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Artist: Joe Hill Louis
Author: Joe Hill Louis/Rebecca Burns
Label: Sun
Year: 1953
Original demo on cd Joe Hill Louis The Be-Bop Boys (Bear Family). Rebecca Burns was producer Sam Phillips' wife. Strongly inspired Jr. Parker's Mystery Train/Love My Baby (see there). Floyd Murphy plays guitar on both Tiger Man and Mystery Train.
Covers:
Rufus Thomas [follow-up of Bear Cat (see: Hound Dog); with coauthor Joe Hill Louis on guitar; Rufus performed in tiger suit for a while]
Joe Hill Louis [for Sun with Walter Horton (harmonica) and Mose Vinson]
Walter Horton [also with Joe Hill Louis on guitar]
Elvis Presley [NBC tv-special; later in Vegas he easily linked Tiger Man & Mystery Train in a medley]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)