Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

For other people named James Holmes, see James Holmes (disambiguation).
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Background information
Birth nameJimmy Charles Holmes
Born (1947-07-28) July 28, 1947 (age 77)
Bentonia, Mississippi, United States
GenresBentonia School, blues
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, cafe proprietor
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1970s–present
LabelsBroke and Hungry Records
Blue Front Records
Easy Eye Sound

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes (born July 28, 1947)[1] is an American blues musician and proprietor of the Blue Front Cafe on the Mississippi Blues Trail, the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi.[2] Holmes is known as the last of the Bentonia bluesmen, as he is the last blues musician to play the Bentonia School. Like Skip James and Jack Owens and other blues musicians from Bentonia, Mississippi, Holmes learned to play the blues from Henry Stuckey, the originator of the Bentonia blues.[3] Holmes' music is based in the Bentonia tuning utilizing open E-minor, open D-minor and a down tuned variant, and is noted for its haunting, ethereal, rhythmic and hypnotic qualities. His eighth album, It Is What It Is, on Blue Front Records has been praised by fans and music critics who have called it: "addictive" and "obsession worthy,"[4] and "as gritty, stark and raw as one could imagine" and "absolutely hypnotic,"[3] and "an essential modern recording."[5]

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  2. ^ "Featured Interview – Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes". Blues Blast Magazine. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. ^ a b J.D. Nash (2016-06-16). "Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Treats Us to "It Is What It Is"". Americanbluesscene.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
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