Biography
Oscar Woods
Real name: Oscar "Buddy" Woods
Effective period / Period of releases: 1992
American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.Born: 1900 or 1903 around Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 14, 1955 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States (Aged circa 52 or 55)
Woods, who was an early blues pioneer in lap steel, slide guitar playing, recorded thirty-five tracks between 1930 and 1940. He recorded solo and as part of a duo, the Shreveport Home Wreckers, and with a six- or seven-piece group, the Kitty Gray & Her Wampus Cats. Early in his career he backed Jimmie Davis on some of his recordings. Woods's best-known song was "Lone Wolf Blues", from which came his billing as "The Lone Wolf".