The Resume

(January 12, 1904-July 3, 1972)
Born in Rossville, Tennessee
Blues guitarist and singer
Recorded the albums 'Mississippi Delta Blues' (1964), 'My Home Is in the Delta' (1964), 'Amazing Grace' (1964), 'Long Way From Home' (1967), 'I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll' (1969), 'In London, Vols, 1 and 2' (1969) and 'Live in New York' (1972)

Why he might be annoying:

He was born in Tennessee but was nicknamed 'Mississippi.' (Which McDowell himself found amusing.)
He did not make any records until he was in his 50s.
Even after he began earning enough money to support himself as a musician, he kept a job pumping gas at a local service station.
He would start concerts with the declaration, 'I do not play no rock and roll.'

Why he might not be annoying:

Alan Lomax, the musicologist who discovered him, said he was 'a bluesman quite the equal of Son House and Muddy Waters, but, musically speaking, their granddaddy.'
He toured Europe as part of the American Folk Blues Festival, alongside Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy (1965).
He coached Bonnie Raitt on how to play slide guitar.
The Rolling Stones covered his version of 'You Gotta Move' on the 'Sticky Fingers' album (1971).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blues Musicians
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 52]
• I Died in 1972 (Ranked: 68)
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Look at My Guitar
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [M-Z]
• Names that are States
• Profiles 35251-35500 (Ranked: 35331)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying