Little Milton

**Little Milton**, nado o 7 de setembro de 1934, finado o 4 de agosto de 2005, foi un cantante e guitarrista estadounidense de música blues e soul.

## Traxectoria 
Milton naceu na poboación de Inverness, achantada no Delta do Mississippi, e criouse en Greenville canda seu pai, un granxeiro e músico de blues chamado Big Milton. Stax estivo perdendo diñeiro durante toda a década e finalmente caeu en bancarrota en 1975. O seu derradeiro álbum foi *Think of Me*, publicado en maio de 2005 por Telarc.

Milton finou o 4 de agosto de 2005 logo dunhas complicacións tras un infarto.

## Discografía 
### Álbums 
* ''We're Gonna Make It* (1965, Chess) (R&B #3 U.S. #101)
* *Sings Big Blues* (1966, Checker)
* *Grits Ain't Groceries* (1969, Stax) (R&B #41 U.S. #159)
* *If Walls Could Talk* (1970, MCA/Chess) (R&B #23 U.S. #197)
* *Waiting for Little Milton* (1973, Stax) (R&B #39)
* *What It Is: Live at Montreux* (1973, Stax)
* *Blues 'n' Soul* (1974, Stax) (R&B #45)
* *Tin Pan Alley* (1975, Stax)
* *Friend of Mine* (1976, Glades) (R&B #50)
* *Me For You, You For Me* (1977, Glades)
* *Walkin' the Back Streets* (1981, Stax)
* *The Blues Is Alright* (1982, Evidence)
* *Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number* (1983, Mobile Fidelity) (R&B #53)
* *Playing for Keeps* (1984, Malaco) (R&B #55)
* *I Will Survive* (1985, Malaco)
* *Annie Mae's Cafe* (1986, Malaco)
* *Movin' to the Country* (1987, Malaco)
* *Back to Back* (1988, Malaco) (R&B #73)
* *Too Much Pain* (1990, Malaco) (R&B #40)
* *Reality* (1991, Malaco) (R&B #57)
* *I Need Your Love So Bad* (1991, Golden Ear)
* *Strugglin' Lady* (1992, Malaco) (R&B #63)
* *I'm a Gambler* (1994, Malaco)
* *Live at Westville Prison* (1995, Delmark)
* *Cheatin' Habit* (1996, Malaco) (Blues #14)
* *For Real* (1998, Malaco) (Blues #13)
* *Welcome to Little Milton* (1999, Malaco) (Blues #10)
* *Feel It* (2001, Malaco)
* *Guitar Man* (2002, Malaco) (Blues #8)
* *The Blues Is Alright: Live at Kalamazoo* (2004, Varèse Sarabande)
* *Think of Me* (2005, Telarc) (Blues #14)
* *Live at the North Atlantic Blues Festival: His Last Concert* (2006 Camil)

### Singles 
*Lista incompleta''
* "So Mean to Me" (1962) (R&B #14)
* "Blind Man" (1965) (R&B #86)
* "We're Gonna Make It" (1965) (R&B #1 U.S. #25)
* "Who's Cheating Who?" (1965) (R&B #4 U.S. #43)
* "Man Loves Two" (1966) (R&B #45)
* "We Got the Winning Hand" (1966) (U.S. #100)
* "Feel So Bad" (1967) (R&B #7, U.S. #91)
* "I'll Never Turn My Back on You" (1967) (R&B #31)
* "Let Me Down Easy" (1968) (R&B #27)
* "More and More" (1968) (R&B #45)
* "Grits Ain't Groceries" (1969) (R&B #13, U.S. #73)
* "Just a Little Bit" (1969) (R&B #13, U.S. #97)
* "Baby, I Love You" (1970) (R&B #6, U.S. #82)
* "If Walls Could Talk" (1970) (R&B #10, U.S. #71)
* "Somebody's Changin' My Sweet Baby's Mind" (1970) (R&B #22)
* "I Play Dirty" (1971) (R&B #37)
* "If That Ain't a Reason" (1971) (R&B #41)
* "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (1972) (R&B #9, U.S. #59)
* "What It Is" (1973) (R&B #51)
* "Behind Closed Doors" (1974) (R&B #31)
* "Tin Pan Alley" (1974) (R&B #51)
* "Let Me Back In" (1974) (R&B #38)
* "If You Talk In Your Sleep" (1975) (R&B #34)
* "Friend of Mine" (1976) (R&B #15)
* "Baby, It Ain't No Way" (1977) (R&B #94)
* "Loving You" (1977) (R&B #47)
* "Just One Step" (1977) (R&B #59)
* "Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number" (1983) (R&B #89)

### Recompilatorios 
*Lista incompleta*
* *Greatest Hits* (1972, MCA/Chess)
* *Sun Masters* (1990, Rounder)
* *Welcome to the Club: The Essential Chess Recordings* (1994, MCA/Chess)
* *The Complete Stax Singles* (1994, Fantasy)
* *Stand By Me: The Blues Collection* [#48] (1995, Orbis)
* *Greatest Hits* (1995, Malaco)
* ''Rockin' the Blues* (1996, MCA Special)
* *Greatest Hits (The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)* (1997, MCA/Chess)
* *Chess Blues Guitar: Two Decades of Killer Fretwork* (1998 MCA/Chess)
* *Counting the Days* (1997, 601 Records)
* *The Complete Checker Hit Singles* (2001, Connoisseur Collection)
* *Anthology 1953-1961* (2002, Varèse Sarabande)
* *Running Wild Blues* (2006, Charly)
* *Stax Profiles* (2006, Stax)

### Aparicións noutros álbums 
* Jackie Ross: *Take the Weight Off Me* (Grapevine) Cinco duetos con Ross
* Albert King, Chico Hamilton, Little Milton: *Montreux Festival* (Stax 1974) 
* Varios artistas: *Vanthology: Tribute to Van Morrison* (Evidence 2004) Milton versiona "Tupelo Honey" Van Morrison.
* Jean Jacques Milteau: *Memphis* (Sunnyside) Milton canta "If You Love Someone Set Them Free" de Sting.
* E. C. Scott: *The Other Side of Me'' (Black Bud) Milton canta dous duetos Scott
* Gov't Mule: *The Deep End* Volume 1. Milton canta "Soulshine" con Warren Haynes
* Willie Dixon: *The Chess Box* set, Milton versiona "I Can't Quit You Baby"
* Gov't Mule: Álbum en directo "Mulennium" (3ple CD, 4ple vinilo, 2010, Evil Teen) gravado o 31 de decembro de 2009 no Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA.

## Citas 
* Calquera categoría na que se me queira poñer vénme ben mentres se acepte o que eu fago.
** "Any category they want to put me in is fine with me as long as they accept what I do." - Little Milton

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