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Will Batts
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Born January 24, 1904 in Michigan Mississippi,died on April 16, 1954. Fiddler Will Batts was the primary instrumentalist in Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band, a popular string band whose music owed a heavy debt to the blues as well as minstrel songs, vaudeville numbers, reels and rags. Batts was working as a farm hand when he decided to pursue a career in music full-time; he soon joined Kelly's band, a fixture of the Beale Street area, and in 1933 they made their first recordings, followed in 1939 by a second and final session. Batts also backed a variety of other Memphis performers, including minstrel singer Frank Stokes; a 1952 session with harpist Big Walter Horton was his last known recording date User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics (1927-34)
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Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
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Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-34
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The Rose Grew Round The Briar: Early American Rural Love Songs, Vol. 2
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Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective: 1925-1950, Vol. Two
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Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936
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Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950) (Disc 2)
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Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1934
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Blues Classics: Big 3 Stomp
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Complete Recorded Works (1933-1939)
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Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950
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Memphis Jamboree (1927-1936)