 23, 1908 – November 4, 1998). Multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, harmonica, horn, mandolin and violin). Robert Nighthawk (November 30, 1909 – November 5, 1967). He played with Big Joe Williams and Sonny Boy Williamson I. Hammie Nixon (January 22, 1908, Brownsville, Tennessee – August 17, 1984). Born Hammie Nickerson, he began his music career with jug bands in the 1920s. He is best known as a country blues harmonica player. He also played the kazoo, guitar and jug. He played with the guitarist Sleepy John Estes for half a century, first recording with Estes in 1929 for Victor Records. He also recorded with Little Buddy Doyle, Lee Green, Clayton T. Driver, Charlie Pickett and Son Bonds. P Charley Patton (April 1891 [uncertain, possibly 1881, 1885, or 1887]