Mississippi Sheiks - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1931-1934)

Artist:

Mississippi Sheiks

UPC:

714298508529

Description:

Personnel: Walter Vinson (vocals, guitar); Bo Chatmon (vocals); Lonnie Chatmon (violin).
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (10/25/1931-03/26/1934); Chicago, IL (10/25/1931-03/26/1934); Grafton, WI (10/25/1931-03/26/1934); San Antonio, TX (10/25/1931-03/26/1934).
Document`s third helping of the Mississippi Sheiks` chronologically arranged "complete works" is stocked with 23 OKeh, Paramount, and Bluebird recordings made in Atlanta, GA, Grafton, WI, New York, NY, and San Antonio, TX, during the "lean years" of 1931-1934. One reason the Sheiks were able to maintain some measure of popularity and continue making records during a time when phonograph companies were shutting down and established artists had difficulty finding regular work was their practiced ability to appeal to both white and black listeners. The violin that they took turns playing was in that sense the key to success, as live audiences and the record-purchasing public really went in for the Southern rural sound that characterized this fiddle-and-guitar group during the first half of the 1930s. Credit is also due to the strongly steeped chemistry between Walter Vinson and the brothers Lonnie, Sam, and Bo Chatman. Bo succeeded as a solo act under the name Bo Carter by specializing in "dirty blues" that teemed with amusing sexual metaphors. On this intriguing collection, Bo is credited as the creator of such colorful titles as "Bed Spring Poker" and "I`ve Got Blood in My Eyes for You." ~ arwulf arwulf

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Shake Hands and Tell Me Goodbye
2. Bed Spring Poker
3. When You`re Sick with the Blues
4. I`ve Got Blood in My Eyes for You
5. Shooting High Dice
6. Isn`t a Pain to Me
7. She`s Crazy About Her Lovin`
8. Tell Me to Do Right
9. New Stop and Listen Blues, The
10. Go Away Women
11. New Shake That Thing
12. New Sittin` on Top of the World, The
13. He Calls That Religion
14. Don`t Wake It Up
15. Please Baby
16. I`ll Be Gone, Long Gone
17. Kitty Cat Blues
18. Show Me What You Got
19. Hitting the Numbers
20. It`s Done Got Wet
21. Pencil Won`t Write No More
22. I Am the Devil
23. Baby, Please Make a Change

Album Information

Release Date:

09/05/1994

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Country Blues

Label:

Document (USA)

Catalog Number:

5085

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

74 : 45

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