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| - Kid Bailey was a Mississippi Delta bluesman. His one known recording session occurred September 25, 1929, in Memphis, Tennessee.Little is known about Bailey himself. His voice had a distinctly coarse yet youthful quality. At least four of his recordings have survived: %22Rowdy Blues%22, %22Broke and Hungry%22, %22Mississippi Bottom Blues%22 and %22East St Louis Blues%22. In most digital releases, the tracks have been attributed to %22Willie Brown%22 yet are evidently the same artist credited as %22Kid Bailey%22 on the original 78s.It has been remarked that, %22Although it's almost a cliché to say this about a blues musician from the American South, Kid Bailey was one of the most enigmatic musicians of the era.%22 There has been some speculation that Kid Bailey was actually blues singer Willie Brown, using a pseudonym. His songs have been covered by Ian A. Anderson, Rory Block, Doug Cox, The Be Good Tanyas, and Thomasina Winslow with Nick Katzman.His song %22Rowdy Blues%22 is included on Yazoo Records' compilation album, Master of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton.
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