Blind Lemon Jefferson - King Of The Country Blues (1985)

Today, I want to introduce everyone to one of the greatest blues players that has ever lived. It is a blind fellow from Texas, who lived in the first decades of the previous century. His name was Blind Lemon Jefferson. He was a blind man with a very fat belly and he played his guitar like no one else did in that day. He wrote an epic amount of blues evergreens, covered by all the great other Delta-players in the years coming. Lightnin' Hopkins was taught how to play by Blind Lemon Jefferson when he was a little kid.

On this collection are 23 songs, all really awesome, if you think away the often abominable sound quality. But hey, we're talking about 1926 here, so don't bother about the sound quality. Be glad it exists!

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