For deep Delta Blues fans, only. Who is this Fiddlin’ Joe that is listed on all that old stuff by Charley Patton, Son House, and Willie Brown. He can be heard fiddling away on Patton’s ‘Move to Alabama’ and on the 1941-42 Library of Congress recordings by Son House. Thank you American Blues Scene for the explanation. He REALLY got around, it seems... Via American Blues Scene November 2nd, 1975: Fiddlin Joe Martin died in Wall, Mississippi at the age of 75. He was born on January 8th, 1900 in Edwards, Mississippi. Martin learned guitar and trombone as a boy, later adding mandolin and bass fiddle (hence his nickname). He switched to washboard and drums in the 40s after damaging his hands in a fire. He worked with many Delta blues singers, including Charley Patton, Willie ‘Hambone’ Newbern, Johnnie Temple, Memphis Minnie, Willie Brown and Son House, recording with the last two for the Library of Congress in 1940. Martin played drums for Howlin’ Wolf until Wolf moved north, but his most enduring association was with Woodrow Adams; he appeared on all Adams’ recordings, and they worked Mississippi juke joints together until Martin’s death.
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