Mercy Dee

Along with his barrelhouse-style piano playing, deeply expressive vocals, and well-crafted lyrics, Mercy Dee (delivered Mercy Walton) produced his presence felt within the blues joints of California’s San Joaquin Valley through the 1950s. His most widely known melody, “One Room Nation Shack,” has truly gone on to turn into a blues traditional, included in such performers as Mose Allison, Eddie Shaw, and Roy Buchanan. Elevated in rural Tx, Dee shifted to North California in 1938. Documenting for a number of impartial brands in 1949 and early ’50s, including Imperial, Niche, and Flair, he previously 1st inkling of achievement along with his debut solitary, “Lonesome Cabin Blues,” which became a strike in 1949. “One Space Country Shack” adopted four years later on. Using the introduction of rock and roll & move in the middle-’50s, the marketplace for Dee’s roots-oriented electrical blues was reduced. Although he documented a melody, “KEEP COMING BACK Maybelline,” which provided a satirical response to Chuck Berry’s “Maybelline” in 1955, and obtained a lift when Mose Allison documented “One Room Nation Shack” 2 yrs later, Dee experienced left music nearly completely from the past due-’50s. Tracked down by Chris Strachwitz, owner from the Arhoolie record label, in Apr 1961, Dee was coaxed into taking part in four documenting classes of his music. Some songs showcased Dee’s single piano playing and performing, others presented the accompaniment of tempo guitarist K.C. Douglas, harmonica participant Sidney Maiden, and drummer Otis Cherry.