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October 3, 1959
- On October 3, 1959, Sam Charters, with the assistance of his wife Ann Charters, recorded Furry in his rented room in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were released on a Folkways Records LP that same year.
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Many sources give 1893, the date he gave in his later years, but the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest 1899, based on his 1900 census entry, and other sources suggest 1895 or 1898. [2] His family moved to Memphis when he was age 7. [1] He acquired the nickname Furry from childhood playmates.
In 1927, Furry Lewis traveled to Chicago and recorded twelve songs for the Vocalion label between May and October. After returning to Memphis, he laid down twelve more cuts for the Vocalion and Victor labels between August 1928 and September 1929.
Walter E. Lewis was born March 6, 1893 in Greenwood Mississippi. When he was around seven years old his peers gave him the nickname of “Furry,” by which he became known as a famous songwriter and American blues guitarist. By the age of 15 he was performing on the streets, in taverns and parties and even with the renowned W.C. Handy.
Furry Lewis was one of the foremost figures in Memphis blues, both during the 1920s when he made his first recordings and again during the blues revival of the ’60s and ’70s. Lewis was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, possibly on March 6, 1899, although dates of 1893 and 1895 have also been cited.
In 1927, Lewis cut his first records in Chicago for the Vocalion label. A year later he recorded for the Victor label at the Memphis Auditorium in a session that saw sides waxed by the Memphis Jug Band, Jim Jackson, Frank Stokes, and others. He again recorded for Vocalion in Memphis in 1929.
In 1899, when Walter was six years old and about the time he picked up the nickname “Furry.” Furry never went to school much; he got his schooling on Beale Street. He learned his first chords on a homemade, put-together guitar and was soon sitting in with some of the older street musicians.
Of all the old Blues singers who were rediscovered in the 60s, Furry Lewis was by far the most engaging character. With his peg-leg, his inexhaustable stock of stories, his considerable skill with a guitar and his witty songs, he became a Blues Celebrity on TV, in movies and even in Playboy Magazine. Walter Lewis was born in Greenville ...
