Mississippi Sheiks

Blues string band, who recorded prolifically for OKeh 1930-1931, for Paramount in 1932, for Columbia/OKeh 1933, and for Bluebird 1934-1935.

"This group consisted at various times of: [a=Bo Chatman], v/g/vn; Lonnie Chatman [i.e., [a=Lonnie Chatmon]], v/vn; Sam Chatman [i.e. [a=Sam Chatmon]], v/g; [a=Walter Vinson], v/g/vn. The instrumentation used is obviously very interchangeable and true personnels are at most times difficult to determine." (Blues and gospel records 1890-1943 (1997), p. 642)

See also [a=Chatman Brothers], [a=Jackson Blue Boys], and [a=Mississippi Blacksnakes] for similar groups with some of the same musicians.