Casey Bill Weldon

Real Name:Will Weldon
Profile:b : 1909, July 10 in Arkansas (probably)
d : ??

Blues slide guitar player (he was considered as an "Hawaiian" guitarist), Casey Bill Weldon has recorded more than hundred records from 1927 to 1938 in Memphis, then Chicago.
It is suggested that he married Memphis Minnie.
Rest of his life is totally unknown, some people claims that he moved to Detroit and left the music world in the '60s, other people thinks that he was called up in 1941 in the forces and died in combat.
Another bluesman, Ted Bogan, said he met him in 1968 in Chicago.
In Groups:Memphis Jug Band, Washboard Rhythm Kings
Name Variations: All | Casey Bill Weldon | C. Weldon | Casey Bill | Kansas City Bill Weldon | W. Weldon | Weldon | Will Weldon | Wm. Weldon
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Releases:
Slide Guitar Swing 1927 - 1938 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2002
Appears On:
Greatest Hits (LP, Mono) I'm Gonna Move To The ... ABC Paramount 1962
The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono) W.P.A. Blues Columbia 1969
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders (LP) I'm Gonna Get It Blue Goose Records 1974
Ray Charles (LP, RE, Mono) I'm Gonna Move To The ... AMIGA 1978
Streetwalking Blues (LP) Hustlin' Woman Blues Stash Records 1979
The Blues Giant (LP, Album) Outskirts Of Town Isabel 1979
The British RnB Explosion Volume 1 '62-'68 (CD, Comp) I'm Gonna Move To The ... See For Miles Records Ltd. 1988
The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel (CD, Comp) I Believe I'll Make A ... Columbia 1990
1935-1940 (CD)   Black And Blue 1991
A Truckload Of Blues (CD, Album) We Gonna Move, Just As... Rounder Records 1992
The Road More Travelled (CD, Album) Hitch Me To Your Buggy Newmarket Music 1992
The Slide Guitar - Bottles, Knives & Steel Vol. 2 (CD, Mono, Comp, RM) Caught Us Doing It Columbia, Legacy 1993
Cordially Yours (CD, Album) I Believe I'll Make A ... Newmarket Music 1994
Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 18 (CD, Comp) (I'm Gonna Move To The... Editions Atlas 1995
Chicago 1937 - 1945 (2xCD, Comp) The Big Boat Frémeaux & Associés 1996
The Queen Of The Blues 1929 - 1941 (2xCD) New Orleans Stop Time Frémeaux & Associés 1997
Flashbacks #3 1926-1940 - CopulationBlues: Hot & Sexy (CD, Comp) Caught Us Doin' It Trikont 2000
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (5xCD, Comp, RM) I'm Gonna Move To The ... JSP Records 2001
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940) (10xCD, Comp) Peaches In The Springt... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Goin' Mad Blues (10xCD, Comp + Box) Go Ahead, Buddy Documents  
Tracks Appear On:
The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono) W.P.A. Blues Columbia 1969
The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel (Cass, Comp, Mono) I Believe I'll Make A ... CBS 1990
The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel (CD, Comp) I Believe I'll Make A ... Columbia 1990
Goin' Mad Blues (10xCD, Comp + Box) Go Ahead, Buddy Documents  
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