Will Batts

Will Batts
Fiddler Will Batts was the primary instrumentalist in Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band, a popular string band whose music owed a heavy debt to the blues as well as minstrel songs, vaudeville numbers, reels and rags. Born January 24, 1904 in Michigan, Mississippi, Batts was working as a farm hand when he decided to pursue a career in music full-time; he sooned joined Kelly's band, a fixture of the Beale Street area, and in 1933 they made their first recordings, followed in 1939 by a second...
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Various Artists Roots n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950
Roots n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 - Various Artists
By: Various Artists
Credited Role:Performer, Violin
Song List: Listen to Songs by Roots 'N' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 Whitehouse Blues, High Sheriff, The Last Scene Of The Titan...
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Various Artists Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939)
Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939) - Various Artists
By: Various Artists
Credited Role:Photography, Vocals
Song List: Listen to Songs by Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939) Highway No. 61 Blues, Red Ripe Tomatoes, Cold Iron Bed
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