Editing Blind Blake (section)

==Career==
Blake recorded about 80 tracks for [[Paramount Records]] from 1926 to 1932.<ref name="russell">{{cite book| first= Tony| last= Russell| year= 1997| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray| publisher=Carlton Books| location= Dubai| pages= 93–94| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> He was one of the most accomplished guitarists of his genre and played a diverse range of material.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|pages=39/40}}</ref> He is best known for his distinctive guitar playing, which was comparable in sound and style to [[ragtime]] piano.<ref name=gracyk>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracyk.com/blake1.shtml|title= The King of Ragtime Guitar: Blind Blake and His Piano-Sounding Guitar|author=Obrecht, Jas|publisher=Gracyk.com|access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> He may have lived in Jacksonville, going to [[Chicago]] for his recording sessions. According to van der Tuuk et al., he returned to Florida for the winter. In the 1930s he was reported to be playing in front of a Jacksonville hotel.<ref name=Tuuk />