Chris Thomas King

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Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American blues musician and actor. He is the son of blues musician Tabby Thomas.

In the 2000 movie O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?, he played legendary bluesman Tommy Johnson. On the “O Brother…” soundtrack he plays Skip James’ “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”. In the 2004 movie Ray, he played bandleader Lowell Fulson. He has also appeared in several documentaries about the blues and about music.

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1	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues	485
2	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Soundtrack Version (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)	51
3	Rock Island Line	46
4	John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' full track	42
5	Come on in my Kitchen	20
6	Baptized In Dirty Water	15
6	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Soundtrack Version (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)) full track	15
8	What Would Jesus Do	14
9	Take Yo Time full track	9
9	Red Mud	9
9	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	9
12	Superstitious Blues	8
13	Hard Time Killing Floor	7
13	Why Blues	7
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conservatore wrote:
July 2009

his voice ain't no good but guitar is marvelous

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Sunzy wrote:
July 2009

so good

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ruttie88 wrote:
April 2009

shit, his voice is so smooth

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vangelicmonk wrote:
April 2009

He could almost make me fall in love with the Blues all over again.

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Lissof_leuf wrote:
February 2009

O Brother, this voice is smother than store bought liquor...

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Zodiac_Killer wrote:
January 2009

Awesome singer. Very underrated.

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AnnieLR wrote:
September 2008

This guy has so much talent dripping from his fingertips I could almost hate him for it, he's just phenomenal.

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TheRockers wrote:
June 2008

John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' is a great song!

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Clawdiaah wrote:
March 2008

love hard time killing floor blues! he was great in the movie.

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libertybear wrote:
February 2008

Don't be confused by the 'Similar Artists', CTK is not a Bluegrass artist but a top class Blues singer and guitar player who just happens to have played a blues track on the Oh Brother soundtrack (which was mostly Bluegrass music with a bit a Spirtual and Blues thrown in)

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jonatron wrote:
November 2007

his version of hard time killing floor blues is better than skip james's, i think, if only because the quality of the recording is actually good, hah

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mackil wrote:
September 2007

One of my favorites

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Stream1 wrote:
August 2007

Haunting.

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hichame101 wrote:
July 2007

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues It's so sad, but what a beautiful song

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ikhon wrote:
May 2007

bus station blues <3

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Sniperofyamhill wrote:
November 2006

Ahh, the song of the year, I do love this song.

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