Artist: Blind Joe Reynolds
Author: Joe Sheppard
Label: Paramount
Year: 1929
Only two singles released plus one as Blind Willie Reynolds in 1930. He had a bad temper and a criminal record. Always carried a gun even after he was blinded in a mid 20s fire fight. His real name was Joe Sheppard but he used his alias to keep the law out. Outlived both Cream and Hendrix covers. Died in '68.
Covers:
Melody (apart from the guitar riff) borrowed from Ida Cox's Fore Day Creep (Paramount - '27), which she recut for Vocalion as Four Day Creep. Humble Pie's Four Day Creep, credited to Ida, is a different song. The riff's the same as the one in Son House's Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (see there).
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Arnold Rypens
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