Name: Good Morning Judge
Brand: Furry Lewis

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

blm0524

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-04-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0045778037414

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Furry Lewis

Genre GB

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label GB

Big Legal Mess

Furry Lewis was an American country blues singer and guitarist. He was born on 6 March 1893 (or 1899) in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA and passed away on 14 September 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Despite losing a leg, Lewis began recording on the Vocalion label in 1927. He was known for his performances around the Memphis music scene, including at Pee Wee Saloon near his home on Beale Street. During his career as a street-sweeper until his retirement in 1966.

In 1972, Lewis joined the renowned Memphis Blues Caravan alongside other notable artists such as *Blind Boy Fuller*, *Bo Carter*, and *Charley Patton*. He even had the opportunity to open for *The Rolling Stones* twice and gained recognition with a profile in Playboy magazine. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 82 due to heart failure after contracting pneumonia. Furry Lewis is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, South Memphis.

An American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee, Furry Lewis was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given a new lease of recording life by the folk blues revival of the 1960s. Lewis opened twice for The Rolling Stones, played on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, had a part in a Burt Reynolds movie, 'WW and The Dixie Dancekings' (1975) and had a profile in Playboy magazine. Recorded by famed field recording historian George Mitchell. Part of Fat Possum's 25th Anniversary 'First Time On Vinyl' series.

Good Morning Judge

Music GB