Arthur 'Big Boy' CRUDUP

⬇️ARTHUR 'Big Boy' CRUDUP⬇️

&

 JUNIOR CRUDUP 

DISCOGRAPHY 1947-2016 (38+3CD)

 BIOGRAPHY 

        

'BIG BOY'

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs such as "That's All Right" (1946), "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later covered by Elvis Presley and dozens of other artists.

Arthur Crudup was born in Forest, Mississippi, United States. For a time he lived and worked throughout the South and Midwest as a migrant worker. He and his family returned to Mississippi in 1926.

He sang gospel, then began his career as a blues singer around Clarksdale, Mississippi. As a member of the Harmonizing Four he visited Chicago in 1939.

Crudup stayed in Chicago to work as a solo musician, but barely made a living as a street singer. Record producer Lester Melrose allegedly found him while he was living in a packing crate, introduced him to Tampa Red and signed him to a recording contract with RCA Victor's Bluebird label......

'JUNIOR'

Only God knows how and why Little Junior Crudup is now the sole torchbearer of the famed Crudup Blues Legacy. He certainly didn’t covet or lobby for the responsibility. Little Junior’s uncle, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, started the legacy back in the 40s. Big Boy’s three sons, The Crudup Brothers, formerly known as the Malibus, picked up the torch after his passing in 1974.

The leader of The Crudup Brothers’ blues band, Jonas Crudup, passed the torch to Little Junior from his deathbed in 2003. Little Junior is still trying to grasp the enormous responsibility and divine privilege of being entrusted with such a sacred honor.

His background surely suggests he is worthy of being the “chosen one.” He is a consummate stage actor and has starred in four independent feature films. He’s a seasoned blues singer from slugging it out in the trenches of the Bay Area  blues scene for 20 years. He’s lived the blues for some forty plus years.

     

The weight of the torch in Little Junior’s hand is starting to feel lighter with each passing day. God doesn’t make mistakes!! Little Junior is now writing his own stuff.