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Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years (take 1) rec. December 10, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; ts; prob. Walter Horton, hca; Willie Johnson, g; g ... originally unissued, this recording taken from Titanic TRC 6006 (It 2008) "Red Hot about The Blues - Previously Unreleased Sun Recordings" Willie Nix photo: Willie Nix in front of his home in Monroe, Louisiana, 1960; source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown", p. 110; photographer: Paul Oliver Willie Nix discography at http://www.wirz.de/music/nix.htm All other versions of "Seems Like A Million Years" to be found on Youtube are either the version originally published on Sun 179 (10 inch 78 rpm, rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g) or take 2 from the December 1952 session) - afaik
Joe Willie Wilkins, born January 7, 1923 (or 1921) in Davenport, Mississippi, died March 28, 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, was an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He played with Sonny Boy Williamson (2) and Robert Lockwood Jr. in the 1930s-1940s, and beginning in 1951-1952 was heard backing artists such as Arthur Crudup, Willie Love, Willie Nix, and Sonny Boy Williamson recorded for Sun or Trumpet. Only in the 1970s did Wilkins record under his own name, including a full album, re...
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