Little Buddy Doyle

Little Buddy Doyle
Birth name Charlie Doyle
Born March 20, 1911(1911-03-20)
Forrest City, Arkansas, United States
Died Unknown
Genres Country blues, Memphis blues[1]
Occupations Guitarist, singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Labels Okeh, Vocalion
Associated acts Big Walter Horton, Hammie Nixon

Little Buddy Doyle (March 20, 1911 – unknown)[2] was an American Memphis and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[1] He was a working associate of Big Walter Horton and Hammie Nixon.

Charlie Doyle was probably born in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. During the 1930s, the diminutive Doyle performed regularly on Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee.[2][3]

It is generally accepted that Big Walter Horton made his first recording backing Doyle, on Doyle's Memphis based eight song recordings made for the Okeh and Vocalion labels in 1939.[4] Doyle also recorded with the harmonica player, Hammie Nixon, around the same time, although some of their recorded work remains unissued.[5]

Little is known of Doyle's life outside of his recorded work, and his death appears to be unrecorded.

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Discography

Doyle's known tracks include "Bad in Mind Blues"; "Grief Will Kill You", "Hard Scufflin' Blues", "Lost Baby Blues", "Renewed Love Blues", "She's Got Good Dry Goods", "Slick Caper Blues", "Sweet Man Blues" and "Three Sixty Nine Blues". Several are featured on the following compilation albums.

Album title Record label Year of release
Sounds of Memphis (1933-1939) Story of the Blues Records 1987
Roots 'n Blues: The Retrospective 1925–1950 Legacy Recordings 1992

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References

  1. ^ a b "Little Buddy Doyle". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-buddy-doyle-p151140/overview. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Little Buddy Doyle". Spotibot.com. http://spotibot.com/artist/6WesPY5lG0labyNWb0ddza. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  3. ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 25. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. 
  4. ^ "Big Walter Horton biography by Steve Huey". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p373/biography. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
  5. ^ Oliver, Paul (2009). Barrelhouse blues: location recording and the early traditions of the blues (1st ed.). New York: BasicCivitas Books. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-465-00881-0. 
  6. ^ "Allmusic ((( Little Buddy Doyle > Songs )))". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-buddy-doyle-p151140/discography.