King Solomon Hill

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

King Solomon Hill (1897, McComb, Mississippi - 1949, Sibley, Louisiana) was a bluesman who recorded a small handful of songs in 1932. Hill is speculated to have been Joe Holmes, a self-taught guitarist from Mississippi.

As of 2007 King Solomon Hill has eight known recordings which are as follows:

• "Whoopee Blues" (Take 1)
• "Whoopee Blues" (Take 2)
• "Down on my Bended Knee" (Take 1)
• "Down on my Bended Knee" (Take 2)
• "The Gone Dead Train"
• "Tell me Baby"
• "My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon"
• "Times has Done got Hard"

[edit] External links

• Pictures of his records
• A biography
• King Solomon Hill discography