K.C. Douglas has been played on NTS shows including Smithsonian Folkways , with High Water Rising first played on 27 January 2023.

K. C. Douglas (November 21, 1913 — October 18, 1975) was an American blues singer and guitarist.

Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas was a rural blues stylist in the San Francisco/Oakland area of California. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues. Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded "Mercury Boogie" in 1949. The tune, which paid homage to the American automobile, was later renamed "Mercury Blues" and covered by Steve Miller, David…