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