Casey Bill Weldon

William "Casey Bill" Weldon (December 10, 1909 – circa 1970) was an American country blues musician.

Weldon was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States, and later lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and was known as one of the early pioneers of the slide guitar. He played upbeat, hokum and country blues tunes. Playing a National steel guitar flat on his lap Hawaiian style, "Casey Bill" Weldon was known as the "Hawaiian Guitar Wizard". He was married to singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie in the 1920s. Only recently it has been widely accepted that Casey Bill Weldon is not the same musician as "Will Weldon" who recorded between 1927 and 1928 as a member of the Memphis Jug Band.

Weldon cut over 60 sides for Bluebird and Vocalion. He was also an active session guitarist appearing on records by Teddy Darby, Bumble Bee Slim, Peetie Wheatstraw, and Memphis Minnie. On Memphis Minnie's last recording for Bluebird Records in October 1935, Weldon accompanied her for the first time. He played on two sides, "When the Sun Goes Down, Part 2" and "Hustlin' Woman Blues." He scored solo hits with his two most well known songs, "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on That Door", and "We Gonna Move (to the Outskirts of Town)."

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Those Dirty Blues, Volume 3 released: 2011
Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment in the Blues released: 2008
Doom & Gloom - Early Songs of Angst & Disaster, 1927-1945 released: 2008
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar released: 2005
Memphis Jug Band and Cannon's Jug Stompers released: 2005
The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues released: 2005
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911 - 1940 released: 2004
Century of the Blues released: 2004
The Story of the Blues released: 2003
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey released: 2001
Broke, Black & Blue released: 2000
Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon released: 2000
Slide Guitar: The Streamline Special released: 1998
Too Late, Too Late: More Newly Discovered Titles and Alternate Takes, Volume 7 (1927-1955) released: 1997
Roots of Rock n' Roll, Volume 2: 1938-1946 released: 1997
Juke Joint Blues released: 1996
The Essential Recordings of Slide Guitar Blues released: 1995
Too Late Too Late: More Newly Discovered Titles & Alternate Takes, Volume 4 (1892-1937) released: 1995
Blues Fireworks released: 1995
Too Late, Too Late: Newly Discovered Titles & Alternate Takes, Volume 3 (1927-1960's) released: 1994
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's released: 1992
Legends of the Blues Volume Two released: 1991
Frank Stokes' Dream: The Memphis Blues 1927-1931 released: 1991
News & the Blues - Telling It Like It Is released: 1990
The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel released: 1990
The Roots of Robert Johnson released: 1990
Chicago Slide Guitar Masters: From Tampa Red to Elmore James released:
Hawaiian Music: Honolulu - Hollywood - Nashville 1927-1944 released:
Roll & Tumble Blues: A History of Slide Guitar released:
The Steamline Special released:
Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers released:
Blues in History II released:
The Prewar Blues Story released: