Mississippi Fred McDowell was an interesting man as an American hill country blues singer and guitar player. By 1928, he was in Mississippi picking cotton, finally settling in Como, Mississippi in the 1940s. While recording Lonnie and Ed Young playing their fife and drum music one night, McDowell approached them carrying a guitar. “Two albums, Fred McDowell, Vol. He was also well documented on film, with appearances in The Blues Maker (1968) and his own documentary Fred McDowell (1969).

Source: The North Africa Journal July 15, 2020 20:15 UTC