Knee Deep in the Blues [SEP] performer
Knee Deep in the Blues
"Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley and was recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957. The song reached #3 on the Country Singles charts.
Guy Mitchell version.
Guy Mitchell released a cover version of the song the same year that reached #16 on The Billboard Hot 100. The song reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Cover versions.
- The Derailers on their 1999 album, "Full Western Dress"
- The
, blues piano and vocals at Northampton University (UK). In 2003, Roach presented "Deep Blue", a three part series on blues music featured on BBC Radio 4. In 2006 he released an instructional DVD, "Introduction to Country Blues Guitar".
Roach's tours as an educator and performer have taken him to the Augusta Heritage Center (US), Centrum Piedmont Blues Intensive (US), The Ironworks (UK) and the Smithsonian Institution (US). He has performed and lectured at blues