‘Country Blues’ Archives
Smokey Hogg – Old School Texas Country Blues
Smokey Hogg was born in Texas on January 27, 1918. Smokey played a wonderful minimalist acoustic blues guitar style and is an early example of the commercial melding of the country music and blues music genres. Check out these videos, the first of which [...]
SharBaby’s Country Blues
I first ran into SharBaby on Myspace and knew I liked the sound. But then SharBaby ran into me on livebluesworld.com and that just blew me away. I was still really enjoying the sound, and reading up on SharBaby's livebluesworld.com page I was intrigued by [...]
Willie King – Country Blues (1943-2009)
Willie King started to tour later in life and only recorded 6 CD's. His Freedom Creek CD was critically acclaimed and won several awards. To really a appreciate him you have to watch a video of him playing in a Juke Joint. Willie King played Sunday [...]