⬇️ CASEY BILL WELDON ⬇️
(William 'Casey Bill' Weldon)
DISCOGRAPHY 1934-2002 (15CD)
DISCOGRAPHY 1934-2002 (15CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Weldon was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and later lived and worked in
Chicago, Illinois. He was one of the early musicians who recorded
playing slide guitar. He played upbeat, hokum and country blues tunes.
Playing a National steel guitar flat on his lap Hawaiian style, he was
known as the "Hawaiian Guitar Wizard".
Weldon was married to the singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie in the
1920s.
Only recently it has been widely accepted that he is not the musician
Will Weldon, who recorded between 1927 and 1928 as a member of the
Memphis Jug Band.
Weldon cut over 60 sides for Bluebird and Vocalion. He was also an
active session guitarist, performing on records by Teddy Darby, Bumble
Bee Slim, Peetie Wheatstraw, and Memphis Minnie. On Memphis Minnie's
last recording for Bluebird Records, in October 1935, Weldon accompanied
her for the first time. He played on two sides, "When the Sun Goes Down,
Part 2" and "Hustlin' Woman Blues". He had solo hits with his two
best-known songs, "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on That Door" and "We
Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town".
After his divorce from Memphis Minnie, he married the blues singer
Geeshie Wiley. They disappeared from the public eye soon after, and he
had stopped recording by 1938.
His date of death is unknown but is presumed to be sometime around
1970. (Wikipedia)
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