MISSISSIPPI BLUES

Created on 04/10/2001
Latest update on 09/03/2024

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:

1966:

Cream [as Cat's Squirrel]

1968:

Jethro Tull [idem]

1969:

Fraternity Of Man [idem]

1993:

Michael Katon

1993:

Tim Elliott & The Troublemakers [ex Blues & Trouble]

1996:

Charlie Musselwhite

1997:

Mick Abrahams [ex Jethro Tull; all as Cat Squirrel]

Following the classic Catfish Blues (see there).

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