Tomcat Courtney - Downsville Blues (2008)

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The nine lives of the Tomcat

Another vintage low-down bluesman who didn't record a first album before old age. Tomcat Courtney's debut studio work and only nationally released opus, came out when he was… 79 ! Earlier, he had only self-released live recordings on cassette or CD for sell after his gigs.

“The kind of blues I’m playin’, now they call it Texas style”, he explained. “But we called it the country blues, you know… It’s the style of picking, with your fingers and all that. It wasn’t any bottle-necking, like Mississippi blues.”