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BIG MOOSE WALKER  
One ot the last living legends of the piano blues, Born June 27,1927 in Stoneville, MS, he got in touch with music tor the first lime in a church, like many blues musicans from the southern parts of the United States. He has always shown a talent for music that made him learn a string of instruments like guitar, tuba, vibes and piano, of course. He joined Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in Clarksdale and The King Biscuit Boys in Helena and on the other hand he was able to backup other pianists on the guitar. In the fifties he used to travel many miles around the country with Lowell Fulson. It was in this time that he held his first recording sessions and the artists he worked with were no less than the legendary Elmore James and Sonny Boy Williamson. Sunnyland Slim persuaded him to move to 
Chicago, home of contemporary blues This move offered him even more chances to cooperate with well known musicans as there are Earl Hooker and Willie Dixon,

JIMMY ROGERS 
born June 3.1924 in Ruleville, MS II is funny that he was not influenced by watching those Delta-musicans  in action but by listening to records! At the age of 16 he made his first public appearances at local house-parties, which was the beginning of a stunning career After meeting the late Joe Willie Wilkins, Jimmy moved to West Memphis where he got in touch with Howlin'Wolf, This encounter might have prompted him to settle in Chicago He was accepted by Muddy Waters -to whom this album is dedicated-as a regular member of his band. In the first half of the fifties Jimmy was Muddy's second guitar, creating the typical sound of this group
But being a sideman only was not enough for him. He always knew that he could be a leader and so it was obvious that he started a recording career of his own. 



Jimmy Rogers & Big Moose Walker Chicago Bound 

01. Chicago Bound (2:46)
02. St Louis (3:43)
03. Do You Swear (3:33)
04. Anna Lee (4:26)
05. Sloppy Drunk (5:00)
06. Lemon Squeezer (3:27)
07. Last Time (2:54)
08. Whoopin' Foolin' With You (4:27)
09. One Room Little Country Shack (5:59)
10. Goin' Away Baby (2:58 )


Personel:
Tracks 1,2,5.6.7 & 10
Jimmy Rogers voc,gtr, Willie Kent bass, John Primer gtr
Billy Branch hatmonica, Timothy Taylor drums Jimmy Rogers Jr gtr
Tracks 3,4,8 & 9
Big Moose Walker pno,vocals,Willie Kent bass, John Primer gtr
Luther Adams gtr, Timothy Taylor drums