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Blind Blake:early 1890s-c. 1933. Blind Blake was the Southeast region’s answer to country blues guitar genius. Only Blind Lemon Jefferson sold more records during the 1920s. Possibly the best ragtime guitarist ever, Blake left a raft of masterly recordings that combined elements of blues, ragtime, jazz, and minstrel, prompting the evolution of the Piedmont blues style. His elaborate finger picking technique was similar to playing ragtime piano on six strings and nobody has dominated it in such a way since.

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