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    Further On Down The Road featuring Jack Johnson
    Taj Mahal
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    Ex-Old Man
    Kristen Kelly
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    Nobody's Dirty Business
    Mississippi John Hurt

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Bill Coleman
Jacque Strappe
Bill Coleman and Jacque Strappe have been listening to Country Blues lately

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A general term for the mostly acoustic guitar-driven blues of the southern and midwestern regions of the U.S., Country Blues utilizes everything from early slide guitar to fingerpicking in solo, duo and string band ensembles. Pioneers Skip James, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly and Lightnin' Hopkins led the way in this now largely defunct style. A later layering of electric guitar enabled a smooth transition into Electric and Modern Country Blues.