151 Junior Parker (1932-1971) and the Blue Flames “Mystery Train” 1953

A multi-talented singer, harmonica player, bandleader, and composer, “one of the best to come out of the late-1940s Memphis blues scene.”  In 1952 he formed the Blue Flames and recorded the song on Sam Phillip’s famed Sun label the following year. “He died of a brain tumor in 1971” (The Big Book of Blues).

Junior Parker and the Blue Flames “Mystery Train”