Kokomo Arnold (James Arnold, Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, February 15, 1901 – Chicago, Illinois, November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense slide style of playing and rapid-fire vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries. He got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the
Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana. Having learned the basics of the guitar from his cousin, John Wiggs, Arnold began playing in the early 1920s as a s…
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