What is Country blues?
{{Infobox music genre |bgcolor=#0000E1 |color=white |name=Country blues (Acoustic Blues) |stylistic_origins=[[Blues]], [[folk music|folk]], [[country music|country]] |cultural_origins=[[Southern United States|Southern US]], early 20th century |instruments=[[Guitar]], [[Harmonica]] |popularity=Early to mid-20th century |derivatives=[[Chicago blues]], [[Detroit blues]], [[Electric blues]], [[Memphis blues]], [[New Orleans blues]], [[Swamp blues]], [[Hill country blues]] |subgenrelist= |subgenres= [[Delta blues]], [[Louisiana blues]], [[Piedmont blues]] |fusiongenres= |regional_scenes= |other_topics= }} '''Country blues''' (also '''folk blues''', '''rural blues''', '''backwoods blues''', or '''downhome blues''') is all the acoustic, [[guitar]] forms of the [[blues]]. ==Important country blues musicians== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} *[[Etta Baker]] *[[Robert Lowery (musician)|Robert Lowery]] *[[Blind Blake]] *[[Son House]] *[[Bo Carter]] *[[Charley Patton]] *[[Tommy Johnson (blues musician)|Tommy Johnson]] *[[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]] *[[Blind Lemon Jefferson]] *[[Blind Willie Johnson]] *[[Blind Willie McTell]] *[[Sleepy John Estes]] *[[Fred McDowell]] *[[Robert Pete Williams]] *[[Skip James]] *[[Bukka White]] *[[Barbecue Bob]] *[[Koko Taylor]] *[[Mississippi John Hurt]] *[[John Lee Hooker]] {{col-break}} *[[Muddy Waters]] *[[Charles David Sharp]] *[[Elizabeth Cotten]] *[[Reverend Gary Davis]] *[[Charlie McCoy]] *[[Chaz Van Gogh]] *[[Jaybird Coleman]] *[[Furry Lewis]] *[[Big Bill Broonzy]] *[[Blind Boy Fuller]] *[[Brownie McGhee]] *[[Robert Belfour]] *[[King Solomon Hill]] *[[Peetie Wheatstraw]] *[[Peps Persson]] *[[Josh White]] *[[R. L. Burnside]] *[[Lightnin' Hopkins]] *[[Little Walter]] *[[Mance Lipscomb]] {{col-break}} {{col-end}} {{blues}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Blues music]]