'My Road Is Rough And Rocky' SAM COLLINS, Delta Blues Guitar Legend

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" My Road Is Rough And Rocky "

EARLY COUNTRY BLUES
Alger "Texas" Alexander
Pink Anderson
Barbecue Bob Hicks
Scrapper Blackwell
Black Ace
Blind Blake
Big Bill Broonzy
Richard "Rabbit" Brown
Willie Brown
Bumble Bee Slim
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Sam Collins
Floyd Council
Ida Cox (1896-1967)
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
Billy Garland (1918-1960)
Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
Son House (c. 1902-1988)
Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
John Jackson
Skip James (1902-1969)
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949)
Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
The Memphis Jug Band
Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Tampa Red (1904-1981)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
Bukka White (1909-1977)
Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)

EARLY URBAN BLUES
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
Georgia Tom Dorsey (1899-1993)
Lil Green (1919-1954)
Lucille Hegamin (1894-1970)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Clara Smith (c. 1894-1935)
Mamie Smith (1883-1946)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)

RAGTIME PIANO : Scott Joplin , Joseph Lamb , James Scott , May Aufderheide , Zez Confrey , Ben Harney , Charles L. Johnson , Artie Matthews , Lucky Roberts , Paul Sarebresole , Wilber Sweatman , Tom Turpin

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[lostintheblues]

@lobizoon1 yes, sam was such an amazing musician, one of my favourite old time singers by far !

cheers

[lobizoon1]

My favorite blues singer of all times.

[GibbyGoba]

now i'm gone, i'm long go'o'one, ma road is ruf n roky on ma way!!!!!

[Mansley28]

This is a great song. I can listen to it over and over. Sam Collins made some pretty amazing music.

[jahangiro]

amazing to think this battered and long suffering comuunity made the single biggest and most enduring contribution to world musical culture in the past couple of centuries...i love this music, it speaks from the depths of the soul...i am so in awe of these people. Thanks for posting this.