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
- Lonesome Road
- 01 - Lonesome Road
- Lonesome
- Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome Road
- Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome
- Midnight Special Blues
- Lonesome Road Bues
- The Jail House Blues
- Lost Lover Blues
- Cairo Blues
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- Can't I Do It For You
- Dark Cloudy Blues
- Devil In The Lion's Den
- The Jailhouse Blues
- Slow Mama Slow
- New Salty Dog
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
- Hesitation Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Lead Me All The Way
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
- - Lonesome
- My Road is Rough and Rocky
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