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Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather (March 31, 1905 – February 23, 1953) was an American pianist and blues singer. He was mainly active in Chicago through the 1940s.
Big Maceo Merriweather was one of the most prominent blues recording artists of the 1940s, famed not only for his powerful piano work but for his expressive singing on hits such as Worried Life Blues.
Despite a relatively brief blues career, and authoring and recording one of the all-time blues classics in “Worried Life Blues”, Major “Big Maceo” Merriweather allotted a legacy that inspired the next generation of Chicago blues piano artists.
Major Merriweather. Born : March 31, 1905 in Atlanta, Georgia. Died : February 23, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Big Maceo Merriweather was an American blues pianist and singer, active in Chicago in the 1940s, he was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
BIG MACEO MERRIWEATHER. Maceo Merriweather was in important interpreter of urban piano Blues technique, who helped to transform the rough barrel-house styles of the Southern juke-joints and ‘sporting houses’ into the more sophisticated improvisations heard on the Chicago club scene.
Major Merriweather, better known as Big Maceo Merriweather, was an American pianist and blues singer. He was mainly active in Chicago through the 1940s.
An influential singer and pianist of the 1940s, whose smoky voice and commanding keyboard skills had a major influence on the Chicago blues sound. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1920s - 1950s. Born. March 31, 1905 in Newnan, GA. Died. February 23, 1953 in Chicago, IL. Genre. Blues, Pop/Rock. Styles.
