KID BAILEY

Kid Bailey era un músico de blues del delta del Mississippi. Su única sesión de grabación conocido ocurrió 25 de septiembre 1929, en Memphis, Tennessee.De hecho también se le conoce como " El Misterioso" como en más de un caso la info que se dispone es confusa, así como su imagen de hecho la que hemos encontrado aparece con un guitarrista desconocido , suponemos que Kid Bailey es el de la izquiera. 

Poco se sabe acerca de  Bailey. Su voz tenía una calidad claramente gruesa  ya de muy joven . Por lo menos cuatro de sus grabaciones han sobrevivido: "Blues Rowdy", "Broke & Hungry ", "Mississippi Bottom Blues" y "East St. Louis Blues". En la mayoría de versiones digitales, las pistas se han atribuido a "Willie Brown" cuando en realidad  son, evidentemente, el mismo artista acreditado como "Kid Bailey" en los 78s originales. 

Se ha observado que, "A pesar de que es casi un cliché decir esto acerca de un músico de blues ,del sur de los EEUU, Kid Bailey fue uno de los músicos más enigmáticas de la época." Ha habido cierta especulación de que Kid Bailey en realidad era cantante de blues Willie Brown,  utilizando un seudónimo.

Sus canciones han sido versionadas  por Ian A. Anderson, Rory Block, Doug Cox, 

                                  

                

Artist Biography by arwulf arwulf in allmusic 

Singing guitarist Kid Bailey's historical significance lies in the fact that he collaborated with Charley Patton and a circle of Delta blues musicians who swapped melodies, riffs, and lyrics during the late 1920s and early ‘30s. That web of individuals included Willie Brown (a major influence upon Patton), Tommy Johnson, Ishman Bracey, and Son House. Bailey also sounded like Furry Lewis, Ed Bell, Garfield Akers, and Bukka White. Like Patton, Bailey hailed from Sunflower County in northwest Mississippi, and is said to have been born near Doddsville, south of Drew, which is south of Clarksdale. His first name has never been determined.

Bailey's importance is in no way diminished by the fact that he only cut one 78 rpm phonograph record: "Rowdy Blues" backed with "Mississippi Bottom Blues." His sole session took place on September 25, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, with an unidentified second guitarist. It was issued as Brunswick 7114. Contrary to the connotation of its title, "Rowdy Blues" is a poignant, wistful love song. Son House later claimed that the recording was by Willie Brown and Charley Patton. He must have been thinking of Brown's grittier "M & O Blues" and "Future Blues" which are similar to Bailey's "Rowdy Blues"; as is Patton's "Pony Blues."

Bailey and Brown, of course, were distinctly different individuals and still sound that way on their records. "Mississippi Bottom Blues" seems to have been derived from Freddie Spruell's 1928 recording of "Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man." It also has elements in common with Tommy Johnson's "Big Fat Mama" as well as Patton's "Devil Sent the Rain." Bailey continued to perform throughout the Mississippi Delta region until the '50s, without ever managing to make any more records. Like many of his fellow Delta bluesmen, Bailey made music that was, in the words of blues historian Samuel Charters, "…too intensely personal to appeal to any kind of large audience."