Music before 1960

[Cooper Clark]

Hey Sup Forums, how come you people rarely talk about music recorded before 1960? Let's get some great older tunes in this thread.

youtube.com/watch?v=gLJ66afXXfM&list=PLRXst6m4abW16GhIWGy1FpZI5s1jkDm-q

[Alexander Wilson]

youtube.com/watch?v=1pAJEC_kcpc

[Josiah Ward]

Which are some of Sup Forums's favorite bluesmen from before 1960?
Charley Patton - Shake it and Break it
youtube.com/watch?v=yGsAh2jx6JA
Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink of Water blues
youtube.com/watch?v=vC3tTwURIL8
His 1939 album "The Blues" is my favorite by him.

[Liam Collins]

Because Sup Forums only talks about the same >100 artists/albums over and over

Some other user showed me this
youtu.be/-BkPm8JIJJQ

[Carson Stewart]

Meant to say

[Jayden Long]

Are you the user from the "Rate the last album you've listened for the FIRST TIME" thread?
I was the one who recommended you that song if so, I'm glad you liked it.
You probably will also enjoy Devil Got My Woman, by Skip James
youtube.com/watch?v=BtZ6DoeimP4
Robert Johnson was influenced by it.

[Ethan Taylor]

Yeah lol. I'll check that out too thank you.

[Eli Murphy]

Good choices. I'm going to have to add the following:

Mississippi John Hurt: youtube.com/watch?v=HlniDmj10u8

Skip James: youtube.com/watch?v=_mmZFox4Rkg

Jimmie Rodgers (the "father of country music" but heavily steeped in the blues): youtube.com/watch?v=EA9Y9FkxJZo

[Zachary Davis]

Looks like I recommended the same Skip James song, so I'll offer up this early Lightnin' Hopkins as a replacement!

youtube.com/watch?v=FPjd_oQby_c

[Nicholas Ward]

All good choices as well.
If you would like a more "feelsy" Jimmie Rodgers, I recommend you Riley Puckett, the guitar player from Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers. Presumably the first country musician to implement yodeling in his songs as well
youtube.com/watch?v=y_Flyy_FcMc