Mississippi Sheiks

The Mississippi Sheiks were probably one of the most popular string rings of the past due ’20s and early ’30s. Created in Jackson around 1926, the music group blended nation and blues fiddle music — both old-fashioned and risqué — and included guitarist Walter Vinson and fiddler Lonnie Chatmon, with regular looks by guitarists Bo Carter and Sam Chatmon, who have been also busy using their very own solo professions. The musicians had been the sons of Ezell Chatmon, uncle of Charlie Patton and head of a location string music group that was well-known around the convert of the hundred years. The Mississippi Sheiks (who had taken their name in the Rudolph Valentino film The Sheik) started documenting for Okeh in 1930 and acquired their initial and biggest achievement with “Seated together with the Globe,” that was a crossover strike and multi-million vendor. Actually, the tune became a nationwide standard and continues to be documented by Howlin’ Wolf, Ray Charles and so many more. The Mississippi Sheiks’ reputation peaked in the first ’30s, and their last recording session occurred in 1935 for the Bluebird label. By the finish of their profession, the prolific and important string band acquired recorded more than 60 songs, like the successful “End and Pay attention.”