Kokomo Arnold

Kokomo Arnold (James Arnold, Lovejoy’s Station, Georgia,1901 – Chicago, , 1968) was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense slide style of playing and "rapid-fire" vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries.

He played the guitar laid flat across his knees - an unusual style for a Georgian bluesman. He moved to Chicago in about 1929 and his main pursuit was bootlegging.

He got his nickname in 1934 after releasing “Old Original Kokomo Blues” for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana.