Name: One Room Country Shack and Other Struggling Blues
Brand: Mercy Dee Walton

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JASMCD3197

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Limited edition

Release date

2022-12-02

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604988319729

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Artist

Mercy Dee Walton

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Blues / Gospel

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Jasmine

In 1982 the Jasmine Label was created producing LPs and Cassettes. The new label initially focused on licensed Jazz and Personality recordings. Later in 1985 Jasmine successfully launched its Country & Western catalogue. 1990 saw the release of Jasmine’s first CDs.
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Mercy Dee Walton was a pianist, singer and songwriter, whose oeuvre encompassed blues, jump blues and R&amp;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&amp;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 &amp; Roll collectors.

He sadly died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1962, just a year after recording a fine comeback album, "Mercy Dee", for Arhoolie.

One Room Country Shack and Other Struggling Blues

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