"Folk blues" redirects here. For the album by John Lee Hooker, see Folk Blues (album).
Country blues
Other names
Folk blues
rural blues
backwoods blues
downhome blues
Stylistic origins
Blues
folk
gospel music
Cultural origins
Early 20th century, American South
Subgenres
Delta blues
Piedmont blues
Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) is one of the earliest forms of blues music. The mainly solo vocal with acoustic fingerstyle guitar accompaniment developed in the rural Southern United States in the early 20th century.[1] It stands in contrast primarily to the Urban blues style, especially in the pre-war era.
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