(string-bass) was the stage name of James Williams. He was deceased by 1975, said Guitar Jr. “Ice Water” recorded at Lake Charles for GOLDBAND label behind Clarence Garlow, Guitar Jr. and Big Chenier in 1957. J. D. Miller also used “Ice Water” to back Classie Ballou for Nasco #6000 in 1957 at Crowley, Louisiana.
Compare ICE WATER, a guitarist active on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California in the 1930s and 1940s, who was also known as Oswald. He was photographed in 1943 with an electric guitar and tiny amplifier.
Contrast ICE WATER BLUES recorded by De Ford Bailey, which does not refer to the guitarist or bassist.
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