Charles Caldwell

Biography

Charles W. Caldwell (May 18, 1943 – September 3, 2003) was an American musician from Mississippi, known for a raw and fiery brand of electric North Mississippi hill country blues.
Caldwell was a lifelong resident of the hill country around Coffeeville, Mississippi. He spent most of his adult life working at an industrial plant in Grenada, Mississippi that manufactured heating and cooling equipment. His public performances were limited to stints at parties and local juke joints. Although Caldwell had begun playing the blues as a teenager, his repertoire remained unrecorded until 2002, when he met Fat Possum Records boss Matthew Johnson. Impressed with Caldwell's playing and personal charisma, Thompson set up recording sessions at The Money Shot in Water Valley, Mississippi. Most songs featured just Caldwell's voice and electric guitar, though a few tracks included minimal drums. Midway through the sessions, Caldwell was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but he doggedly continued recording. He died in September 2003 at the age of 60.
His sole album, Remember Me×Remember Me24 February 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Hadn't I Been Good to You4:102Old Buck3:403I Know I Done You Wrong2:504I Got Something to Tell You4:145I'll do Anything You Say3:006Alone for a Long Time4:007Movin' Out Movin' In4:028Down the Road of Love3:059Same Man5:1610Goin' Through the Woods2:4311Remember Me3:22, was released posthumously on 24 February 2004, garnering favorable reviews and comparisons to such artists as labelmate Junior Kimbrough, John Lee Hooker, and the early Muddy Waters.