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Description of Country Blues

 
A general term for the mostly acoustic guitar-driven blues of the southern and midwestern regions of the U.S., Country Blues utilizes everything from early slide guitar to fingerpicking in solo, duo and string band ensembles. Pioneers Skip James, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly and Lightnin' Hopkins led the way in this now largely defunct style. A later layering of electric guitar enabled a smooth transition into Electric and Modern Country Blues.
 

Top Country Blues Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes Taj Mahal
2. Queen Bee Taj Mahal
$0.99
3. Ten Million Slaves Otis Taylor
$0.99
4. Where Did You Sleep Last Night Leadbelly
$0.99
5. She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Drive Taj Mahal
$0.99
6. Corinna Taj Mahal
$0.99
7. Take A Giant Step Taj Mahal
$0.99
8. Statesboro Blues Taj Mahal
$0.99
9. Nobody's Dirty Business Mississippi John Hurt
$0.99
10. Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue Taj Mahal
$0.99
11. Looking For Some Heat Otis Taylor
$0.99
12. Cotton Fields Leadbelly
$0.99
13. Black Betty Leadbelly
$0.99
14. Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal
$0.99
15. Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any More) Taj Mahal
$0.99
16. Lost My Guitar Otis Taylor
$0.99
17. Sunday Morning Otis Taylor
$0.99
18. I'm Not Mysterious Otis Taylor
$0.99
19. Cheap Seasick Steve
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20. Leaving Drunk Taj Mahal
$0.99
21. Walk On Water Otis Taylor
$0.99
22. Statesboro Blues Taj Mahal
$0.99
23. EZ Rider Taj Mahal
$0.99
24. Big Mama Jump Lightnin' Hopkins
$0.99
25. Six Days On The Road Taj Mahal
$0.99
26. Talking About It Blues Otis Taylor
$0.99
27. Young Girl Down the Street Otis Taylor
$0.99
28. Silver Dollar on My Head Otis Taylor
$0.99
29. Visions Of Johanna Chris Smither
$0.99
30. Mister Tom Hughes's Town Leadbelly
$0.69
31. Country Girl Boy Otis Taylor
$0.99
32. Dagger By My Side Otis Taylor
$0.99
33. Rockin' Chair Seasick Steve
$0.99
34. Cakewalk Into Town Taj Mahal
$0.99
35. Statesboro Blues Taj Mahal
$0.99
36. Farther On Down The Road Taj Mahal
$0.99
37. Maybe Yeah Otis Taylor
$0.99
38. Bacon Fat Taj Mahal
$0.99
39. Little Soulful Tune Taj Mahal
$0.99
40. Fishing Blues Taj Mahal
$0.99
41. Annie's Lover Taj Mahal
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42. Katie May Lightnin' Hopkins
$0.99
43. Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes Taj Mahal
44. If You Hope Otis Taylor
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45. Mama's Best Friend Otis Taylor
$0.99
46. Hobo Blues Seasick Steve
$0.99
47. Leaving Trunk Taj Mahal
$0.99
48. I Can't Be Satisfied Big Bill Broonzy
$0.69
49. My Soul's In Louisiana Otis Taylor
$0.99
50. Going Up To The Country And Paint My Mailbox Blue Taj Mahal
$0.99
 

Country Blues Key Albums

 
Dark Was The Night
$10.99
Let It Shine On Me
$8.99
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell
$15.99
Warm, Witty And Wise
$9.99

 

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Country Blues Key Artists

 
Big Bill Broonzy

Over three decades,
Broonzy applied his fluid
guitar playing and down
home vocals to Acoustic,
Country and Chicago Blue...

Blind Willie McTell

McTell is one of the very
earliest recorded blues
musicians. He was an
excellent acoustic player
and singer. McTell could r...

Leadbelly

Generally considered the
first blues artist to have a
substantial white audience,
Leadbelly combined folk
and blues. Leadbelly is am...

Mississippi Sheiks

Active during the '20s and
'30s, the Sheiks combined
folk and blues styles, with
the fiddle featured as lead
instrument.

Robert Pete Williams

Louisiana-based Acoustic
Blues guitar player whose
music reflects the pain and
loneliness of his time spent
in Angola Prison.

Robert Wilkins

Robert Wilkins is one of the
key artists in Memphis Blues
from the 20s and 30s.
Memphis Blues is a style
derived from earlier jug b...

Skip James

Skip James' keening vocal
style and unique
three-finger picking style
were among the first Delta
blues recorded. Nehemia...

Sonny Terry

Saunders Terrell, otherwise
known as Sonny Terry, was
a blues harmonica player
from Greensboro, North
Carolina. Sonny Terry ref...

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