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"Mercury Blues" is a song written by rural blues musician K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, and first recorded by Douglas in 1948. [1] The song, originally titled " Mercury Boogie ," pays homage to the American automobile marque , which ended production in 2010.
Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, [1] who he had worked with in the Jackson, Mississippi area in the early 1940s, [2] and whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his albums, A Dead Beat Guitar and the Mississippi Blues and Big Road Blues. The K. C. Douglas Trio's first recording was "Mercury Boogie" (later renamed "Mercury Blues"), in ...
Billboard described "Rock'n Me" as a "catchy and highly humorous midtempo rocker," saying that the melody sounds like the Beach Boys and the Eagles in places. [13] Cash Box said that it "draws from the best of rock ’n' roll over the last ten years" and has "hook-filled guitar lines."
A Lot about Livin' (and a Little 'bout Love) peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming Alan Jackson's first #1 country album.In January 1996, A Lot about Livin' (and a Little 'bout Love) was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA.
Robert Lockwood Jr., a.k.a. Robert Jr. Lockwood, (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) [1] was an American Delta blues guitarist, [2] who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s.
Riley was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of a sharecropper.He learned to play the guitar from black farm workers. After four years in the Army, he first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1955, before being persuaded by Sam Phillips to record for Sun Studios.
Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds is a live album by Chicago blues veteran Sonny Boy Williamson II backed by English rock band the Yardbirds.It was recorded at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey on December 8, 1963.
The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1964. [2] With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey Meaux), the band relocated to the West Coast.