Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
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Biography
Jimmy Charles Holmes, known as Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, was born on July 28, 1947 in Bentonia, Mississippi. He is a blues musician and proprietor of the Blue Front Cafe. Holmes learned to play the blues from Henry Stuckey, the originator of the Bentonia blues style. His music utilizes open E-minor, open D-minor, and down-tuned variants. In 2006, he released his debut album Back to Bentonia on Broke and Hungry Records, which won two Living Blues Awards for Best Debut Blues Album and Best Acoustic Blues Album. Subsequent albums include Done Got Tired of Tryin' (2007), Ain't It Lonesome (2009), All Night Long (2013), Twice as Hard (2014), It Is What It Is (2016), and Cypress Grove (2019). Holmes has performed at various festivals, including the Chicago Blues Festival.
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- Six Little Puppies
- Mr. Taxi Driver
- Slow Down, Slow Down
- Count the Days I'm Gone
- Vicksburg Blues
- Back to Bentonia
- Your Buggy Don't Ride Like Mine
- Duck's Shuffle
- Hard Times
- Rock Me
- Cool Water
- Train Train
- Hurry, Hurry, Hurry
- I'd Rather Be the Devil
- Baby Gal
- Biscuit Roller
- It Is What It Is
- All Night Long
- Cherry Ball
- Pencil and Paper
- Blue Front Breakdown!
- Could've Been Married
- Catfish Blues
- Wake Up, Woman
