List of Country Blues Musicians - C

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• Cannon's Jug Stompers
• Bo Carter - (March 21, 1893 – September 21, 1964) Born in Bolton, Mississippi, Carter was one of the first dirty blues musicians with songs like "Banana in Your Fruit Basket", among several others. A country blues multi-instrumentalist who performed mostly early Delta blues, Carter played guitar, banjo, string bass, clarinet and sang. Document Records has an impressive series of issues devoted to his complete recordings.
• John Cephas - Born September 4, 1930 in Washington, D.C. but raised in Bowling Green, Virginia, contemporary blues musician Cephas plays country blues guitar, harmonica and sings, performing in the Piedmont blues vein. He has recorded a number of albums to date, notably for the Alligator Records label.
• Jaybird Coleman - (May 20, 1896 – January 28, 1950) Born in Gainesville, Alabama, Coleman was a country blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer who performed early Piedmont blues and harmonica blues active most in the 1930s. His career fizzled out and he was left to perform as a street act in Alabama. Document Records has issued a compilation of all of his recordings.
• Ida Cox
• James Crutchfield (1912 - 2001) St. Louis barrelhouse piano