Mississippi Sheiks
Seminal fiddle and guitar group The Mississippi Sheiks were there at the birth
of the blues, crafting classic melancholy, Americana folk songs that would
influence everyone from Les Paul and Rory Gallagher to Bob Dylan. Led by Bo
Carter and his brothers Lonnie and Sam Chatmon, they took their name from the
Rudolph Valentino film The Sheik and gained notoriety thanks to their bawdy,
tongue-in-cheek songs Banana In Your Fruit Basket, Jake Leg Blues and Driving
That Thing. Their signature tune Sitting On Top Of The World became a million
seller across the US and was later inducted i...
