Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Description
This collection documents the personal and professional lives of blues musicians and married couple Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham. Also highlighted is the history of the Sweet Baby Blues Band, which was birthed by the Cheathams in 1983.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Jeannie Cheatham's mother

Portrait photograph of Jeannie Cheatham's mother Elizabeth Smart Evans (M'ma) at age 90; wearing a checked jacket and eyeglasses, she's facing the camera and has a slight smile.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham's great grandmother

Photo of Jeannie Cheatham's great grandmother, Lizzie Jordan Daniels, who was a Blackfoot (Sihasapa) Native American woman standing outside in her yard; an overturned chair, small shed, and a blanket hanging on a line are behind her; she's wearing a checkered dress, jacket and boots.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham's childhood home

Photograph of the exterior of the house in Akron, Ohio that Jeannie Cheatham grew up in; one story, painted brown with gas grill and other appliances around.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham with Eddie Vinson and Papa John Creach

Jeannie Cheatham standing with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Papa John Creach outside an unidentified building; both men are wearing sunglasses and Vinson is adjusting his badge for the Central Avenue Jazz Festival in that reads "Talent" ; the others are also wearing a Talent badge.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Bubba Jackson's black drawers

Publicity photo of Bubba Jackson and Jimmy Cheatham performing at the Long Beach Jazz Festival; Cheatham is standing to the right while Jackson is standing in front of a microphone while wearing a pair of black underwear over his white pants; audience members and a white male police officer are seen along the left hand side of the photo and above them is a banner reading, in part, "Jazz FM 88 K---" (likely meaning KLON-FM 88.1).
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with Glover Mitchell

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham standing on either side of Grover Mitchell who has his arms around them both; Jeannie and Grover are looking at the camera but Jimmy's head is turned to the left of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham receiving an award

"Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham receiving the Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz award (for their "Sweet baby blues" album), presented by Concord Records president, Carl Jefferson, while Curtis Peagler watches."
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham holding a tangerine

Jimmy Cheatham leaning against a car wearing a light colored jacket and holding a tangerine in his hands; automotive signs or banners are behind him.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham with champagne

Jeannie and Jimmie Cheatham seated at a coffee table with candles, food and a bottle of champagne that Jimmy is opening; Jeannie is looking over to the left at an unseen person.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Toddler on the couch

Toddler girl in pigtails wearing all white clothes and shoes seated on a couch next to a blanket; likely the Cheatham's daughter Shirley.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Enjoying time outside

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated on a covered lawn swing with two unidentified African American men in lawn chairs enjoying drinks and leisure time; hedges and trees behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Cheathams with Mel Lewis and Jay McShann

Mel Lewis, Jeannie Cheatham, Jay McShann, and Jimmy Cheatham all standing together outside of a white luxury car in a parking lot for a photo; Jimmy is carrying a stack of papers in one hand; hills can be seen behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham and Charles McPherson

Jay McShann, Jeannie Cheatham, and Charles McPherson standing together outside of a white Cadillac parked under the covered entrance to a hotel; arm in arm and facing the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano outside

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano and singing into a microphone at an outdoor venue (likely the campus of UC San Diego); Red Callender (double bass) and Ironman Harris (drums) are accompanying her; she's facing the right of the photo and audience members can be seen on an upper level of the venue.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jimmy Cheatham and friend

Jimmy Cheatham seated next to an unidentified African American man in a suit and smoking a cigarette in the booth of a restaurant in New York City; empty glasses and an ashtray are on the table in front of them; both looking at the camera, only Jimmy is smiling.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149