Mississippi Fred McDowell was a stylist and purveyor of the original Delta blues, he was superb, equal parts Charley Patton and Son House coming to the fore through his roughed-up vocals and slashing ...
In 1959, folklorists Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins came to a farm near Como, Mississippi. There they would discover a slide guitarist of singular power and uncommon elegance, a 51-year-old ...
Like last week's featured bluesman Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi Fred McDowell didn't begin his recording career until late in life–he was in his mid-50s before he was discovered by Alan Lomax and swept ...
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