McCoy Brothers

Charlie McCoy (b. May 26 1909) and his big brother Joe McCoy (b. May 11 1905) were born four years apart in Jackson, MS and died within a few months of each other in Chicago in 1950. The two men recorded separately and together in a surprisingly diverse range of settings and ensembles. Charlie, a singer, guitarist, and mandolinist who had a lot in common with Yank Rachell and Charlie Burse, tended towards rural blues grooves and is often remembered for sitting in with Tommy Johnson, Ishman Bracey and Walter Vincson. Recordings which were initially released under Charlie's name...