Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Atlantic 189 10-in. 2/14/1949 Drinkin' wine, spo-dee-o-dee Granville "Sticks" McGhee instrumentalist, piano  
Atlantic 191 10-in. 2/14/1949 Lonesome road blues Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies (Sticks McGhee's) instrumentalist, piano  
Atlantic 192 10-in. 2/14/1949 Blues mixture (I'd rather drink muddy water) Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis ; Brownie McGhee ; Granville "Sticks" McGhee ; Gene Ramey instrumentalist, piano  
Atlantic 193 10-in. 2/14/1949 I'll always remember Gene Ramey ; Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies (Sticks McGhee's) instrumentalist, piano  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ellis, Wilbert "Big Chief"," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/377685.

Ellis, Wilbert "Big Chief". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/377685.

"Ellis, Wilbert "Big Chief"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/377685

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96048645

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/59273835

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