MERCY DEE - G.I. Fever / Swedish Vinyl

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Mercy Dee - G.I. Fever
Crown Prince IG-406 Sweden 1985
Sleeve: Excellent
Vinyl  : Excellent

Mercy Dee Walton was a talented songsmith whose compositions ran the gamut from lowdown blues to jumping R&B items. Walton was a Texas émigré, like so many other postwar California R&B pioneers, who had played piano around Waco from the age of 13 before hitting the coast in 1938. Once there, the pianist gigged up and down the length of the Golden State before debuting on record in 1949 with "Lonesome Cabin Blues" for the tiny Spire logo, which became a national R&B hit. A half-dozen tracks for the Bihari Brothers' Flair imprint in 1955 included "Come Back Maybellene," a rocking sequel to Chuck Berry's then-current hit.

After a lengthy layoff, Walton returned to the studio in a big way in 1961, recording prolifically for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie label with his northern California compatriots: K.C. Douglas on guitar, harpist Sidney Maiden, and drummer Otis Cherry (some of this material ended up on Prestige's Bluesville subsidiary). It's very fortunate that Strachwitz took an interest in documenting Walton's versatilty - in December of 1962, the pianist died...

Crown Prince was a record label founded by swedish Rhythm & Blues collector and scholar Jonas Bernholm. Other labels founded by the enthusiatic "Mr R&B" includes Jukebox Lil, Route 66, Mr R&B, Gospel Friend, Earth Angel, Whiskey, Women and..., and Saxophonograph.

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