American blues drummer. Son of Robert Nighthawk.
Born : April 17, 1926 in (near) Marvell, Arkansas.
Died : September 21, 2009 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Born near Marvell, Arkansas, McCollum was adopted as a toddler by the Carr family and raised on their farm near Dundee, Mississippi.[2] He took their surname.
At 16, Carr returned to Arkansas, where he played bass for his biological father, Robert Nighthawk, an established blues musician, and also worked as a chauffeur. He married Doris in 1946, and they began sharecropping in Helena, Arkansas. He was involved in a dispute over a borrowed mule team with the plantation owner, who attempted to beat him. Carr later stated, "I wasn't going to let him whoop me, that was plumb out of the question. From that day on, white people called me crazy."[2][3]
The Carrs moved to Chicago and then St. Louis to live with Carr’s biological mother. In St. Louis, Carr began playing bass guitar with the harmonica player Tree Top Slim. Carr formed his own band, Little Sam Carr and the Blue Kings, which initially featured Nighthawk's second wife, Early Bea, on drums, until Carr decided to take on that role.[2] The band played mostly in "low-class clubs" in poor neighborhoods of St. Louis.
In 1956, Carr began working regularly with Frank Frost, who played the harmonica and guitar.
2010
SuperBird
CD, Album
2007
2001
Black Magic Records (2)
CD, Album, Dig
2001
Fedora
CD, Album
2000
Fedora
CD, Album
1999
1996
Evidence (5)
CD, Album
2008
Mudpuppy Recordings
CD, Album
2007
Blue Label (3)
CD, Album
2006
Rawtone Records (2)
CD, Album
2006
2004
R.O.A.D. Records
CD, Album
2004
Amogla Records
CDr, Album, Mono, Enh
2004
Severn Records
CD, Album
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
Cannonball Records (2)
CD, Album, Comp
2000
2000
1999
1998
Fat Possum Records, Sympathy For The Record Industry
7", Single
1998
Smithsonian Folkways
2xCD, Album
1998
1997
Rooster Blues Records
CD, Album
1997
1997
1996
Big Boss Records (9)
CD
1995
1993
1992
1992
1992
1990
Jewel Records (3), Ronn Records, Paula Records, P-Vine Records
CD, Comp, RM
1990
1989
1985
1981
1979
1976
1974
Sun (9), Sun (9)
2xLP, Comp, Mono
2010
SuperBird
CD, Album, Comp
2007
Blue Label (3)
CD, Comp
2004
Lucerne Blues Festival
2xCD, Comp, Promo
2003
Blues Revue
CD, Smplr
2003
2000
Lucerne Blues Festival
2xCD, Promo
1998
Lucerne Blues Festival
CD, Comp, Promo
1990
2009
Amogla Records (2)
CD, Album, Unofficial
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