Band, 1926-1936 US, Bolton, Mississippi
Blues
A.k.a. Walter Jacobs And The Carter Brothers
The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues, but were adept at many styles of popular music of the time.In 2004, they were inducted in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Their 1930 blues single "Sitting on Top of the World" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
Bo Carter g, voc 1892-1964 US | |
Sam Chatmon voc, g 1897-1983 US | |
Lonnie Chatmon vn, voc US | |
Walter Vinson g, voc 1901-1975 US |
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