{"id":1353,"date":"2021-04-21T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1353"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:58:58","slug":"joe-callicott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1353","title":{"rendered":"Joe Callicott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8221;Mississippi&#8221; Joe Callicott was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. In 1929 he played second guitar in Garfield Akers&#8217; duet recording, &#8221;Cottonfield Blues&#8221;. His &#8221;Love Me Baby Blues&#8221; has been covered by various artists, e.g. by Ry Cooder. Arhoolie Records recorded Callicott commercially in the mid-1960s. Some of his 1967 recordings were re-released in 2003, on the Fat Possum record label. His best known recordings are &#8221;Great Long Ways From Home&#8221; and &#8221;Hoist Your Window and Let Your Curtain Down&#8221;. Callicott also recorded, as noted by one music journalist, &#8221;his lilting &#8221;Fare Thee Well Blues.&#8221;&#8221; He served as a mentor to the guitarist Kenny Brown when Brown was ten years old. Joe Callicott is buried in the Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Nesbit, Mississippi. On April 29, 1995, a memorial headstone was placed on his grave arranged by the Mt. 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Joe Callicott was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. In 1929 he played second guitar in Garfield Akers&#8217; duet recording, &#8221;Cottonfield Blues&#8221;. His &#8221;Love Me Baby Blues&#8221; has been covered by various artists, e.g. by Ry Cooder. 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