(Memphis Willie Borum)
(5CD)
BIOGRAPHY
When he was in his early twenties Borum met up with Noah Lewis, harp
player with the other professional jug band in Memphis, Gus Cannon's Jug
Stompers. Lewis taught Borum to play harmonica, and the combination of
guitar and harp allowed Borum to widen his style and gradually move away
from the jug band approach. He started working with other popular bluesmen
of the period including Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) Williamson and Robert
Johnson.
Borum first recorded when he was twenty three years old for Vocalion
using the name Memphis Willie B. He continued to play the party and juke
joint circuit in Memphis and in Mississippi until he was drafted into the
army in 1943. After the 2nd World War Borum found it difficult to
re-establish his career, musical tastes had changed and his style of music
was no longer popular, and he was forced to find work outside of music.
The blues revival of the 1960's brought a few good years back and he was
successful on the college and blues festival circuit for a while. However
by the end of the 1960's he disappeared from the music scene and he was
reported to have died in Memphis in the early 1970's.
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