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Wortham Watts
Wortham Watts was the real name of Beaumont deejay and veteran country singer Slim Watts, who'd been recording since 1950 and had cut a fine rocker Tu-La-Lou for Starday in 1957. Born in 1925, after working in south Louisiana in the latter '40s, Watts joined Richard Prine's All-Stars, one of the best western swing groups on the Gulf Coast during the period. He recorded with Prine on Ayo, then took over the band during the latter half of 1950.
He recorded for Four Star, enjoying some regional action with It's A Blue Monday and become an area country music fixture for the next decade. It's unclear whether he actually had much to do with Lonesome or its flip Cotton Picker other than lending the release his name; both sides were credited to Watts and fellow KFDM deejay J.P. Richardson -- soon to emerge as an unlikely star called The Big Bopper following the release of Chantilly Lace on 'D' 1008. Lonesome was a driving sax and guitar driven rock 'n' roll instrumental, cut at Gold Star featuring house musicians like Hal Harris on lead guitar and Link Davis on tenor sax. Watts died in 1986.
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