Walter Rhodes was reportedly born in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States.
[5] Nevertheless, Rhodes recorded 18 months before Charley Patton did, the latter often being cited as the 'Founder of the Delta Blues'.
[7] Patton recorded a song called "Banty Rooster Blues" in June 1929.
[8] "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (or "Roll and Tumble Blues"), as recorded by Hambone Willie Newbern in March 1929, is a track whose stylistic origins appear to derive from "The Crowing Rooster" and "Banty Rooster Blues".
[2] The six disc boxed set of recordings that comprise Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton,[10] included Rhodes' "The Crowing Rooster".