What is the Cotton Patch Soul Blues?

Robert Kimbrough, Sr., son of the great music legend, Junior Kimbrough, talks about his dad’s style of music. Most people refer to Junior as Hill Country but on the contrary, he is actually one of the originators of COTTON PATCH SOUL BLUES. Robert also talks about the yearly festival that is in honor of Junior. This festival continues the honor and heritage of Junior’s game-changing music.

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Junior Kimbrough Quote – Cotton Patch Blues

“See, I have a different type of music from other peoples. They playing the other kind of blues, and I'm playing cotton-patch blues.Ain't nobody now can play the blues that I play.”
— Junior Kimbrough

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Junior Kimbrough Quotes - One Chord

Junior Kimbrough Quote – One Chord

“My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If I find another chord I leave it for another song.”
— Junior Kimbrough

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Spotify Playlists

I have created playlists of various styles and genres from both my research and listening pleasure.

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Ghost Town Grooves

Janky took his harmonica player hunting. They both got huge 8-point bucks. On the way back they...

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