Walking The Dog - London, 1963
The Dog
Can Your Monkey Do The Dog - 1964
Somebody Stole My Dog
Did You Ever Love A Woman - Stax
Jump Back - Atlantic 1964
Willy Nilly - Atlantic 1966
Greasy Spoon - Stax 1967
Down To My House - Stax 1968
The Memphis Train - Stax
When You Move You Lose - Stax (with his Daughter Carla)


Born  26th March 1917 - Cayce, Mississippi

Died  15th December 2001 - Memphis, Tennessee


Rufus Thomas - Mr Memphis Music.  The longest serving DJ in the world and the man who invented the The Dog but before that he did the Bad Cat at SUN and recorded a version of Hound Dog. However Lieber & Stoller sued Sam Phillips of Sun Records and Rufus left soon after!


Rufus Thomas with daughter Carla
He went to Satellite records (which eventually became Stax) and did a duet Cause I Love You with his daughter Carla in 1959.

All the tracks listed above were played at Manchester’s Twisted Wheel with Willy Nilly probably the biggest and best favourite at the allnighters at the club.