Tag Archives: John Pickens Jenkins

A lute and lyra viol participant as well as the foremost consort musician of his time. Jenkins constructed over 800 instrumental parts, aswell as sacred and secular vocal music.

Bobo Jenkins wrote his initial tune on Election Time in 1952 and called it “Democrat Blues.” Accurate to the sentiment from the blues, the track was a reply to just how poor folks have been treated during Republican administrations. In 1974, he published another political track known as “Watergate Blues.” …