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C A T   I R O N; source: Notes accompanying Folkways FA 2389; photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.
source: Notes accompanying Folkways FA 2389; photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.
The guitar was a loan from a neighbour by the name of "Hawkins"
'Cat Iron'
real name: William Carridine [most sources claim "Carradine"]
'Cat Iron' is not an actual nickname, but a mishearing of his surname
b. September 8, 1898 in Garden City, Louisiana Roxie, Franklin County, Mississippi, a few miles east of Natchez, MS

d. November 11, 1958 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
buried November 17, 1958 at Natchez National Cemetery, Mississippi, Plot I 0 114
 

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11958Cat-Iron Sings Blues And Hymns

- Poor Boy A Long, Long Way From Home   @ youtube
- Don't Your House Look Lonesome   @ youtube
- Tell Me, You Didn't Mean Me No Good   @ youtube
- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- I'm Goin' To Walk Your Log   @ youtube
- Got A Girl In Ferriday, One In Greenwood Town [XTRA: 'Farriday']   @ youtube

- Well I'm In Your Hand   @ youtube
- When I Lay My Burden Down   @ youtube
- Old Time Religion   @ youtube
- Fix Me Right   @ youtube
- O, The Blood Done Signed My Name   @ youtube
- When The Saints Go Marching Home   @ youtube

rec. / prod. 1957 at Carridine's home at 7 Buckner's Alley in Natchez, Mississippi by Frederic Ramsey Jr.; "Cat Iron", voc, g
photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.

notes (8 pp. booklet with notes and lyrics transcriptions) by Frederic Ramsey Jr.
 
Folkways FA 2389 (US 1958)

notes (July 1969) by Mike Raven
click to read notes by Mike Raven!
= XTRA 1087 (UK 1969) "Cat Iron Sings Blues And Hymns"


= Smithsonian Folkways FA 2389 (custom CDR) (US 2007)

notes by Frederic Ramsey Jr.
; click to enlarge! ; click to enlarge! ; click to enlarge! ; click to enlarge!
= Exit Stencil ESR047 (12 inch LP) (US 11/2016) Reissue limited to 500 copies world-wide. Complete with reproduction of liner notes booklet and on translucent yellow vinyl

XTRA Records discography

21966Songs Of Worship
Folk Music Of The World

Leadbelly
- Meeting At The Building
- We Shall Walk Through The Valley
- Every Time
Big Bill Broonzy
- Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is
- Meet Me In Galilee
The Moving Star Hall Singers
- See God's Ark A'Moving
- Ezekiel In The Valley
- You Got To Move


Cat Iron [Folkways FA 2389]
- Well, I'm In Your Hand
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Old Time Religion
- O, The Blood Done Signed My Name
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Were You There?
- You May Bury Me In The East
- He Arose


"Performances in this recording are from the collection and publications of Folkways Records and used by permission."
ed. by Clement J. McNaspy; artwork by Frank Biondo

notes by Clement J. McNaspy

ARS AR 1045 (US 1966) (American Record Society) (Music for Everyman series)

32003Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

- Old Jabo - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Mule-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon
- Black Woman - Vera Hall
- Mercury Blues - K. C. Douglas
- Ran The Blues Out Of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes
- Leaving Blues - Lead Belly
- One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree
- Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson
- Nickel's Worth Of Liver - Edith North Johnson And Henry Brown
- Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams

- Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron [Folkways FA 2389]
- Candy Man - Rev. Gary Davis
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon
- Come Go Home With Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Careless Love - Josh White
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend
- Rising Sun - Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry
- Pony Blues - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten
- Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Oh Baby, You Don't Have To Go - The Chambers Brothers
- Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly And Josh White


prod. by Barry Lee Pearson

notes by Barry Lee Pearson

Folkways Smithsonian SFW40134 (US 2003)

42003Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways   Vol. 2

- Dark Road - Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry
- Step It Up And Go - Warner Williams
- It Was Early One Morning - Lead Belly
- Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home - Nora Lee King
- That's No Way To Do - Pink Anderson
- Farro Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery
- I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues) - Son House
- Graveyard Blues - Roscoe Holcomb
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Big Fat Mama - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Lucinda Williams
- Lieutenant Blues - Thomas Mcfarland (Barrelhouse Buck)
- The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry And Friends
- Little Drops Of Water - Edith North Johnson And Henry Brown
- When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too) - Big Bill Broonzy

- Poor Boy A Long, Long Way From Home - Cat-Iron [Folkways FA 2389]
- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More - Shortstuff Macon
- 'way Behind The Sun - Barbara Dane
- Tell Me, Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Just A Dream - Memphis Slim
- Jelly Jelly - Josh White
- Down In The Alley - The Chambers Brothers


prod. by Barry Lee Pearson

notes by Barry Lee Pearson

Folkways Smithsonian SFW40148 (US 2003)

56/2013Jimmy Bell - The Blues of Cat Iron

- Jimmy Bell (2:16)
- Old Time Religion (2:10)
- Poor Boy A Long Long Way From Home (2:53)
- Fix Me Right (2:08)
- Tell Me You Didn't Mean Me No Good (2:13)
- Got A Girl In Farraday, One In Greenwood (2:58)
- Well, I'm In Your Hand (1:47)
- When I Lay My Burden Down (1:40)
- Don't Your House Look Lonesome (2:03)
- I'm Going To Walk Your Log (1:52)
- O, The Blood Done Sign My Name (1:57)
- When The Saints Go Marching In (2:08)


FourMatt Music FMATT632 (US 6/2013)

 

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Other artists' Covers of Cat Iron's songs
#year
of release
Artist:
Record Title

- featured Cat Iron song / label # / notes
106/63Koerner, Ray & Glover: Blues, Rags and Hollers

- Linin' Track
- Ramblin' Blues
- It's All Right
- Hangman
- Ted Mack Rag #
- Down To Louisiana
- Creepy John
- Bugger Burns
- Sun's Wail
- Dust My Broom #

- One Kind Favor
- Go Down Ol' Hanna
- Good Time Charlie
- Banjo Thing
- Stop That Thing
- Too Bad #
- Snaker's Here
- Low Down Rounder

- Jimmy Bell
- Mumblin' Word #

rec. [in stereo!] March 24, 1963 at the Woman's Club, Milwaukee, Wisconson

whole album has surface noise because of the compressed grooves (10 tracks per side) ! Only 300 pressed!
# tracks not on Elektra EKL-240


Audiophile AP-78 (mono)

Red House RHR 76 (1995)

Tartare CD 8020 (2010)
[CD-R on demand; restored to its original stereo from the original masters; all 20 tracks included!]

211/63Koerner, Ray & Glover: Blues, Rags and Hollers

- Linin' Track
- Ramblin' Blues
- It's All Right
- Hangman
- Down To Louisiana
- Creepy John
- Bugger Burns
- Sun's Wail
- One Kind Favor
- Go Down Ol' Hanna
- Good Time Charlie
- Banjo Thing
- Stop That Thing
- Snaker's Here
- Low Down Rounder

- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube

These reissues are missing four tunes from the original Audiophile release


Elektra EKL-240 (mono)


= Mode Disques MDINT 9194 (Fr) "Chants du Sud des Etats-Unis"

31971Stoney & Meatloaf

- (I'd Love To Be) As Heavy As Jesus
- She Waits By The Window
- It Takes All Kinds Of People
- Game Of Love
- Kiss Me Again

- What You See Is What You Get
- Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)

- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- Lady Be Mine
- Jessica White


Rare Earth R-528L


Prodigal PDL 2010 (1978)

Tamla Motown ZL 72217 (1986)

41976The Numbers Band: Jimmy Bell's Still In Town

- Animal Speaks
- About The Eye Game
- Narrow Road
- Thief


- Jimmy Bell (10:55)   @ youtube
- About Leaving Day


Water Brothers
Glitterhouse GRCD-522 (UK)
Hearpen HR-112 Bomba (Jp) Hearthan

51978Peter Lang: Back To The Wall

- Going Down The China Road
- Back To The Wall
- Guitar Rag
- Country Blues Medley

- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- Colored Aristocracy

- My Dear Mary Anne
- Halloween Blues
- Living In The Weeds
- Windy And Warm
- This World Is Not My Home
- Farewell Maximillian


rec. 1975


Waterhouse 7

601/84Crossroads
(White Blues In The 1960s - The Jac Holzman Years )

Koerner, Ray & Glover
- Linin' Track
- Hangman
- One Kin Favor
- Banjo Thing

- Jimmy Bell
- Corrina
- Fannin Street
- Black Dog

- Poor Howard
- Black Betty
- Broke-Down Engine
- Rent Party Rag
- Don't Let Your Right Hand Know What Your Left Hand Do
- Can't Get My Rest At Night


Elektra 60383-1-U

706/93Ray & Glover: Picture Has Faded

- Tell Me Mama
- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- Can't See Your Face
- Downtown Blues
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Long-Haired Doney
- Ice Blue

- Going Away Blues
- Afraid To Trust Them
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Saturday Blues
- New Buddy Brown
- If It Looks Like Jelly
- As The Years Go Passing By

EP bonus tracks:
- I Had To Give Up Gym
- Big Road

- What's Going On Wrong
- Temple's Cure


The LP release contains a 45 EP bonus record with additional four tunes
Tim/Kerr Records 92LP036 + 92EP036


Tim/Kerr Records 92CD036

81995The Sharks: Like A Van Parked On A Dark Curve

- Perfect Days
- Gone To The Dogs
- Cry Like A Baby
- Wake Me When It's Time To Dance
- White Man

- Jimmy Bell

- The First Thing
- Die For Love
- Can't Stop Thinking About Me
- Blues Rags And Hollers
- The Shadow Knows


rec. March 1993


Bubblehead BH003 (UK)
= Angel Air SJPCD 090 (1998)

92002Tom Doughty: The Bell

- Banty Rooster
- Tell Me (You Didn't Mean Me No Good)
- Under The Bright Moon
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Sleepwalk
- Built Right On The Ground
- Into The Bong
- Mama In The Kitchen
- Ben Hall
- Been On The Road So Long
- Come Back Baby
- I'll Make Love To You Anytime
- The Bell


Corker Music CCD001

102007Peter Lang live at Charlotte's Web

- Daylight Is Darkkness
- Drifting Away
- Farewell Maximillian
- Fatback & Greens
- Future Shot At The Rainbow
- Going Down The China Road
- Green Apple Quickstep
- Two Steps Forward,One Step Back
- When Kings Come Home
- That Will Never Happen No More / Angel Of Baffins Bay
- Wide Oval Rip-off
- My Dear Mary Anne
- Young Man, Young Man, Look At Your Shoes
- Halloween Blues / That's All Right Medley
- Adair's Song
- Back To The Wall
- Colored Aristocracy
- Country Blues Medley
- Guitar Rag
- I Should Have Known

- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- Living In The Weeds
- Quetico Reel / Poor Howard
- R.C. Rag
- Red Meat On The Road
- Round Worm Reel / Snow Toad
- St. Charles Shuffle
- There Will Be A Happy Meeting In Heaven Tonight
- Toth's Song
- Turnpike Terror

2 CD + DVD package

Snapshot CD

112007Watermelon Slim & The Workers: The Wheel Man

- The Wheel Man
- I've Got News
- Black Water

- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube
- Newspaper Reporter
- Drinking & Driving
- Fast Eddie
- Sawmill Holler
- Truck Driving Mama
- I Know One
- Got Love If You Want It
- Rattlesnake
- Peaches
- Judge Harsh Blues


Northern Blues CD 38

122014Phil Wiggins & Dom Turner: Owing The Devil A Day's Work

- Roberta
- Jimmy Bell   @ youtube (live footage)
- Going Down South
- No Ice In My Bourbon
- Louis Collins
- Special Rider Blues
- Stop And Listen
- Some Of These Days
- No Fools Is Fun
- New York City
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Last Fair Deal Gone Done
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- When You Got A Good Friend


rec. October 2014 at Oceanic Studios in Sydney, Australia by Jim Moginie


(Phil Wiggins & Dom Turner) PWDT01 (Australia 2014)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 75
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 215
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 87
- Elenora Gralow: William Carradine = Cat Iron?- Blues World 43 (Summer 1972), p. 9
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 108
- David Harrison: Carradine, William 'Cat-Iron'.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 1 (A-L).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 184
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, John Miller, Phil Wight and Gene Tomko for additional info / scans

 

William Carridine at his home at 7 Buckner's Alley [now '7 Buckner Ave.'], Natchez; source: Jazz Monthly November 1957, p. 3; photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.; click to enlarge!
William Carridine at his home at 7 Buckner's Alley [now "7 Buckner Ave."], Natchez
source: Jazz Monthly November 1957, p. 3
photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.

 

William Carridine at Buckner's Alley, Natchez, playing for the CBS documentary 'Seven Lively Arts'; source: Paul Oliver: The Story of the Blues.- London (The Cresset Press) 1969, p. 164; photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.; click to enlarge!
William Carridine at Buckner's Alley, Natchez, playing for the CBS documentary "Seven Lively Arts"
source: Paul Oliver: The Story of the Blues.- London (The Cresset Press) 1969, p. 164
photographer: Frederic Ramsey Jr.

 

William Carradine = Cat Iron? source: Blues World 43 (Summer 1972), p. 9; click to read article !
Elenora Gralow: William Carradine = Cat Iron?
source: Blues World 43 (Summer 1972), p. 9

 

7 Buckner Avenue, Natchez, April 2014; source: ; click to enlarge!
7 Buckner Avenue, Natchez, April 2014
source: https://www.google.com/maps/place/7+Buckner+Ave,+Natchez,+MS+39120,+USA/@31.5674994,-91.3935567,3a,75y,91.07h,96.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sExbJ-yafjAJG0JXwKeZkrQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8625f70f1a64b045:0x5cf4807322d24ad5!8m2!3d31.5674601!4d-91.3933027

 

 

 

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