Chris Thomas King
USA
Born: 14 October 1962
Styles: Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Modern Delta Blues, Delta Blues, Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots, Soul, R&B/Soul
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Initially known for his audacious fusion of blues and hip-hop, Chris Thomas King reached a whole new audience with the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, not only appearing on the award-winning soundtrack but playing a prominent supporting character as well. Despite the much-celebrated, down-to-earth rootsiness of O Brother's music, King had previously been a determined progressive, hoping to reinvigorate the blues as a living African American art with a more contemporary approach and adamantly refusing to treat it as a museum piece...
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