Kid Bailey

Kid Bailey

Kid Bailey

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Mississippi Bottom Blues
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Rowdy Blues
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Mississippi Blues
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Rowdy Blues
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Mississippi Bottom Blues

Albums

  • Rowdy Blues

    May 2015 • 2 songs

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Kid Bailey

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Singing guitarist Kid Bailey's historical significance lies in the fact that he collaborated with Charley Patton and a circle of Delta blues musicians who swapped melodies, riffs, and lyrics during the late 1920s and early ‘30s. That web of individuals included Willie Brown (a major influence upon Patton), Tommy Johnson, Ishman Bracey, and Son House. Bailey also sounded like Furry Lewis, Ed Bell, Garfield Akers, and Bukka White. Like Patton, Bailey hailed from Sunflower County in northwest Mississippi, and is said to have been born near Doddsville, south of Drew, which is sout...
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