Joe Callicott
"Mississippi" Joe Callicott (October 10, 1899 – May 1969) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. In 1929 he played second guitar in Garfield Akers' duet recording, "Cottonfield Blues", and in 1930 he recorded "Fare Thee Well Blues" and "Traveling Mama Blues" for the Brunswick label. His "Love Me Baby Blues" has been covered by various artists, for example by Ry Cooder under the title "France Chance". Some of his 1967 recordings (recorded by the music historian, George Mitchell) were released on LP by Arhoolie Records in 1969, and some were re-released in 2003, on the Fat Possum record label. He served as a mentor to the guitarist Kenny Brown when Brown was ten years old. Joe Callicott is buried in the Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Nesbit, Mississippi. On April 29, 1995, a memorial headstone was placed on his grave arranged by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund with the help of Kenny Brown and financed by Chris Strachwitz, Arhoolie Records and John Fogerty. Callicott's original marker, a simple paving stone which read simply "JOE", was subsequently donated by his family to the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. At the ceremony the Mount Zion Fund presented Callicott's wife Doll with a check from Arhoolie Records for royalties earned from a CD reissue of Callicott's work. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 10, 1901 (Mississippi), Died 1969
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
Notes: Sometimes listed as Joe Calicott.
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | M207 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | Mississippi boll weevil blues | Joe Callicott | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
Brunswick | M208 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | [Unknown title(s)] | Joe Callicott | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
Brunswick | MEM778 | 10-in. | 2/20/1930 | Fare thee well blues | Joe Callicott | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
Brunswick | MEM779 | 10-in. | 2/20/1930 | Traveling mama blues | Joe Callicott | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Callicott, Joe," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/323616.
Callicott, Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/323616.
"Callicott, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Callicott, Joe, 1901-1969 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96060570
Wikidata: Mississippi Joe Callicott - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1404962
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/29723082
MusicBrainz: Mississippi Joe Callicott - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0ca9df14-4a72-480f-8bbe-34ee521ce390
ISNI: 0000 0000 7988 5753 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000079885753
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