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  • Country / United States
  • Time Span / 1892 – 1961

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Influenced By (4)

Blind Lemon Jefferson, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Ed Haley

Genres

Folk, World, & Country

Styles

Country

Ernest Thompson

Ernest Errott Thompson (February 20, 1892 – December 7, 1961) was a blind street musician from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who was one of the earliest country musicians to be recorded in the United States. In his sessions with Columbia Records in 1924, Thompson recorded many songs that today are considered among the most iconic from country music's early history, including "Are You from Dixie?", "Old-Time Religion", "Bury Me Beneath the Willow", "Wreck of the Southern Old 97", "Life's Railway to Heaven" and "Little Rosewood Casket". Continue reading on Wikipedia

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