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b. 11 Oct 1900, Nesbit, Mississippi, USA, d. 1969, Mississippi, USA. Joe Callicott spent his very existence in the region south of Memphis, and his music provides affinities with this of his neighbour Jim Jackson and specifically Frank Stokes, with whom he occasionally proved helpful in Memphis. His key musical associate, nevertheless, was Garfield Akers, and it had been as Akers’ second guitarist that he first documented in 1929. Callicott’s solitary 78 rpm one was recorded the next calendar year, pairing ‘Fare Thee Well Blues’, through the songster custom, with ‘Venturing Mama Blues’, an amalgam of modern verses, both sung in a higher, forceful voice to some rhythmic accompaniment. Callicott practically ceased playing in 1959 when Akers passed away; although he previously slowed down relatively, his acoustic guitar rhythms had been still metronomic. His tone of voice became gentler, producing the audio of his music even more comparable to that of Frank Stokes (without the melodic embellishments generally supplied by Stokes’ second acoustic guitar or violin accompanists). He documented some final classes for the blues documentarian George Mitchell in the past due 60s. Callicott favoured prolonged shows, but his capability to play in a number of secrets and tunings will save his work through the monotony that could be expected through the stable rhythmic tread, so the overall effect is definitely gently hypnotic.
