Artist Info: James Kinds

James Kinds (April 23, 1943 - Aug. 19, 2014) was a Chicago blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.

James Kinds was born in the Blue Lake Plantation, Drew, Mississippi and the oldest of 12 children.. He ordered his first guitar from a Sears, Roebuck catalogue and taught himself how to play it. Kinds formed a gospel quartet, the Spirit of Joy when he was only 13. "We were some green boys, but we had that sound together:' he said.

They never recorded but did perform on Clarksdale's WROX radio, championed by deejay Early Wright. [read more...]