Complete Recorded Works (1928-1941)

• Artist: Walter Vinson
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• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 73:31
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

This Document collection reissues all of Walter Vinson's pre-war recordings, including several of his accompaniment performances for Leroy Carter ("Black Widow Spider") and Mary Butler ("Mad Dog Blues"), as well as sidemen roles for the Chatmon brothers from the Mississippi Sheiks and Charlie McCoy. Also included are career highlights "Overtime Blues" and "Losin' Blues," though the rest of this lengthy, exhaustive collection has material of lesser quality. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mad Dog Blues		Walter Vinson	(3:27)
Your Friends Gonna Use It Too, Pt. 1		Walter Vinson	(2:52)
Overtime Blues		Walter Vinson	(2:53)
Your Friends Gonna Use It Too, Pt. 2		Walter Vinson	(2:46)
Mississippi Yodelin' Blues		Walter Vinson	(3:27)
Working Man's Blues		Walter Vinson	(3:21)
Sheiks Special		Walter Vinson	(3:32)
Dear Little Girl		Walter Vinson	(3:26)
Mississippi Low Down		Walter Vinson	(2:59)
That's It		Walter Vinson	(3:17)
Can't Anybody Tell Me Blues		Walter Vinson	(2:58)
Black Widow Spider		Walter Vinson	(3:06)
When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye		Walter Vinson	(2:59)
I Ain't Gonna Have It		Walter Vinson	(3:12)
Losin' Blues		Walter Vinson	(2:56)
The Wrong Man		Walter Vinson	(2:55)
How Did It Happen		Walter Vinson	(2:55)
Rats Been on My Cheese		Walter Vinson	(2:42)
Every Dog Must Have His Day		Walter Vinson	(3:01)
You Know What You Promised Me		Walter Vinson	(3:07)
Gulf Coast Bay		Walter Vinson	(3:04)
Rosa Lee Blues		Walter Vinson	(2:48)
Can't Get a Word in Edgeways		Walter Vinson	(3:03)
She's Leaving Me		Walter Vinson	(2:45)

Credits

Mary Butler (Vocals), Johnny Parth (Producer), Leroy Carter (Accordion), Leroy Carter (Vocals), Harry Chatman (Piano), Ernie Johnson (Piano), Rosie Mae Moore (Accordion), Robert Lee McCoy (Harmonica), Alfred Elkins (?), Bo Chatmon (Guitar), Walter Vinson (Performer), Lonnie Chatmon (Violin), Johnny Parth (Compilation Producer), Walter Vincent (Vocals), Rudi Steager (Executive Producer), Chatman's Mississippi Hot Footers (?), Rosie Mae Moore (Vocals), Bo Chatmon (Violin), Walter Vinson (Violin), Little Walter (Guitar), Mary Butler (Accordion), Charlie McCoy (Guitar), Walter Vincent (Guitar), Harry Chatmon (Piano), Robert Lee McCoy (Harmonica (Amplified)), The Carter Brothers (?), Johnny Parth (Compilation), Walter Vinson (Yodeling), Mike Rowe (Liner Notes), Charlie McCoy (Mandolin), Walter Vincent (Yodeling), Walter Vinson (Guitar), Walter Vinson (Vocals)