Laura Smith (blues singer) Laura Smith (blues singer) Laura Smith (March 1882 – February 1932) was an American classic female blues and country blues singer. Songs she recorded include "Gonna Put You Right in Jail" and her version of "Don't You Leave Me Here". She led Laura Smith and her Wild Cats and also worked with Clarence Williams and Perry Bradford. Details of her life outside the music industry are scanty. The researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc state that she was born Loretta Bryant in Illinois in 1882. Other sources suggest that she was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, at an unknown date. In
Jack Owens (blues singer) Country Blues (1979) Jack Owens (Vocals & Guitar), Bud Spires (Harmonica), Albatross Records Track listing: Songs: 2, 3, 7 written by Jack Owens; Songs: 1, 4, 5, 6 written by Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James Recorded Aug. 13 & 17, 1978 in Bentonia, MS Jack Owens (blues singer) Jack Owens (November 17, 1904–February 9, 1997) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, from Bentonia, Mississippi. Owens was born L. F. Nelson. His mother was Celia Owens; his father was George Nelson, who abandoned his family when Jack was 5 or 6 years old. After that time, he was raised by