Here’s a video of Buddy Guy talking about Guitar Slim:
Here is a video of Guitar Slim’s best known recording, The Things I Used To Do, released in 1953, which has been covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others.
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We have had a request for assistance from Monty Deane, whose father, Wally Deane, recorded for Lillian McMurry at Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1950s.
He is working on a history of his father’s recording career and is looking for photos of Trumpet Records and/or any other information about his father and Trumpet Records during the 1950s.
If you can help Monty Deane in this project, please contact him directly by email: tecboy696@yahoo.com
Here is the email Monty Deane sent us:
“My father Wally Deane (http://www.wallydeane.com) recorded for Lillian McMurry at Trumpet/Globe. I have been blessed to see all the great info donated to the U of Miss. I am wondering if anyone might have pictures of Trumpet Records back in the 50’s? There had to be some pictures, stories of the happenings going on at Trumpet Records. But pictures are the most memorable. Please, if there are, please let me know where. Thank you!
Monty Deane”
Monty sent a new request for assistance in February 2021:
“Hello again. Monty Deane here. Son of Wally Deane. Hope everyone is staying safe. Slowly getting back to normal. Im hoping someone can help. Im looking for a record my dad cut, in 56 with trumpet/globe records. Wally Deane – Cool Cool Daddy – Flipside is rody and deane – It aint fair baby. I have all his records and original recordings but not this record. If anyone has it, can find it, wants to sell it to me for my personal collection, please let me know. I will gladly purchase it. Erecting a new site for dad. its in construction, but you may stop in at any time. wallydeane.com. Thanks in advance – Monty Deane”
Here are some photos of the former Trumpet Records studio on N. Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi.
We came across this video of a New Musical Express concert in 1965. It’s not all blues but there are some great examples of 1960’s British bands doing blues covers.
Performers, in order of appearance are the Moody Blues (pre- Justin Hayward and John Lodge, when they were doing blues covers like Bo Diddley), Freddy and the Dreamers, Georgie Fame (covering Rufus Thomas‘ Walking The Dog), The Seekers, Herman’s Hermits, The Ivy League,
Many of our readers may have already seen this video of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King performing in a Hamilton, Ontario TV studio on 6 December 1983. For those who haven’t, this one is well worth watching and listening to.
Jesse Fuller was born in Georgia and later moved to California so he’s not a Mississippi bluesman. But we thought our readers would enjoy these videos anyway.
The first two videos are from a 1968 Seattle TV station recording. We think these were made by the Seattle PBS station KCTS but we have to do more research before stating that conclusively.
