{"product_id":"mercy-dee-walton-one-room-country-shack-and-other-struggling-blues","title":"Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack and Other Struggling Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: JASMCD3197\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 604988319729\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 02 Dec 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMercy Dee Walton was a pianist, singer and songwriter, whose oeuvre encompassed blues, jump blues and R\u0026amp;B, invariably bewailing the unattractiveness of rural life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvariably billed on record as just Mercy Dee, he remains chiefy important for his US Top 10 R\u0026amp;B hits 'Lonesome Cabin Blues (Log Cabin Blues)' and 'One Room Country Shack'. The latter song became established as a Blues standard, and was later closely associated with Mose Allison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful body of work, this compilation is a selection of popular sides and rarities, recorded between 1949-55, variously for Spire, Imperial, Colony, Rhythm, Flair, and Specialty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis 1955 Flair release 'Come Back Maybellene', an answer disc to Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene', was a big record among specialist Rock \u0026amp; Roll collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe sadly died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1962, just a year after recording a fne comeback album, \"Mercy Dee\", for Arhoolie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks: Baba- Du- Lay Fever (G. I. Fever) \/ Lonesome Cabin Blues \/ Evil And Hanky \/ Homely Baby \/ Bird Brain Baby \/ Crepe On Your Door \/ Straight And Narrow \/ Old Fashioned Ways \/ Pay Off (Anything In The World) \/ Trailing My Baby \/ Romp \u0026amp; Stomp Blues \/ Oh, Oh, Please \/ Come Back Maybellene \/ Have You Ever (Alternate Take) \/ Stubborn Woman \/ One Room Country Shack \/ My Woman Knows The Score \/ Misery Blues \/ The Great Mistake \/ Strugglin’ With Blues \/ Rent Man Blues \/ Fall Guy \/ The Drifter \/ Winter Blues \/ Get To Gettin’ \/ Dark Muddy Bottom \/ My Woman And The Devil \/ Problem Child\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JASMINE RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42194041110684,"sku":"JASMCD3197","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_f1d2ef11-daee-454e-b105-1e2bbfb57c60.jpg?v=1669387049","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/mercy-dee-walton-one-room-country-shack-and-other-struggling-blues","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}