Blind Blake

Blind Blake
Born: Jan 1, 1895 in Jacksonville, FL
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Died: Jan 1, 1937 in Jacskonville, FL
Genre: Blues
Styles: Piedmont Blues, Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Delta Blues, Ragtime
Biography: Blind Blake is a figure of enormous importance in American music. Not only was he one of the greatest blues guitarists of all-time, Blake seems to have been the primary developer of "finger-style" ragtime on the guitar, the six-string equivalent to playing ragtime on the piano. Blake mastered this form ...Read full biography
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