Casey Bill Weldon
Real Name:
Will Weldon
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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.
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.
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| Slide Guitar Swing 1927 - 1938 (2xCD, Comp) | Frémeaux & Associés | 2002 | ||
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| Genius + Soul = Jazz (7", EP) | I'm Gonna Move To The ... | Impulse!, Artone | 1961 | |
| Greatest Hits (LP, Mono) | I'm Gonna Move To The ... | ABC Paramount | 1962 | |
| Showtime (LP, Album, Mono) | Somebody Changed The L... | Smash Records (4) | 1964 | |
| The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono, Comp) | W.P.A. Blues | Columbia | 1969 | |
| R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders (LP) | I'm Gonna Get It | Blue Goose Records | 1974 | |
| The World Of Ray Charles (LP, Comp) | I'm Gonna Move To The ... | London, Crossover Records (3), London, Crossover Records (3) | 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 | |
| Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 78 (CD, Comp, RM) | I'm Gonna Move To Outs... | Editions Atlas | 1996 | |
| Memphis Jug Bands - Walk Right In (CD, Comp) | Sun Brimmer's Blues, S... | Orbis | 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 | |
| The Jazz Biography (CD, Comp) | I'm Gonna Move To The ... | United Audio Entertainment | 2004 | |
| 1934-1937 (LP, Comp, Mono) | Best Of Blues | |||
| Goin' Mad Blues (10xCD, Comp + Box) | Go Ahead, Buddy | Documents | ||
| The Best Of Ray Charles (LP, Comp) | I'm Gonna Move To The ... | Stateside, Stateside | ||
| Tracks Appear On: | ||||
| The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono, Comp) | 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 | ||