The Mississippi Sheiks
amerikansk musikgrupp
(Omdirigerad från I'm Sitting on Top of the World)
Mississippi Sheiks var en amerikansk musikgrupp som gjorde flera inspelningar mellan 1928 och 1935.
| Mississippi Sheiks | |
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| Pseudonym(er) | Carter Brothers, Down South Boys, Walter Jacobs and Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs and Carter Brothers, Mississippi Mud Steppers, Mississippi Sheiks With Bo Carter |
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| Bakgrund |  Jackson, Mississippi, USA |
| Genrer | Deltablues, countryblues, blues |
| År som aktiva | 1926 – 1935 |
| Relaterade artister | The Chatmon Brothers |
| Tidigare medlemmar | |
| Walter Vinson Lonnie Chatmon Sam Chatmon Bo Carter Charlie McCoy | |
Bandets mest kända hit, "Sitting on Top of the World", är en bluessång. Den varierades av flera kända musiker som Bob Dylan, Cream och Grateful Dead.
Medlemmar redigera
- Walter Vinson (f. 2 februari 1901 i Bolton, Mississippi – d. 22 april 1975 i Chicago, Illinois) – gitarr, violin, sång
- Lonnie Chatmon – violin
- Sam Chatmon (f. 10 januari 1897 i Bolton, Mississippi – d. 2 februari 1983 i Hollandale, Mississippi) – gitarr
- Bo Carter (f. Armenter Chatmon 30 juni 1893 i Bolton, Mississippi – d. 21 september 1964 i Memphis, Tennessee) – gitarr, sång
- Charlie McCoy (f. 26 maj 1909 i Jackson, Mississippi – d. 28 januari 1950 i Chicago, Illinois) – gitarr, mandolin
Diskografi (urval) redigera
- Singlar
- 1930 – "Jackson Stomp" / "Alma Waltz" (som Mississippi Mud Steppers)
- 1930 – "Sitting on Top of the World" / "Lonely One in This Town"
- 1930 – "Driving That Thing" / "Stop and Listen Blues"
- 1930 – "Cracking Them Things" / "Back to Mississippi"
- 1930 – "Sheiks Special" / "Dear Little Girl" (som Walter Jacobs & Carter Brothers)
- 1930 – "Bootlegger's Blues" / "Loose Like That"
- 1930 – "Jail Bird Love Song" / "Yodeling Fiddling Blues"
- 1930 – "Baby Keeps Stealin' Lovin' on Me" / "River Bottom Blues"
- 1931 – "Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down" / "She Ain't No Good"
- 1931 – "Lazy Lazy River" / "Bed Spring Poker"
- 1931 – "She's a Bad Girl" / "Tell Me What the Cats Fight About"
- 1931 – "Sitting on Top of the World No. 2" / "Times Done Got Hard"
- 1931 – "Still I'm Traveling On" / "Church Bell Blues"
- 1931 – "The World Is Going Wrong" / "I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You"
- 1931 – "Things About Comin' My Way" / "Please Baby"
- 1931 – "Your Good Man Caught the Train" / "Ramrod Blues"
- 1931 – "Unhappy Blues" / "Stop and Listen Blues No. 2"
- 1932 – "Jake Leg Blues" / "Grinding Old Fool"
- 1933 – "Kitty Cat Blues" / "Show Me What You Got"
- 1934 – "When You're Sick With the Blues" / "Too Long"
- 1934 – "Lonesome Grave Took My Baby Away" / "Pop Skull Blues"
- 1934 – "Sweet Maggie" / "Sales Tax"
- 1934 – "Hitting the Numbers" / "It's Done Got Wet"
- 1934 – "My Pencil Won't Write No More" / "I Am the Devil"
- 1934 – "Good Morning Blues" / "Blues on My Mind"
- 1934 – "She's Got Something Crazy" / "You'll Work Down to Me Someday"
- 1934 – "Baby Please Make a Change" / "Somebody's Got to Help Me"
- 1935 – "The World Roundup" / "Do Right Blues"
- 1935 – "It's Backfiring Now" / "I Can't Go Wrong"
- 1935 – "Lean to One Woman" / "Fingering With Your Fingers"
- 1935 – "Dead Wagon Blues" / "She's Going to Her Lonesome Grave"