Arthur "Big Boy" Spires

Blues singer and guitarist, born 1912 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, died in 1990. Spires moved to Chicago to work mostly outside music in 1943. He recorded for Chess/Checker in 1952, for Chance in 1953, for United in 1954/1955 (unissued at the time) and was again recorded by Pete Welding in 1965 (partly released by Storyville).