Big Maceo - Maceo's 32/20 / Texas Stomp on RCA Victor 20 - 2028 78RPM
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Big Maceo
Maceo's 32/20 / Texas Stomp
78RPM
Condition: VG, some surface noise from regular wearing/dulling of the record
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Big Maceo Merriweather (March 31, 1905 – February 23, 1953), known as Big Maceo, was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, active in Chicago in the 1940s.[1]
Born Major Merriweather (or Merewether) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States,[2] he was a self-taught pianist. In the 1920s he moved to Detroit, Michigan to begin his music career. He moved to Chicago in 1941, where he made the acquaintance of Tampa Red.[3] Red introduced him to Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records, who signed him to a recording contract.[4]
His first record was "Worried Life Blues" (1941), which promptly became a blues hit and remained his signature piece. Other classic piano blues recordings such as "Chicago Breakdown", "Texas Stomp", and "Detroit Jump" followed.[4] His piano style developed from players like Leroy Carr and Roosevelt Sykes, as well as from the Boogie-woogie style of Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons. He in turn influenced other musicians like Henry Gray, who credits Merriweather to helping him launch his career as a blues pianist.
His style had an impact on practically every post World War II blues pianist of note.[3] His most famous song, "Worried Life Blues" is a staple of the blues repertoire, with artists such as Eric Clapton featuring it regularly in concert.[5] "Worried Life Blues" was in the first batch of songs inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame "Classic Blues Recordings - Singles or Albums Tracks" alongside "Stormy Monday," 'Sweet Home Chicago," "Dust My Broom," and "Hellhound On My Trail."[6]
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