Artist: Doctor Ross
Author: Charles Ross
Label: Sun/Arhoolie
Year: 1953
Produced by Sam Phillips, but not released at the time. Re-surfaced on Arhoolie lp His First Recordings in '72. Charles Isiah Ross, part Native American one-man-band from Mississippi who followed a paramedical education while in service and used his title as a stage name. Recut this same song in '59 as Cat Squirrel on Fortune, inspiring Cream.
Covers:
Cream [as Cat's Squirrel]
Jethro Tull [idem]
Fraternity Of Man [idem]
Tim Elliott & The Troublemakers [ex Blues & Trouble]
Mick Abrahams [ex Jethro Tull; all as Cat Squirrel]
Following the classic Catfish Blues (see there).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)