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Artist: Kokomo Arnold
Author: trad./Yank Rachell
Label: Decca
Year: 1935
Covers:
Casey Bill Weldon [as Long Eared Mule]
Yank Rachell [as Katy Fly]
Big Joe Williams & his 9 String Guitar [B-side of Bad Heart Blues as She Left Me A Mule]
Billy Boy Arnold [as Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride]
Steve Mann [with Taj Mahal, harmonica and vocal as She Caught The Katy; the "Katy" was the name of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, also the name of two paddle steamboats on the Mississippi: the Kate Adams transporting cotton and the Big Katy Allen, linking Memphis with New Orleans]
Taj Mahal [as She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)]
Albert King [idem]
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells [as My Baby She Left Me (She Left Me A Mule To Ride), crediting Sonny Boy Williamson]
Youngbloods [as She Caught The Katy]
Wet Willie [idem]
Sonny Landreth [as She Left Me A Mule, crediting Sonny Boy Williamson]
Blues Brothers [as She Caught The Katy]
Marc Lelangue [idem]
Psychedelic Guitar Circus [idem]
Peter Frampton [idem]
Often credited to Yank Rachell, although his Katy Fly ('38) didn't feature a mule. Nevertheless, the Taj Mahal and Blues Brothers covers gave old Rachell a decent roof over his head. In Bob Wills' Swing Blues ('46), his baby took the Santa Fe (another train) and left the singer a mule to ride.
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)