Kid Bailey

Kid Bailey (before 1929 – after 1960)^[4] was a Mississippi Delta bluesman. His one known recording session occurred on September 25, 1929, in Memphis, Tennessee.^[5][6][7][8]

Kid Bailey
Born	probably Mississippi, U.S.[1][2]
Died	after 1960
Genres	Delta Blues
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Vocal Guitar
Years active	early 1920s - 1950s[3]

Little is known about Bailey. His voice had a distinctly coarse yet youthful quality. Two of his recordings have survived: "Rowdy Blues" and "Mississippi Bottom Blues". There has been some speculation that Kid Bailey was a pseudonym of the blues singer Willie Brown.^[9] In most digital releases, the tracks are attributed to Willie Brown, yet are evidently the same artist credited as Kid Bailey on the original 78-rpm recordings.^[10]

It has been remarked that "Although it's almost a cliché to say this about a blues musician from the American South, Kid Bailey was one of the most enigmatic musicians of the era."^[11]

Bailey's songs have been covered by Ian A. Anderson, Rory Block, Doug Cox, the Be Good Tanyas, and Thomasina Winslow with Nick Katzman.^[5]

His song "Rowdy Blues" is included on the compilation album Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton, released by Yazoo Records.^[12]