Joe Callicott
Joe Callicott , also Mississippi Joe Callicott , (born November 10, 1901 in Nesbit, Mississippi , † 1969 ), was an American blues musician .
Live and act
Callicott began playing guitar at the age of 15 and had been a musician since 1918, occasionally playing in medicine shows . Since the mid-twenties he played as a second guitarist with Garfield Akers , with whom he recorded two pieces for Vocalion Records in 1929 ( Cottonfield Blues Part 1 & 2 ). During this session he also recorded a solo piece, the "Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues" , which remained unreleased. Then in 1930, accompanied by Jim Jackson , he recorded his first solo release, “Fare Thee Well Blues / Traveling Mama Blues” . However, the consequences of the global economic crisis prevented further recordings for the time being. When Akers died in the 1950s, Callicott put the guitar aside and did not start playing again until the mid-1960s.
In 1967 he was found by the blues researcher George Mitchell and recorded eleven pieces with him in August of that year. On July 20, 1968 Callicott played at the Memphis Country Blues Festival (where two of his pieces were recorded live and later released on the album The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival ). The following day he recorded his only album there in the Ardent Studios , on one track he is accompanied by the (whistling) Bukka White . Joe Callicott died in 1969.
Web links
- Works by Joe Callicott in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joe Callicott on bluesblessedhouse.blogspot.com (Portuguese)
- Illustrated discography of Joe Callicotts (English) [incl. Cross-linking of individual pieces on Youtube]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Callicott, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Callicott, Mississippi Joe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nesbit, Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |