Fred McDowell

As a blues lover I cannot skip Mississippi Fred McDowell. Born in Tennessee in 1904, he carried the hypnotic, droning pulse of hill country blues in his bones, and his slide guitar growls with a truth no studio polish could fake. What moves me is his arc: a man who played for years in relative obscurity before being rediscovered and finally heard worldwide. He died in 1972, but that sticky, insistent groove still echoes through rock and roots music decades on. Some artists you admire for craft; McDowell you feel in your chest. To me, that is the real definition of authentic.

Name (English)

Fred McDowell

Name (Japanese)

ミシシッピ・フレッド・マクダウェル

Reading

みししっぴ・ふれっど・まくだうぇる

Born

January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Tennessee, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer / composer / musician

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Tennessee
• guitarist
• singer
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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