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Country blues singer, fingerstyle guitarist, songwriter, and record collector [4] DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982). Early country blues harmonica player from Tennessee. [5] First performer on the Grand Ole Opry [6] and known as 'the Harmonica Wizard', [7] Bailey was an Opry stalwart for 14 years. [8]
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Country blues musicians" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. ... Ralph Willis (blues musician) Thomasina Winslow;
Country blues ran parallel to urban blues, which was popular in cities. [2] Historian Elijah Wald notes many similarities between blues, bluegrass, and country & western styles with roots in the American south. [3] Record labels in the 1920s and 1930s carefully segregated musicians and defined styles for racially targeted audiences. [4]
He performed early ragtime on guitar, Piedmont blues, country blues, Delta blues and Chicago blues. A musician of great influence, he recorded frequently for Paramount Records. [11] Gabriel Brown (September 2, 1910 – May 7, 1960). Born in Florida, Brown was a country blues guitarist and singer.
Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) refers to all the acoustic, guitar-driven forms of the blues originating in the southern United States, Pages in category "Country blues singers"
Country blues singer and multi-instrumentalist who performed mostly early Delta blues, playing guitar, banjo, string bass and clarinet, one of the first dirty blues musicians, with songs such as "Banana in Your Fruit Basket". [11] James Cotton (July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi – March 16, 2017).
His drone-heavy style was more characteristic of North Mississippi hill country blues than Delta blues. Like other country blues musicians, he did not always adhere to strict 12- or 16-bar blues patterns, often adding extra beats to a measure as he saw fit. [103] His rhythms are often based on the fife and drum blues of north Mississippi. [55 ...