Blues experts try to identify the first instrumental "country blues" recording. <br /><br />Could this be it? <br /><br />I don't mean blues by a vocalist such as Mamie Smith--she was too influenced by vaudeville traditions to perform "country blues." <br /><br />Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey play "Dirty Guitar Blues" on Victor 20251. <br /><br />September 27, 1926. <br />
