Featured Heroes of the Blues Artist this week: Curley Weaver & Fred McMullen

Curley Weaver & Fred McMullen

Heroes of the Blues Trading Tee, Card #10

Art by R. Crumb, Text by Stephen Calt

Curley Weaver was born in 1906 and raised near Porterdale, Georgia. He learned guitar around 1922 and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, a few years later. Most of his records were duets with other local blues recording artist, such as Atlanta based Blind Willie McTell and Fred McMullen of Macon, Georgia. McMullen began recording in 1933. He teamed up with Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss that same year in a recording trio known as The Georgia Browns.

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Featured Heroes of the Blues Artists: The Mississippi Sheiks

The Mississippi Sheiks(Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon, Bo Carter)

Heroes of the Blues Trading Tee Card #12

Art by R. Crumb, Text by Stephen Calt

Singer-guitarist Walter Vinson and fiddler Lonnie Chatmon worked together for over a decade before recording as The Mississippi Sheiks in 1930 and producing the hit "Sittin' on Top of the World." Natives of Bolton, Mississippi, they played for local white square dances, often with Lonnie's brothers who included Bo Carter (Armenter Chatmon), seen at left (see card No. 36). Both read music and their 78 titles offer a mixture of blues and pop styles. They disbanded soon after their final session in 1935.

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