Garfield Akers
Garfield Akers (possibly born James Garfield Echols, probably 1908 – c. 1959) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He had sometimes performed under the pseudonym "Garfield Partee". Information about him is uncertain, and knowledge of his life is based almost entirely on reports of a few contemporary witnesses. Akers' extant recordings consist of four sides, which are nonetheless historically significant. His most well-known song was his debut single "Cottonfield Blues", a duet with friend and longtime collaborator Mississippi Joe Callicott on second guitar, based on a song performed by Texas blues musician Henry Thomas a few years earlier.
Genre: traditional-blues, vintage-country-folk
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Top Tracks
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 2
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 1
- Cottonfield Blues (Part 1)
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 1
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 1
- Cottonfield Blues
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
- Dough Roller Blues
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2
- Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues
- Dough Roller Blues
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2
- Dough Roller Blues
- Dough Roller Blues
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 2
Albums (24)
- Rough Guide To Mississippi Blues (2024)
- Blue Goose Blues (2023)
- Rough Guide to Delta Blues Vol. 2 (2022)
- Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (2021)
- Country Blues You Never Heard Before (2020)
- Rough Blues You Won't Forget (2017)
- American Epic: The Best of Blues (2017)
- American Epic: The Collection (2017)
- Rough Guide to Delta Blues (2016)
- Dough Roller Blues (2015)
- Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes of Country Blues (2015)
- Chickasaw Special (Blues People 1928) (2015)
- Peabody Blues (2014)
- Blues Classics: That Twa-Twa Tune (2011)
- Son House and Other Great Delta Blues Singers (1970)
- Saga Blues: Mississippi Blues "Delta Guitar Pioneers" (2007)
- When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 (CD C) (2007)
- When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 (CD B) (2007)
- When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 (CD D) (2007)
- American Pop / Mississippi Blues, Volume 3 [1928 - 1942] (1970)
- Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35 (2006)
- The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers (2005)
- Saga Blues: Plantation Blues "Cotton Patch & Tobacco Belt Blues" (1970)
- Son House & Great Delta Blues Singers 1928 - 1930 (1970)
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