Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds

Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds

Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds

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Cold Woman Blues
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Married Woman Blues
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Outside Woman Blues
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Third Street Woman Blues
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Nehi Blues

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  • Married Man Blues

    Mar 2015 • 4 songs

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Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds

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Blind Joe Reynolds was the nom de disque of a Louisiana street singer by the name of Joe Sheppard, who devised his false recording names primarily to keep one step ahead of the law. He was blinded in the mid-'20s during an altercation with another man who shot Reynolds in the face with a shotgun. Throughout his life, Reynolds was known throughout the South not only as a singer, but for his open disrespect for police and the legal system, his contempt for conventional morality, and his pursuit of trouble. His surviving recordings are characterized by Reynolds' shrieking, high-p...
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