Formed in 1930 as a trio of guitar and fiddle music, the original lineup was composed of Lonnie, Sam and Armenter Chatmon, the later best known as Bo Carter, who was also a solo star of the period. The Mississippi Sheiks took their name from Rudolph Valentino's movie The Shiek and became extremely popular in the 1930s despite the fact that the famous country music artists of the day were almost all solo artists. Their first single, "Sittin' On Top Of The World," was also their biggest success. It went on to become a standard country blues song covered by many artists of the caliber of Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan and Cream.

Track Listing
1. Driving That Thing
2. Alberta Blues
3. Winter Time Blues
4. The Sheik Waltz
5. The Jazz Fiddler
6. Sitting On Top Of The World
7. Stop And Listen Blues
8. Lonely One In This Town
9. We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now
10. Cracking Them Things
11. Grinding Old Fool
12. Jake Leg Blues
13. Back To Mississippi
14. West Jackson Blues