Teddy Darby

Theodore Roosevelt Darby, better known as Blind Teddy Darby (March 2, 1906 – December 1975), was an American blues singer and guitarist.

He recorded from 1929 until 1937, under the names Blind Teddy Darby, Blind Darby, Blind Blues Darby and Blind Squire Turner for Paramount, Victor, Bluebird, Vocalion and Decca. In 1960 he was "rediscovered" and recorded by Pete Welding of Testament Records, but the recordings from this session were never released.

In the late 1930s, he gave up the blues and became an ordained deacon.

Teddy Darby died in December 1975. In 2019 the Killer Blues Headstone Project placed the headstone for Darby at Sunset Gardens at Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.

Compilations St. Louis Country Blues (Earl Archives, 1984) Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More (Blue Planet, 1993) Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (Document, 1993)