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K. C. Douglas

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K. C. Douglas

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American rural blues singer and guitarist

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Paris
Active from
1913
Active to
1975

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Listeners
4,224
Total plays
18,051

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K. C. Douglas (November 21, 1913 — October 18, 1975) was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas was a rural blues stylist in the San Francisco/Oakland area of California. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues. Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded "Mercury Boogie" in 1949. The tune, which paid homage to the American automobile, was later renamed "Mercury Blues" and covered by S

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