A John Lee Hooker Album On Our Rumble Channel

We uploaded this 1989 John Lee Hooker album to our Rumble channel:

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Two Willie Dixon Albums On Our Rumble Channel

We have put two Willie Dixon albums on our Rumble channel:

Willie’s Blues (1959)

I Am The Blues

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Rocket 88 (1981) – A New Video On Our Rumble Channel

We have put a new video on our Rumble channel: Rocket 88, a 1981 recording on Atlantic Records featuring some covers of classic blues recordings.

 

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Two Charley Patton Recordings On Our Rumble Channel

We have added two new videos of Charley Patton songs to our Rumble channel:

Tom Rushen Blues (1929)

High Sheriff Blues (1934)

We have previously published posts about Tom Rushen Blues and Merigold, Bolivar County, Mississippi and High Sheriff Blues, Belzoni, Humphries County, Mississippi.

Downtown buildings in Merigold, Mississippi
Downtown buildings in Merigold, Mississippi (photo: Mississippi Blues Travellers)
Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933.
Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933. (photo: Mississippi Blues Travellers)

The videos on this post were taken from Charlie Patton: Complete Recordings 1929-1934, a box set on JSP Records and are used with permission of JSP Records.

CD cover, Charley Patton Complete Recordings 1929-1934, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records
CD cover, Charley Patton Complete Recordings 1929-1934, a 5 CD box set on JSP Records

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A Reader’s Comments About Charley Patton’s High Sheriff Blues And The Former Belzoni Jail

One of our readers, Doug Turner, sent the following message about Charley Patton, the former Belzoni jail in Belzoni, Humphries County, Mississippi and the former sheriff’s deputies mentioned in Charley Patton’s song, High Sheriff Blues:

“My grandfather, O.J. Turner, Sr, was the first sheriff of Humphreys County. The county was formed in 1918 and he was appointed sheriff by the governor. He served as sheriff for a few years and it is my understanding that Mr. Purvis was his chief deputy and succeeded my grandfather as sheriff. Mr. Purvis’ grandson, Johnny Purvis, lives in Belzoni today. It would be a wonderful project for Blues History and fantastic for Belzoni.”

We agree. Restoration of the former Belzoni jail and new research on the early sheriffs and deputies mentioned in Charley Patton’s High Sheriff Blues would be very beneficial to Belzoni and to research and knowledge of Blues History.  A Mississippi Blues Trail marker at the former Belzoni jail would also be a very useful project. We have sent an email to the Mayor of Belzoni about the idea.

Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933.
Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933.

Charley Patton was briefly incarcerated in the former Belzoni jail, circa 1933, and recorded his experiences in High Sheriff Blues.

Here is a Google Street View image of the former Belzoni jail where Charley Patton was incarcerated circa 1933:


Here is a map showing the location of the former Belzoni jail:

We are going to contact the Mississippi Blues Trail to see whether there is any interest on its part in erecting a new marker at the former Belzoni jail to commemorate Charley Patton and his song, High Sheriff Blues.

Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933. (photo by Mississippi Blues Travellers)
Old Jail House, Belzoni, Mississippi, Charlie Patton was incarcerated here, circa 1933. (photo by Mississippi Blues Travellers)

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A New Video On Our Rumble Channel: Little Milton – Sings Big Blues (1966)

We have put a new video on the Mississippi Blues Travellers channel on Rumble.com: Little Milton Sings Big Blues, a deleted Little Milton album originally released on Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, in 1966.

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Big Bill Broonzy Recordings (1941-1951) On Our Rumble Channel

We have added three new videos to our Rumble channel featuring Big Bill Broonzy‘s recordings made between 1941 and 1951.

The recordings are available on Big Bill Broonzy, Volume 3: The War And Postwar Years 1940-1951, a 4 CD set on JSP Records with is one of our Recommended Recordings.

CD cover. Big Bill Broonzy, Volume 3: The War and Postwar years 1940-51, on JSP Records
CD cover. Big Bill Broonzy, Volume 3: The War and Postwar years 1940-51, on JSP Records

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Mississippi Jook Band Recordings From 1936 On Our Rumble Channel

We have added a new video to our Rumble channel containing the four sides recorded by the Mississippi Jook Band in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1936.

These sides are noted on the Mississippi Blues Trail Roots Of Rock And Roll marker in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Mississippi Blues Trail marker, The Roots Of Rock And Roll, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mississippi Blues Trail marker, The Roots Of Rock And Roll, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

These Mississippi Jook Band tracks are taken from Mississippi Blues, Rare Cuts 1926-1941, When The Levee Breaks, on JSP Records, which is one of our Recommended Albums – Compilations.

Mississippi Blues, Rare Cuts 1926-1941, When The Levee Breaks, on JSP Records. CD cover.
Mississippi Blues, Rare Cuts 1926-1941, When The Levee Breaks, on JSP Records. CD cover.

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Willie Love – Recordings For Trumpet Records (1951-1953)

We have put a new video on the new Mississippi Blues Travellers channel on Rumble, featuring the recordings Willie Love made for Trumpet Records between 1951 and 1953:

This video includes Nelson Street Blues, which is mentioned on the Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Nelson Street in Greenville, Mississippi.

Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Nelson Street, Greenville, Mississippi
Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Nelson Street, Greenville, Mississippi

The Trumpet Records studio is still standing on Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi.

The former location of Trumpet Records, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi
The former location of Trumpet Records, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi

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