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Examples
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LaMontagne's forte is a strain of wracked, fragile country-blues soaked in exquisite melancholy.
Ray LaMontagne Ian Gittins 2010
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Left Lane Cruiser is the country-blues punk duo of singer/slide-guitarist Joe Evans (a.k.a. Freddy J IV) and Brenn Beck (a.k.a. Sausage Paw) on drums.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 121 2010
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Born on August 22, 1936 in Goldmine, Louisiana, Hawkins became hooked on the gospel sounds of the local black church and the bare bones country-blues that could be heard in the cottonfields surrounding the family home.
Archive 2010-02-14 Bill Crider 2010
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Those contrasts inform " Harlem River Blues, " which echoes the early 1960s migrations of guitar-strumming poets from the Midwest to Greenwich Village, made charismatic by Mr. Earle ' s lower register and command of such things as lazy Southern soul rhythms, reggae-fied shuffles and nimble updates of country-blues idioms.
Riding That Country Wagon Steve Dollar 2010
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The Dodos, from San Francisco, made their racket with acoustic instruments: a guitar that was sometimes used for fingerpicking country-blues licks and, often, a toy piano.
SXSW: Unstoppable Late-Night Beats - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"All Day Long" and "Let Me Down Easy" are melodic country-soul, the latter reminiscent of Gregg Allman's better solo work, and "Bad Day of Fishin '" recalls the Dobro-laced country-blues of Merle Haggard's Jimmie Rodgers tribute.
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The Dodos, from San Francisco, made their racket with acoustic instruments: a guitar that was sometimes used for fingerpicking country-blues licks and, often, a toy piano.
SXSW: Unstoppable Late-Night Beats - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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She has bravely challenged her own sense of self by recasting her story not with jazz musicians, but with string players, guitarists and fiddlers that give the music a soft, country-blues feel.
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Janis's country-blues was a bit in the teeth of the band's sonic fury, and the result was foreign to San Francisco ears.
Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973
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Every Monday, an affiliation of roots, country-blues and folk musicians gathers for an evening of live music.
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