⬇️ BO CARTER ⬇️
(Armenter Chatmon)
DISCOGRAPHY 1940-2012 (23CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Since the 1960s, Carter has become best known for his bawdy songs, such as "Let Me Roll Your Lemon", "Banana in Your Fruit Basket", "Pin in Your Cushion", "Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me", "Please Warm My Wiener" and "My Pencil Won't Write No More". However, his output was not limited to dirty blues. In 1928, he recorded the original version of "Corrine, Corrina", which later became a hit for Big Joe Turner and has become a standard in various musical genres.
Carter and his brothers (including the pianist Harry Chatmon, who also
made recordings) first learned music from their father, the fiddler
Henderson Chatmon, a former slave, at their home on a plantation between
Bolton and Edwards, Mississippi. Their mother, Eliza, also sang and played
the guitar.
Carter made his recording debut in 1928, backing Alec Johnson, and was
soon was recording as a solo musician. He became one of the dominant blues
recording acts of the 1930s, recording 110 sides. He also played with and
managed the family group, the Mississippi Sheiks, and several other acts
in the area. He and the Sheiks often performed for whites, playing the pop
hits of the day and white-oriented dance music, as well as for blacks,
playing a bluesier repertoire.
Carter went partly blind during the 1930s. He settled in Glen Allan,
Mississippi, and despite his vision problems did some farming but also
continued to play music and perform, sometimes with his brothers. He moved
to Memphis, Tennessee, and worked outside the music industry in the
1940s.
Carter suffered strokes and died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Shelby
County Hospital, in Memphis, on September 21, 1964.
NEW!
1979-Banana In Your Fruit Basket (LP) @FLAC
2000-Bo Carter's Advice @FLAC
2001-The Essential (2CD) @FLAC