There is no photo of this artist known to exist From notes to Document DOCD 5157: "Essentially nothing is known about "Big Road" Webster Taylor, making his recorded legacy, as well as his race, rather perplexing. Originally credited "The Mississippi Mule Skinner", this yodeller's two titles were intended for Vocalion's 5000 hillbilly series. Paul Oliver attributes his odd vocal style to the influence of Jimmie Rodgers, but maintains that Taylor was black." Tony Russell 2004, p. 893: "Despite his listing in B&GR, this artist seems definitvely to have been white." Me, I don't care too much if he's been black or white "Big Road" Webster Taylor real name poss. Ben Webster date and location of birth unknown date and location of death unknown discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
		- World In A Jug (TC-3204) - Sunny Southern Blues (TC-3205) rec. March 29, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Webster Taylor, voc, g Vocalion unissued trial recording
1	1929	"Big Road" Webster Taylor (The Mississippi Mule Skinner) - World In A Jug (C-3302-)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Sunny Southern Blues (C-3303-)   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. c. April 17, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Webster Taylor, voc, g Vocalion 1271
LP / CD compilations
2	1988	Central Mississippi Blues The Jackson Area   1928-1935 Willie Harris - West Side Blues - What Makes A Tom Cat Blue - Lonesome Midnight Dream - Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door Caldwell 'Mississippi' Bracey - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - Cherry Ball - Stered Gal - I'll Overcome Someday "Big Road" Webster Taylor - World In A Jug "Big Road" Webster Taylor - Sunny Southern Blues Arthur Petties - Two Time Blues - Out On Santa Fe - Blues - That Won't Do - Good Boy Blues - Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Revenue Man Blues The Mississippi Moaner - Mississippi Moan - It's Cold In China Blues CD bonus tracks: Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues - Long Ways From Home - On the Wall - By The Moon And Stars - All Night Long Blues notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 130 (Austria 1988) notes by Hannes Folterbauer and Paul Oliver (=) Wolf WSE 111 CD (Austria 1998)
3	1994	Mississippi Blues   Vol. 1   1928-1937 Complete Recorded Works of ... Uncle Bud Walker - Look Here Mama Blues - Stand Up Suitcase Blue Big Road Webster Taylor - World In A Jug - Sunny Southern Blues Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues - Tallahatchie River Blues Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues (tk 1) - Long Ways From Home - On The Wall - By The Moon And Stars Mississippi Bracy - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - Cherry Ball - Stered Gal - I'll Overcome Someday Geechie Wiley & Elvie Thomas - Last Kind Words Blues - Skinny Leg Blues - Motherless Child Blues - Over To My House - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Eagles On A Half The Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles) - Mississippi Moan - It's Cold In China Blues Mose Andrews - Ten Pound Hammer - Young Heifer Blues notes by John Henry Vanco Document DOCD 5157 (Austria 1994)
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 905 - Tony Russell: Country Music Records - A Discography, 1921-1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 893 - http://bluesimages.com/museum-78s/HTML-Individual-78s/Vocalion-1271-a-Big-Road-Webster-Taylor-World-In-a-Jug.html - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Roi Geyari for additional info