King Solomon Hill

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Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897-1949)

United States MusiciansLived 1897 to 1949 · aged 52

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King Solomon Hill is the name assigned to a blues singer and guitarist who recorded a handful of songs in 1932. His unique guitar and voice combined to produce a sound that has been described as haunting. After much speculation and dispute, he has been identified as Joe Holmes, a self-taught guitarist from Mississippi.

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A pressing of "Times Has Done Got Hard" by Paramount Records, 1932; the A-side was "My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon"

A locomotive on tracks in Hill's hometown, McComb, Mississippi: one of Hill's eight sides was "The Gone Dead Train"

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