Vicksburg Blues - Walter Miller

Walter Miller was born in Whiteville, TN. on February 7, 1907. The details of his life are scarce and it's not really known when he moved to Memphis to become a musician. By the time that George Mitchell recorded him for Arhoolie in Memphis, Miller was 60 years old. Mitchell recorded three solo sides by him, (one was unissued at the time), and also recorded him as a duet with the Memphis blues legend Dewey Corley. Mitchell described Miller as "An untidy man who takes to the bottle whenever he can, living in a room of one of the many dilapidated apartment complexes on the sideroads off Beale Street". Mitchell recorded him again in Memphis in 1969, the two cuts appeared on a Flyright Records LP compilation in England. Bengt Olsson recorded one more song from Miller in 1969 or 1970, that appeared on a U.S.A. Adephi Records comp, where he was backed by guitarist Willie Morris and Mose Vinson on piano. The details about Miller seem to drop off after this. Another Walter Miller recorded for Meteor Records in Memphis in the 1950's, they are not the same artist.
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