K.C. Douglas (born November 21, 1913 in Sharon, Mississippi, died October 18, 1975 in Berkeley, California) was an American blues singer, and guitarist. One of the great rural blues stylists in the San Francisco/Oakland area, K.C. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson[LINK: http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gbfexql5ldte~T1|] Biography whose Canned Heat Blues he adapted on his album Big Road Blues. Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded "Mercury Boogie" in 1949. He also recorded such songs as "Born in the Country," "Catfish Blues," "Fanny Lou," "Hear Me Howlin'," "K.C.'s Doctor Blues," and "Wake Up Workin' Woman" for Bluesville Records in 1960 and Fantasy Records in 1967, Douglas didn't reach his peak until the 1970s. He played at the legendary San Francisco Blues Festival in '73 & '74. He formed a quartet and became a frequent performer at coffeehouses, clubs, and bars in the East Bay/Modesto/Stockton area.

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