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Formed in 1930 as a trio of guitar and fiddle music, the original line-up was composed by Lonnie, Sam and Armenter Chatmon, the latter best known as Bo Carter, who was also a solo star of the period. The Mississippi Sheiks took their name from Rudolph Valentino's movie “The Sheik” and became extremely popular in the 1930s despite the fact that the famous country music artists of the day were almost all solo artists. Their first single, “Sittin' On Top of The World”, was also their biggest success. It went on to become a standard country blues song covered by many artists of the calibre of Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan and Cream. "
Tracks - Side A: 1.Driving That Thing 2. Alberta Blues 3. Winter Time Blues 4. The Sheik Waltz 5. The Jazz Fiddler 6. Sitting On Top Of The World 7. Stop And Listen Blues Side B: 1. Lonely One In This Town 2. We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now 3. Cracking Them Things 4. Grinding Old Fool 5. Jake Leg Blues 6. Back To Mississippi 7. West Jackson Blues""
