Carolina Blues

In the 1940s, East Coast blues musicians Alex Stewart and Louis “Fat Boy” Hayes often performed together as Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly. Their gentle swing style of the blues, although not as intense as the Mississippi Delta style, still retained the rural blues flavor. This collection of 29 original songs by Stewart and Hayes was recorded in New York City in 1944. The liner notes describe Stewart’s singing voice as smooth and Hayes’s as rough. After the end of World War II, Stewart remained in New York and often performed with blues harmonica player Sonny Terry.

Track Listing

101	Ups and Downs Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:28
102	Crooked Wife Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:33
103	Snowing and Raining	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:43
104	No More Hard Time	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:18
105	She's Evil and Mean	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:40
106	Mike and Jerry	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:26
107	Don't Leave Me All by Myself	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:45
108	South Carolina Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:37
109	Crying Won't Make Me Stay	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:40
110	Big Trouble Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:51
111	Humming Bird Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:37
112	Right and Wrong Woman	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:52
113	Southern Whistle Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:28
114	Jail and Buddy Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:52
115	Mean Girl Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:38
116	Travelin' Boy's Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	03:01
117	Railroad Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:53
118	Yellow and Brown Woman	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:39
119	Bad Acting Woman	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:30
120	Christmas Time Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:43
121	Cooking Big Woman	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	03:00
122	You're My Honey	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:38
123	Early Morning Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:38
124	Isabel	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:50
125	Hard Luck Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:42
126	Unhappy Home Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:35
127	Working Man Blues	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:34
128	Why, Oh Why	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:31
129	Betty and Dupree	Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	02:42