⬇️ K.C. DOUGLAS ⬇️
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BIOGRAPHY
Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas moved to Vallejo, California in 1945
to work in the naval shipyards, and by 1947 was playing on the San
Francisco/Oakland blues scene. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, who
he had worked with in the Jackson, Mississippi area in the early 1940s, and
whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues.
The K.C. Douglas Trio's first recording was "Mercury Boogie" (later renamed
"Mercury Blues"), in 1948. The other credited musicians were Sidney Maiden
(harmonica), Ford Chaney (second guitar), and Otis Cherry (drums). The song
has been covered by Steve Miller, David Lindley, Ry Cooder and Dwight
Yoakam, and a 1992 version by Alan Jackson was a number two hit on the US
country chart.
Meat Loaf also covered the song as a bonus hidden track that appears on his
2003 album Couldn't Have Said It Better. The Ford Motor Company purchased
rights to the song and used it in a TV commercial.
In the early 1960s Douglas recorded for Chris Strachwitz, mostly released
on Strachwitz's Arhoolie Records and the Prestige Bluesville label. In 1961,
Douglas played guitar on Sidney Maiden's album, Trouble An' Blues, thus
reuniting a partnership that had started in the 1940s.
Douglas played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973 and 1974. He
formed a quartet that performed in the East Bay/Modesto/Stockton area.
Douglas died of a heart attack in Berkeley, California in October 1975, and
was buried in the Pleasant Green Cemetery in Sharon, Mississippi.
(Wikipedia)
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