Big Maceo Merriweather

Big Maceo Merriweather
The thundering 88s of Big Maceo Merriweather helped pave the way for the great Chicago blues pianists of the 1950s -- men like Johnny Jones, Otis Spann, and Henry Gray. Unfortunately, Merriweather wouldn't be around to enjoy their innovations -- he died a few years after suffering a debilitating stroke in 1946.

Major Merriweather was already a seasoned pianist when he arrived in Detroit in 1924. After working around the Motor City scene, he ventured to Chicago in 1941 to make his recording...
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Big Maceo Bluebird Recordings 1941-1942
By: Big Maceo
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Merriweather, Big Maceo Worried Life Blues, Ramblin' Mind Blues, County Jail Blues
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Big Maceo Merriweather King of Chicago Blues Piano, Vols. 1-2
By: Big Maceo Merriweather
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