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
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