Walton,Mercy Dee One Room Country Shack & Other Struggling Blues CD

Mercy Dee Walton Was A Pianist, Singer And Songwriter, Whose Oeuvre Encompassed Blues, Jump Blues And R&B, Invariably Bewailing The Unattractiveness Of Rural Life. Invariably Billed On Record As Just MERCY DEE, He Remains Chiefly Important For His US Top 10 R&B Hits 'Lonesome Cabin Blues (Log Cabin Blues)' And 'One Room Country Shack'. The Latter Song Became Established As A Blues Standard, And Was Later Closely Associated With Mose Allison. A Powerful Body Of Work, This Compilation Is A Selection Of Popular Sides And Rarities, Recorded Between 1949-55, Variously For Spire, Imperial, Colony, Rhythm, Flair, And Specialty. His 1955 Flair Release 'Come Back Maybellene', An Answer Disc To Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene', Was A Big Record Among Specialist Rock & Roll Collectors. He Sadly Died Of A Cerebral Haemorrhage In 1962, Just A Year After Recording A Fine Comeback Album, "Mercy Dee", For Arhoolie.

1. Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G. I. Fever) 2. Lonesome Cabin Blues 3. Evil and Hanky 4. Homely Baby 5. Bird Brain Baby 6. Crepe on Your Door 7. Straight and Narrow 8. Old Fashioned Ways 9. Pay Off (Anything in the World) 10. Trailing My Baby 11. Romp ; Stomp Blues 12. Oh, Oh, Please 13. Come Back Maybellene 14. Have You Ever (Alternate Take) 15. Stubborn Woman 16. One Room Country Shack 17. My Woman Knows the Score 18. Misery Blues 19. The Great Mistake 20. Strugglin' with Blues 21. Rent Man Blues 22. Fall Guy 23. The Drifter 24. Winter Blues 25. Get to Gettin' 26. Dark Muddy Bottom 27. My Woman and the Devil 28. Problem Child