Song:Dirty Mistreater
Album:Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1933-1935
Curley Weaver was known as The Georgia Guitar Wizard. He is probably best known for recording and touring with another blues legend Blind Willie McTell. So I think Weaver's career was overshadowed. He was born Mar. 26, 1906 in Covington, GA. He grew up on a cotton farm. His mother Savanah Shepard was a local guitar legend. She taught him, his pal Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks and his brother Charlie Hicks to play guitar. Weaver worked Atlanta clubs with Barbecue Bob. Bob was the first to record with Columbia Records in 1927. And that led to Weaver recording for Columbia in 1928. They also recorded with Eddie Mapp and as part of the Georgia Cotton Pickers. They met 16 year old harmonica player Buddy Moss and taught him the guitar. Then Weaver met Blind Willie McTell. At first they recorded with Moss and Fred McMullen as The Georgia Browns. Then Barbecue Bob died of pneumonia. And Eddie Mapp was murdered. And that left Weaver, McTell and Moss and they recorded McTell's song Dirty Mistreater in 1933. You can get it on this comp CD from Document Records. Then Moss went to prison. Weaver and McTell toured together for the next twenty years. They recorded together in the late 40s. And those recordings are also available on Document. They slowed down in the 50s mostly due to McTell's failing health. Then Weaver went blind and he died on Sept. 20, 1962 at age 56. Here's a video of Dirty Mistreater by Curley Weaver with Blind Willie McTell and Buddy Moss.
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