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McDowell was a great slide guitarrist full of feeling. He did not record until he was discovered in 1960.

This is from the "Lomax - First Recordings"

When the Train Comes Along with Rose Hemphill and Sydney Carter

(Apologies, I couldn't find any photos...

Origin: Rossville, TN

Decades: 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's

When Mississippi Fred McDowell proclaimed on one of his last albums, "I do not play no ...

"You Gotta Move" is a song written by Fred McDowell and Rev. Gary Davis. Being a well-known song of McDowell's, covered by The Rolling Stones in th...

Rather go blind is one of the greatest sad songs ever made..

I cringe when I hear other people sing it. Thank you Etta.

If you had to get introduc...

"Ball and Chain", version original.

Album - Stronger Than Dirt

Zonzera nervosa! blues

1971 Oregon.Big Mama performs on stage Rock Me Baby and as she says by her own way.The sound of harmonica is way back to her teachers.Enjoy !!!

Pr...

Big Mama Thornton & Muddy Waters Blues Band - Everything Gonna Be Alright

1965

Othar Turner playing When I Lay My Burden Down with Corey Harris. From the documentary "Feel Like Going Home".

" I Believe I'll Dust My Broom " (1936, San Antonio)

ROBERT JOHNSON

EARLY COUNTRY BLUES

Alger "Texas" Alexander

Pink Anderson

Barbecue Bob Hicks

S...

" Rambling On My Mind " (1936, San Antonio)

ROBERT JOHNSON

EARLY COUNTRY BLUES

Alger "Texas" Alexander

Pink Anderson

Barbecue Bob Hicks

Scrapper B...

This is McDowell's last recording, made on 5 November 1971 at the long defunct Gaslight in Greenwich Village. McDowell's bottleneck style is now le...

McDowell playing a short electric version of "When I Lay My Burden Down". This man was the most haunting & rawest slide player that ever lived.

McDowell performing the classic north Mississippi hill country song "Shake 'Em On Down".

According to personal biography of his life John Hurt learn to love and appreciate music and guitar playing from William H Carson, a man infatuated...

Mississippi John Hurt ''My Creole Belle'' ''Coffee Blues''

The great Muddy Waters doing an awesome song! Notice the move he busts at 2:34ish ! Cool dude

Mr. Morganfield

Yeah bring me champagne when I'm thirsty.

Bring me reefer when I want to get high.

Yeah bring me champagne when I'm thirsty.

Bring...

Great Blues Man, Great Blues Music. "John Lee Hooker was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma C...

Welcome to da Boom Boom Room!THE GRAND GRAND DADDY OF DA BLUES!Blasting out his famous number Boom Boom here on the BBC in the early and swinging s...

delta blues music

" Midnight Special Blues " (1940)

The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945)

Texas Alexander

Pink Anderson

Kokomo Arnold

Barbecue Bob

Scrapper Blackwell

Bl...

Leadbelly - Cotton Fields

Hootin' the blues - Sonny Terry