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.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Music manuscript with clothes, bag, and shoes

Handwritten manuscript score for "Meet me with yo' black drawers on" by Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham with a red dress, black lingerie, a red bag, and polka dotted black shoes posed in front.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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High school portrait of Jeannie Evans Cheatham

School portrait of Jeannie Evans Cheatham at age sixteen; she's wearing a light colored dress with a string of pearls and is facing the camera, smiling.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jean Evans publicity photo

Publicity photo of Jean Evans Cheatham for the Colvinaires; head and shoulders portrait of her in a strapless dress with necklace and one hand to her cheek looking halfway to the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano in a library

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano with head tilted back and eyes closed in front of a microphone at the South Dakota State University North County Library while playing with Jimmy Cheatham and the Sweet Baby Blues Band; facing the camera with a shelf of reference books behind her.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

Jeannie Cheatham at grand piano; viewed from the side with her facing the right; wearing a caftan, hair in an afro, and with eyes closed with head tilted back.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham with eyes closed

Close up portrait of Jeannie Cheatham showing the head only; she's facing to the left with head tilted and eyes closed.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham singing at the piano

Publicity photo of Jeannie Cheatham performing at the Park Motor Inn, Madison Wisconsin seated at a piano and singing into a microphone mounted beside her; she's facing to the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham in a white shirt with body turned slightly to the right and head turned to face the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano in leather pants

Jeannie Cheatham playing piano wearing a small checkered jacket, hat covering her hair, leather pants, and high heeled boots; side view with her facing the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham walking among tables

Jeannie Cheatham walking amongst a crowded group of tables with a glass of wine or brandy in one hand; wearing white clothes and facing the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano

Jeannie Cheatham playing a grand piano; photo taken from the end of the piano and facing Jeannie directly; she is looking down at the keys and wearing a caftan and her hair in an afro.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham

Portrait of Jeannie Cheatham with a brick wall behind her; she's wearing her hair in a large afro with a corduroy vest and white shirt; she's looking down and to the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham with Sippie Wallace

Jeannie Cheatham standing next to a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing and singing in front of a microphone; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated, white male bassist is seen behind them; part of the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham with Sippie Wallace

Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano on stage while looking over at Sippie Wallace in a hat standing in front of a microphone and looking to the right; part of a drum set and an unidentified, seated, white male bassist is seen behind them; part of the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham and Jay McShann

Jeannie Cheatham seated with Jay McShann at a piano with a microphone in front of them; both are smiling and Jeannie seems to have a Band-Aid on her upper lip.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149