Release Date: 02 December 2022
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988319729
Genres: Blues Rhythm and Blues
Description
Mercy Dee Walton was a pianist, singer and songwriter, whose oeuvre encompassed blues, jump blues and R&B, invariably bewailing the unattractiveness of rural life.
Invariably billed on record as just Mercy Dee, he remains chiefly important for his US Top 10 R&B hits 'Lonesome Cabin Blues (Log Cabin Blues)' and 'One Room Country Shack'. The latter song became established as a Blues standard, and was later closely associated with Mose Allison.
A powerful body of work, this compilation is a selection of popular sides and rarities, recorded between 1949-55, variously for Spire, Imperial, Colony, Rhythm, Flair, and Specialty.
His 1955 Flair release 'Come Back Maybellene', an answer disc to Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene', was a big record among specialist Rock & Roll collectors.
He sadly died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1962, just a year after recording a fine comeback album, "Mercy Dee", for Arhoolie.
Tracklisting
The Mudlarks
The Goofers
Slim Willet
Sleepy LaBeef
Marty Wilde
June Carter
Jimmy McCrackin
Gene Vincent
Keke Wyatt
Bywater Call
Harold Burrage
Gene & Eunice
Tom Jones
Lillian Briggs
Ike and Tina Turner
Nellie Lutcher
