The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - JIM JACKSON'S KANSAS CITY BLUES

Artist: Jim Jackson
Author: Jim Jackson
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1927

His first solo recording; sometimes credited to his good friend Will Shade.

Covers:

1927:: Memphis Jug Band [with Will Shade]
1928:: Lonnie Johnson
1929:: Charley Patton [as Going To Move To Alabama]
1931:: Delmore Brothers
1935:: Leon's Lone Star Cowboys
1938:: Roy Newman & His Boys
1946:: Wiley & Gene
1947:: Hank Williams [his first hit Move It On Over is rhythmically similar (see there)]
1951:: Robert Nighthawk
1955:: Ernest Tubb [different lyrics]
1999:: Wayne Hancock

Not to be confused with the earlier instrumental Kansas City Blues by the Victor Military Band (1916), a variation on W.C. Handy's idiom.

JIM JACKSON'S KANSAS CITY BLUES