Henry Qualls (born July 8, 1934 – died December 7, 2003) was an American Texas and country blues guitarist and singer. He became famous later in his life when he was 're-discovered' in 1993 by the Dallas Blues Society. His only music album was released in 1994. After which, he travelled around the world, playing at music festivals.
The Dallas Observer newspaper reported that Henry was a purist's dream-come-true, meaning he played blues music in a very traditional and pure way. In addition to his own material he played covers of other blues artists such as Jimmy Reed and Lowell Fulson. People said his guitar playing was powerful, like the old blues masters such as Son House.
We’ve all got our favourites or styles that we tend to lean towards, Piedmont blues sits for me as do a couple of Piedmont artists such as the Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake and Sonny Terry. Elizabeth Cotton’s Freight Train is categorised as indeed a Piedmont track and is for me one of the best and easily recognised fingerpicking guitar tunes.
