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Blind Lemon Jefferson

Blues
Acoustic blues
Country blues
Often referred to as the father of Texan blues and a major influence on rock'n'roll, Lemon Jefferson stands as one of the most influential of the true blues greats, both for his extraordinarily wild voice and distinctively uninhibited guitar style. Blind at birth and one of eight children born into a sharecropping family, he learned to play guitar in his teens and went on to become a street musician playing in different towns in East Texas. Moving to Dallas, he met and played with Leadbelly and T-Bone Walker and became one of the earliest and most successful blues performers of t...
Songs
The Black Snake Moan
The Black Snake MoanBlind Lemon Jefferson

Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
See That My Grave Is Kept CleanBlind Lemon Jefferson

Down At The Crossroads

2:57

Matchbox Blues
Matchbox Blues 

80524

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Blues For The Road 2

2:55

Bad Luck Blues
Bad Luck BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson

Penitentiary Blues

2:54

Long Lonesome Blues
Long Lonesome BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson

Too Late, Too Late Vol. 11 (1924-1939)

Broke and Hungry
Broke and Hungry 

Original Paramount Recording

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Sings the Blues

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