Blues Great 6

Texas Alexander
1900-1954 ( Texas )

Legends Of Blues 'Deep Blue Sea Blues' TEXAS ALEXANDER & LONNIE JOHNSON (1928)

Joe Callicott
1900 Nesbit, Mississippi - 1969





"Rolled and Tumbled" - 1970

 

 Bluesman Joe Callicott (1899-1969) recorded only two songs (this one and Travelling Mama Blues) in 1930. He was rediscovered and recordedd a fine album in 1967 (Fat Possum 0360 "Aint A Gonna Lie To You").
His rhythmic fingerpicking style is still heard in the work of North Mississippi artists such as Robert Belfour and R.L. Burnside.
Paul Rishell also does a fine version of this song on his cd "Moving To The Country

Kokomo Arnold : James Arnold
1901-1968





"Milk Cow Blues" - 1934

 

Jimmy Rushing - James A. Lane
1901 Oklahoma City - New-York City 1972

 Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues - 1962

Son House : Eddie James House, Jr
1902-1988

 

Son House - Death Letter Blues

Skip James : Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James

1902-1969

 

 Skip James - Devil Got My Woman

Barbecue Bob - "Robert Hicks"
1902 Walton County, Georgie - 1931 Lithonia, Georgie





Barbecue Bob - Untitled Song [1929]

Peetie Wheatstraw - "William Bunch"
1902 Ripley Tennessee - 1941 Saint Louis Missouri





"Gangster Blues" - 1940

Big Joe Williams
1903-1982

Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go 

Scrapper Blackwell : Francis Hillman Blackwell
1903-1962






'Kokomo Blues' SCRAPPER BLACKWELL (1928) Guitar Hero Legend Of Blues