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Bumble Bee Slim - Everybody's Fishing
Label : Magpie
Released :1976
Format : [email protected]
Amos Easton (May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968 ), better known by the stage name Bumble Bee Slim, was an American Piedmont blues musician.
Easton was born in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. Around 1920 he left home to join the Ringling Brothers' circus before returning to Georgia, marrying briefly, and then heading north on a freight train to Indianapolis where he settled in 1928. There, he met and was influenced by pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.
By 1931 he had moved to Chicago, where he first recorded as Bumble Bee Slim for Paramount Records. The following year his song, "B&O Blues", was a hit for Vocalion Records, inspiring a number of other railroad blues and eventually becoming a popular folk song. Over the next five years he recorded over 150 songs for the Decca, Bluebird and Vocalion labels, often accompanied by other musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy, Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, and Washboard Sam.
In 1937, he returned to Georgia, then relocated to Los Angeles, California, in the early 1940s; he apparently hoped to break into motion pictures as a songwriter and comedian. During the 1950s he recorded several albums, but these had little impact. He recorded his last album in 1962 for the Pacific Jazz label.
He continued to perform in clubs around Los Angeles until his death in 1968.
Side 1
01 – Everybody’s Fishing
With poss Horace Malcolm piano Big Bill Broonzy gtr 27 Feb 1935 Chicago
02 – Chain Gang Bound
Grafton Wisconsin circa October 1931
03 – Baby So Long
With poss Jimmie Gordon pno, probably Howard Armstrong mandolin
Possibly Ted Bogan gtr 22 March 1934
04 – Some Things Will Be Breaking My Way
With poss Jimmie Gordon pno, probably Howard Armstrong mandolin
Possibly Ted Bogan gtr 22 March 1934
05 – Back In Jail Again
With Myrtle Jenkins pno, unknown gtr 2 April 1936
06 – New Policy Dream Blues
With Myrtle Jenkins pno, unknown gtr 2 April 1936
07 – New Big 80 Blues
With Myrtle Jenkins pno, 2 April 1936
08 – Hard Rocks In My Bed
With Black Bob pno , unknown string bass 6 February 1936
Side 2
01– No More Biscuit Rolling Here
With Black Bob pno, Casey Bill Weldon gtr, unknown string bass 8 February 1936
02– 12 O’Clock Southern Train
With Albert Ammons pno, unknown gtr 27 January 1937
03– Just Yesterday
With probably Myrtle Jenkins pno, unknown string bass 12 November 1936
04 – This Old Life I’m Living
With Myrtle Jenkins pno/comments, Casey Bill Weldon gtr 5 February 1936
05– Greasy Greens
With Myrtle Jenkins pno, Willie Bee James gtr, unknown 2nd vocal New York 16 March 1932
06– You Got To Live And Let Live
With Black Bob piano, Casey Bill Weldon gtr, unknown string bass/percussion
6 February 1936
07– Wet Clothes Blues
With Myrtle Jenkins pno, unknown gtr 2 April 1936
08– Dead And Gone Mother
With poss Big Bill Broonzy gtr, Ted Bogan gtr,
Howard Armstong gtr 23 March 1934
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