Someday Baby Blues

Sleepy John Estes recorded "Someday Baby Blues" in 1935, but his 1962 re-recording for Delmark Records marked one of the most remarkable rediscoveries of the folk revival. Believed by many to be dead, the blind, impoverished Estes was located in Tennessee and brought to Milwaukee to record. Reunited with his longtime partner, harmonica player Hammie Nixon, Estes proved his unique "crying" vocal style was entirely intact. The session resulted in the album The Legend of Sleepy John Estes, introducing his highly emotive, rural Tennessee blues to an entirely new generation of acoustic guitar enthusiasts.