Rubin 'Rube' Lacey (January 2, 1901 –
1972) was an American country blues musician, who played guitar and was a
singer and songwriter.
Lacey was born in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, United States, and learned
guitar in his teens from an older performer, George Hendrix. Working out of
the Jackson area in the Mississippi Delta, he became one of the state's most
popular blues singers. His bottleneck style inspired that of the better
known performer Son House. In 1927, he recorded four songs for Columbia
Records in Memphis, Tennessee, though none were released and the masters do
not survive.
In 1928, Lacey recorded two tunes, 'Mississippi Jail House Groan' and 'Ham
Hound Cave', for Paramount Records, which constitutes his recorded legacy.
Four years later he became a minister, and was later found living in
Lancaster, California by blues researcher, David Evans. He died there in
1972.
