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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]
Hill country blues albums (1 C) J. Lonnie Johnson (musician) albums (4 P) L. Lead Belly albums (11 P) M. Mississippi John Hurt albums (3 P) S. C. W. Stoneking albums ...
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, country blues quickly spread throughout the country resulting in many regional styles, Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, Texas, Piedmont, Louisiana, Western, Atlanta, St. Louis, East Coast, Swamp, New Orleans, Delta ...
The Country Blues is a seminal album released on Folkways Records in 1959, catalogue RF 1. Compiled by Samuel Charters from 78-rpm recordings , it accompanied his book of the same name to provide examples of the music discussed.
Anderson first performed in his home town of Weston-super-Mare as a member of the Backwater Jook Band [2] and came to prominence as a member of the Bristol based country blues scene of the mid to late 1960s, performing live and on record, both solo, with Al Jones and Elliott Jackson as the trio "Anderson Jones Jackson", [1] and as a duo with Mike Cooper.
1964 Big City Blues (Vanguard) – includes the first blues-rock cover of Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man", later made famous by the Doors. 1965 Country Blues (Vanguard) 1965 So Many Roads (Vanguard) 1967 Mirrors (Vanguard) – reissued on Real Gone Music in 2016. 1967 I Can Tell ; 1968 Sooner or Later (Atlantic) – reissued on Water Music in 2002.
Karen J. Dalton (born Jean Karen Cariker; July 19, 1937 – March 19, 1993) was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan. [1]
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005) was an American Hill country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for most of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s.