Jesse Fuller

Jesse " Lone Cat" Fuller ( born March 12, 1896 in Jonesboro near Atlanta, Georgia, USA, † January 29, 1976 in Oakland, California ) was an African-American blues musician.

He has become best known for his song " San Francisco Bay Blues ," which was enacted by a large number of musicians, so among other things, by The Blues Band, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ramblin 'Jack Elliott, Richie Havens, Hot Tuna, Janis Joplin, Mungo Jerry and Peter, Paul & Mary. The Grateful Dead who covered some of his pieces. The first song on Bob Dylan's first, published in 1962 LP is Jesse Fuller's song "You're No Good ".

Because he same 12 -string guitar, harmonica and kazoo, hi-hat and a homemade bass instrument, the ' Fotdella ', played, he was also a one-man -band ( ' one-man - band' ) denotes.

Only in 1955, his first, in 1954 recorded record has been issued, a 10 -inch LP on the label ' World Song '. This was followed by recordings for various companies such as Good Time Jazz, Prestige, Bluesville, Folk Lyric, Topic, Fontana and Arhoolie. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he made extensive tours. He played at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, in Europe, and was a regular on colleges, coffee houses and other scene - Performance varieties. His repertoire included not only blues pieces, but also traditional folk songs, ragtime numbers and religious songs.