Walter Vinson

Walter Vincson
Walter Vincent
Walter Jacobs


なんだかねえ、ディスコグラフィ系の資料があり過ぎてエラいメに遭った、ちゅうケースです。
なので(?)淡々とバイオ関係は済ませちゃいますね。
1901-02-02 Mississippi 州 Bolton で生まれたミュージシャン(ヴォーカル、ギター)で音楽活動は Memphis をベースに、the Mississippi Sheiks のメンバーとして、また色んなミュージシャンの伴奏などにも参加。晩年はシカゴをメインにしていたが 1975-04-22、シカゴで死亡。
本名は Walter Vinson ですが、1936-03-12 の New Orleans で Decca に吹き込んだ時はWalter Vincent、1936-10-16 の録音では Walter Jacobs、1941-08-01、シカゴでの録音は Walter Jacobs と名乗っていたみたい⋯

彼の初録音らしいのは
1928-12-17. Recorded two titles for Columbia in New Orleans, Louisiana, in name of Jackson Blue Boys ( Jackson Blue Boys は ヴォーカル三人、メンバーは Bo Carter、Charlie McCoy、Walter Vinson )
W147662 : Hidin' on me : Columbia 14397-D
W147663 : Sweet Alberta : Columbia 14397-D


続いては翌年、rec. at Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee
M177 : Your friends gonna use it too ( take 1 ) : Brunswick – 7126 A
M178 : Overtime blues : Brunswick 7141 ( Side B was Charlie McCoy's "Last Tie Blues" )
M180 : Your friends gonna use it too ( take 2 ) : Brunswick – 7126 B


1930-02-?? には Mississippi Hot Footers ( Walter Vincent vocal and yodeling, with instrumental ensemble )名義で rec. in Memphis, Tennessee
MEM800 : Mississippi yodelin’ blues : Brunswick 7141
MEM801 : Working man’s blues : Brunswick 7190
MEM802 : Over Time Blues : Brunswick 7141
MEM803 : It’s hot like that ( duet with Charlie McCoy ) : Brunswick 7156

ただし、録音日時としては FEB. 1930 とあるのみなので、次の the Mississippi Sheiks としての録音と順番が逆転する可能性も?

1930-02-17, rec. in Shreveport, Louisiana : Mississippi Sheiks
W403800 : Driving that thing : OKeh 8807
W403801 : Alberta blues : OKeh 8774
W403802 : Winter time blues : OKeh 8774
W403803 : The sheik waltz : Okeh 45436
W403804 : The jazz fiddler : Okeh 45436
W403805 : Sitting on top of the world : OKeh 8784
W403806 : Stop and listen blues : OKeh 8807
W403807 : Lonely one in this town : OKeh 8784


1930-06-10 rec. in San Antonio, Texas : Mississippi Sheiks 名義
W404133 : Sheiks' special : OKeh 45468
W404134 : Dear little girl : OKeh 45468
W404135 : Mississippi low down : OKeh 45482
W404136 : That's it : OKeh 45482
W404137 : unknown
W404138 : unknown
W404139 : We are both feeling good right now : OKeh 8951
W404140 : Cracking them things : OKeh 8810
W404141 : Grinding old fool : OKeh 8939
W404142 : Jake leg blues : OKeh 8939
W404143 : Back to Mississippi : OKeh 8810
W404144 : West Jackson Blues : OKeh unissued ( Document DOCD 5083 )


その二日後、Walter Vinson をヴォーカルとしたテイク
1930-06-12 rec. in San Antonio, Texas : Walter Vinson, voc, g, sp; & prob. Lonnie Chatman, vn
W404145 : Jail bird love song : OKeh 8834
W404146 : Yodeling fiddling blues : OKeh 8834
W404147 : Baby Keeps Stealin' Lovin' On Me : OKeh 8843
W404148 : River Bottom Blues : OKeh 8843
W404149 : Bootleggers' Blues : OKeh 8820
W404150 : Loose Like That : OKeh 8820


その半年後には Mississippi Mud Steppers ( Walter Vinson, voc, g & Lonnie Chatman, vn ) 名義で
1930-12-15 rec. at King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi
W404709 : Sitting On Top Of The World No. 2 : OKeh 8854
W404710 : Your Good Man Caught The Train And Gone : OKeh 8905
W404711 : Times Done Got Hard : OKeh 8854
W404712 : Unhappy Blues : OKeh 8859
W404713 : Still I'm traveling on : Okeh 8876
W404714 : Jackson Stomp : OKeh 45504
W404715 : Farewell Waltz : OKeh 45532
W404716 : Vicksburg Stomp : OKeh 45519
W404717 : Morning Glory Waltz : OKeh 45532
W404718 : Sunset Waltz : OKeh 45519
W404719 : Alma Waltz : OKeh 45504
W404720 : unknown
W404721 : unknown
W404722 : unknown
W404723 : unknown
W404724 : Same thing the cats fight about : OKeh 8858
W404725 : Times is tight like that : OKeh 8858


同じく四日後には
1930-12-19 rec. at King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi
W404782 : Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down : OKeh 8885
W404783 : She Ain't No Good : OKeh 8885
W404784 : Ramrod Blues : Okeh 8905
W404785 : Stop And Listen Blues No. 2 : OKeh 8859
W404786 : Church Bell Blues : OKeh 8876


そしてほぼ一年後(?)
1931-10-24 rec. in in Atlanta, Georgia, also released by Columbia
W405006 : Please don't wake it up : Columbia 14672-D
W405007 : Please baby : OKeh 8922
W405008 : Things about comin' my way : OKeh 8922
W405009 : The world is going wrong : Columbia 14660-D
W405010 : She's a bad girl : OKeh 8933
W405011 : Tell me what the cats fight about : OKeh 8933
W405012 : Kind treatment : Columbia 14672-D
W405013 : Livin' in a strain : OKeh unissued ( Document DOCD 5084 )
W405014 : Lazy, lazy river : Okeh 8927
W405015 : Too long : OKeh 8953


続いて翌日も
1931-10-25 rec. in in Atlanta, Georgia, also released by Columbia
W405020 : Shake hands and tell me goodbye : OKeh 8951
W405021 : Bed spring poker : Okeh 8927
W405022 : When you're sick with the blues : OKeh 8953
W405023 : I've got blood in my eyes for you : Columbia 14660-D


その翌年にはいきなり北上し⋯
1932-07-?? rec. for Decca in Grafton, Wisconsin
L1544 : Shooting high dice-1 : Paramount 13142
L1545 : Isn't a pain to me-1 : Paramount 13143
L1548 : She's crazy about her lovin'-1 : Paramount 13156
L1550 : Tell me to do right-1 : Paramount 13156
L1551 : New stop and listen-1 : Paramount 13142
L1554 : Go 'way woman-1 : Paramount 13152
L1555 : New shake that thing-1 : Paramount 13143
L1556 : The new sittin' on top of the world-1 : Paramount 13134
L1557 : He calls that religion-1 : Paramount 13142
L1560 : Don't wake it up-1 : Paramount 13152
L1562 : Please baby-1 : Paramount 13153
L1565 : I'll be gone, long gone : : Paramount 13153


さらに翌 1933 年には⋯
1933-06-20 rec. in Chicago, Illinois.
W152412 : She's got something crazy : OKeh unissued
W152413 : Kitty cat blues : OKeh 8947
W152414 : Show me what you got : OKeh 8947
W152415 : Walking blues : OKeh unissued
W152416 : She's O.K. blues : OKeh unissued
W152417 : My baby blues : OKeh unissued
W152418 : Red wasp blues : OKeh unissued
W152419 : Cause it's so good to me : OKeh unissued


やや間を開けて再び南下⋯
1934-03-26 rec. at Texas Hotel in San Antonio, Texas
BVE-82606 : You'll work down to me someday : Bluebird B5618
BVE-82607 : Somebody's got to help me : Bluebird B5659
BVE-82608 : Good-morning blues : Bluebird B5564
BVE-82609 : Blues on my mind : Bluebird B5564


翌日も連続しているように見えますがマトリックスがトんでるので別なブルースマンの録音が割り込んでいたかも?
1934-03-27 rec. at Texas Hotel in San Antonio, Texas
BVE-82632 : Lonesome grave took my baby : Bluebird B5452
BVE-82633 : Pop skull blues : Bluebird B5452
BVE-82634 : Sweet Maggie : Bluebird B5453
BVE-82635 : Sales tax : Bluebird B5453


その翌年には
1935-01-19 rec, in New Orleans, Louisiana
BVE-87628 : It's Backfiring Now : Bluebird B5881
BVE-87629 : Lean To One Woman : Bluebird B5949
BVE-87630 : The World Round-Up : Bluebird B5847
BVE-87631 : Do Right Blues : Bluebird B5847
BVE-87632 : I Can't Go Wrong : Bluebird B5881

BVE-87633 : Dead wagon blues : Bluebird B6006
BVE-87634 : She's going to her lonesome grave : Bluebird B6006
BVE-87635 : Fingering with your fingers : Bluebird B5949


さらに一年以上、間をおいて
1936-03-12 rec. in New Orleans Louisiana, for Decca
accompanied by Harry Carter p.
60711 : When the breath bids the body goodbye : Decca 7169
60712 : I ain't gonna have it : Decca 7178 A
60713 : Losin' blues : Decca 7169
60714 : The wrong man : Decca 7178 B


同年の秋には⋯
1936-10-16 rec. in New Orleans Louisiana for RCA ( Bluebird )
Walter Jacobs voc. guit,, Ernest "44" Johnson p.
BS-02660 : How did it happen : Bluebird B-6673 A
BS-02661 : Rats been on my cheese : Bluebird B-6673 B


そして「今のところ」彼の関わった最後の録音では?と思われるのが⋯
1941-08-01 rec. in CHicago Illinois, for RCA ( Bluebird ) : Alfred Elkins b. , Robert Lee McCoy harp.
BS-064650 : Every dog must have his day : Bluebird B-8828
BS-064651 : You know what you promised me : Bluebird B-8828
BS-064652 : Gulf Coast Bay : Bluebird B-8908
BS-064653 : Rosa Lee blues : Bluebird B-8963
BS-064654 : Can't get a word in edgeways : Bluebird B-8963
BS-064655 : She's leaving me : Bluebird B-8908


あ、そうそう⋯Walter Jacobs で検索すると普通は(?)シカゴの Little Walter が出て来るので注意⋯



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