{"id":1427,"date":"2021-04-23T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1427"},"modified":"2021-04-23T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:35:02","slug":"charles-caldwell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1427","title":{"rendered":"Charles Caldwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Charles W. Caldwell<\/strong>\u00a0(May 18, 1943 \u2013 September 3, 2003)\u00a0was an American\u00a0musician\u00a0from\u00a0Mississippi, known for a raw and fiery brand of electric\u00a0North Mississippi Hill Country Blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caldwell was a lifelong resident of the hill country around\u00a0Coffeeville, Mississippi. He spent most of his adult life working at an industrial plant in\u00a0Grenada, Mississippi\u00a0that manufactured heating and cooling equipment. His public performances were limited to stints at parties and local\u00a0j<\/a>uke joints. Although Caldwell had begun playing the blues as a\u00a0teenager, his repertoire remained unrecorded until 2002, when he met\u00a0Fat Possum Records\u00a0boss Matthew Johnson. Impressed with Caldwell’s playing and personal charisma, Thompson set up\u00a0recording\u00a0sessions at The Money Shot in\u00a0Water Valley, Mississippi. Most songs featured just Caldwell’s\u00a0voice\u00a0and\u00a0electric guitar, though a few tracks included minimal\u00a0drums. Midway through the sessions, Caldwell was diagnosed with\u00a0pancreatic cancer, but he doggedly continued recording. He died in September 2003 at the age of 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His sole album,\u00a0Remember Me<\/em>, was released posthumously on 24 February 2004, garnering favorable reviews and comparisons to such artists as labelmate\u00a0Junior Kimbrough,\u00a0John Lee Hooker, and the early\u00a0Muddy Waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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