K.C.DOUGLAS

Nacido en Sharon, Douglas se mudó a Vallejo, California en 1945 para trabajar en los astilleros navales, y en 1947 ya estaba tocando en la escena del blues de San Francisco / Oakland. Douglas fue influenciado por Tommy Johnson, que había trabajado en el área de Jackson, Mississippi a principios de 1940, y cuya "Canned Heat Blues" se adaptó en su álbum,BIG ROAD BLUES . 

La primera grabación KC Douglas Trio era "Mercury Boogie" (más tarde llamado "Mercury Blues"), en 1948. La canción ha sido interpretada por Steve Miller, David Lindley y Dwight Yoakam, y una versión de 1992 de Alan Jackson fue un éxito número uno . Meat Loaf también cubrió la canción como un bonus track oculto que aparece en su álbum de 2003 La Ford Motor Company usó los derechos de la canción compró y lo utilizó en un anuncio comercial de televisión.

A principios de 1960 Douglas grabó para Chris Strachwitz,  Strachwitz Arhoolie Registros y el sello Prestige Bluesville. En 1961, Douglas tocó la guitarra en el álbum de Sidney Maiden, 

Douglas participó en el Festival de Blues de San Francisco en 1973 y 1974. Formó un cuarteto que tocaba básicamente por el área de East Bay / Modesto / Stockton.

Douglas murió de un ataque al corazón en Berkeley, California en octubre de 1975

                     

                       

                         

K.C. Douglas 1952 - A Deadbeat Guitar And The Mississippi Blues

Track 09 - I Met The Blues This Morning

One of the last great rural blues stylists in the San Francisco/Oakland area, K.C. Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded "Mercury Boogie" in 1949. The tune, which paid homage to the American automobile, was later renamed "Mercury Blues" and covered by Steve Miller and David Lindley. Country superstar Alan Jackson had a number one hit when he recorded the tune in 1992. Rights to the song were purchased by the Ford Motor Company, which used it for a television commercial for Ford trucks.

                   

K. C. Douglas

Born November 21, 1913

Sharon, Mississippi, United States

Died October 18, 1975 (aged 61)

Berkeley, California, United States

Years active 1940–1975

K. C. Douglas (November 21, 1913 — October 18, 1975) was an American rural blues singer and guitarist. His given names were initials only

Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas moved to Vallejo, California in 1945 to work in the naval shipyards, and by 1947 was playing on the San Francisco/Oakland blues scene. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, who he had worked with in the Jackson, Mississippi area in the early 1940s, and whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues.

The K. C. Douglas Trio's first recording was "Mercury Boogie" (later renamed "Mercury Blues"), in 1948. The song has been covered by Steve Miller, David Lindley and Dwight Yoakam, and a 1992 version by Alan Jackson was a number one hit. Meat Loaf also covered the song as a bonus hidden track that appears on his 2003 album Couldn't Have Said It Better The Ford Motor Company purchased rights to the song and used it in a TV commercial.

In the early 1960s Douglas recorded for Chris Strachwitz, mostly released on Strachwitz's Arhoolie Records and the Prestige Bluesville label. In 1961, Douglas played guitar on Sidney Maiden's album, Trouble An' Blues, thus reuniting a partnership that had started in the 1940s.

Douglas played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973 and 1974. He formed a quartet that performed in the East Bay/Modesto/Stockton area.

Douglas died of a heart attack in Berkeley, California in October 1975, and was buried in the Pleasant Green Cemetery in Sharon, Mississippi.