Cryin' Sam Collins

About the artist

Sam Collins (August 11, 1887 - October 20, 1949) who was sometimes known as Crying Sam Collins and also Jim Foster, Jelly Roll Hunter, Big Boy Woods, Bunny Carter, and Salty Dog Sam, was an early American blues singer and guitarist. He was born in Louisiana and grew up just across the state border in McComb, Mississippi. By 1924 he was performing in local barrelhouses, often with King Solomon Hill with whom he shared the use of falsetto singing and slide guitar.

Top songs

  1. Lonesome Road
  2. 01 - Lonesome Road
  3. Lonesome
  4. Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome Road
  5. Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome
  6. Midnight Special Blues
  7. Lonesome Road Bues
  8. The Jail House Blues
  9. Lost Lover Blues
  10. Cairo Blues
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  1. Can't I Do It For You
  2. Dark Cloudy Blues
  3. Devil In The Lion's Den
  4. The Jailhouse Blues
  5. Slow Mama Slow
  6. New Salty Dog
  7. Yellow Dog Blues
  8. Pork Chop Blues
  9. Hesitation Blues
  10. It Won't Be Long
  11. Do That Thing
  12. I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
  13. Lonesome Road Blues
  14. Lead Me All The Way
  15. Graveyard Digger's Blues
  16. - Lonesome
  17. My Road is Rough and Rocky

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