Illustrated Eric von Schmidt discography (original) (raw)
Eric von Schmidt 7 inch 45 rpm
| # | yearof release | title / label # / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1969 | ERIC von SCHMIDT  - Living On The Corner- Catch It   Smash 2238 |
| 2 | 1972 | ERIC VON SCHMIDT - Fat, Fat, The Water Rat- Believer  Poppy 90118 |
Eric von Schmidt LPs / CDs
| # | yearof release | title / label / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | ROLF CAHN & ERIC VON SCHMIDT - Grizzly Bear- Lazarus- Columbus Stockade- Buddy Bolden Blues- You Got To Hurry- 2:19 Blues - Nobody Knows You- Wasn't That A Mighty Storm- Frankie And Albert- Who's That Yonder- Make Me A Pallet- He Was A Friend Of Mine Folkways FA 2417order Smithsonian Folkways custom-made CD F 2417 |
| 2 | 1963 | DICK FARIÑA & ERIC VON SCHMIDTwith Ethan Signer & occasionally Blind Boy Grunt [= Bob Dylan] - Johnny Cuckoo- Jumping Judy- Glory, Glory *- Old Joe's Dulcimer (Old Joe Clark, Swing And Turn, Darlin' Corey, etc.)- Wobble Bird- Wildwood Flower- Overseas Stomp * - Lonzo N'Howard- You Can Always Tell- Xmas Island *- Stick With Me Baby- Riddle Song- Cocaine *- London Waltz - Old Paint #- Lemonade Lady #rec. at Dobell's Jazz Record Shop, London, 14th and 15th January, 1963;* Blind Joe Grunt, backup voc, hca; prod. by Tom CostnerCD including the LP material plus all outtakes, which contain two songs not selected for the original release (#)notes by Margaret Bakerand Ron Gould  Folklore Records F-LEUT/7more info2 CD setnotes by Dick Farinaand Tom Costner Solano CD 1722 (2007)www.farinacd.com77 Records discography |
| 3 | 1963 | the folk blues of ERIC VON SCHMIDT (with Geoff Muldaur, guitarRobert L. Jones, guitar & vocalFritz Richmond, washtub bass) - Crow Jane- Gulf Coast Blues- Brave Wolfe- Junco Partner- De Kalb Blues- Lolita - Champagne Don't Hurt Me, Baby- Buffalo Skinners- Jack O'Diamonds- He Was A Friend Of Mine- Cocoa Beach Blues- Down On Me- Titanic  Prestige/Folklore 14005 = Prestige 7717= Blues Interactions PCD-51461997 (Jp) |
| 4 | 1964 |  Eric sings von Schmidt(with Geoff Muldaur and Mel Lyman) - Kennedy Blues- Light Rain- Joshua Gone Barbados- Edward Teller- My Love Come Rolling Down - Florida Woman Blues- Kay Is The Month Of May- Cold Gray Dawn- Just To See You Stand That Way- Acne- Rattlesnake Preacher  Prestige 7384 Transatlantic PR 7384 reviewreissued: PVINE CD 5305 |
| 5 | 1969 | ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Who Knocked The Brains Out Of The Sky? - Who Knocked The Brains Out Of The Sky? (4:04)- Beanum And Barley (4:55)- Three Miles (0:46)- Living On The Corner (3:46)- Sudden Garden (4:39) - Catch It (3:27)- Bitter City (3:25)- Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather (4:45)- Hundred Acre Wood (2:56)- Weep For The Wood Man (4:38) Smash/MercurySRS 67124 |
| 6 | 1972 | Eric Von Schmidt: 2nd Right 3rd Row - Turtle Beach - If I Ever Catch Old Perry - My Love Come Rolling Down - Believer - The Letter - If I Had A Good Dog (The Male Chauvinist Possom Song) - Fair And Tender Ladies - Loop The Loop - Wet Birds Fly At Night - Salute To China - Fat, Fat, The Water Rat - My Country 'Tis Of Thee Poppy PYS-5705 review |
| 7 | (1972) | Living On The Trail - Living On The Trail- Envy The Thief- Lost In The Woods- Thunder Heads Keep Rollin'- Carpenter's Boy (Icarus) - Lightning, They Say- Joshua Gone Barbados- Stick To Rum- Stewball- Fast Acne (Zorba the Greek)rec. 1971Poppy PP-LA080-F(never released because of 1972demise of Poppy Records)(re)issued 2002 Tomato 2053 |
| 8 | 1977 | eric von schmidt and the cruel family - You Get Old, You Get Wise- Ring Around The Moon- Bunch Of Roses- Debt I Owe- It's The Doing- Make It Last - Champagne Don't Hurt Me, Baby- Sudden Garden- Sweet Margarita- Briar Patch- Lonzo & Howard- Icarus  Philo PH 1052 |
| 9 | 1995 | ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Baby, Let Me Lay It On You - Baby, Let Me Lay It On You- Lucky Man- Goin' Down To Melbourne- De Kalb Blues- Envy The Thief- My Love Come Rollin' Down- Joshua Gone Barbados- Rule The Road- Fat, Fat, The Water Rat- Can The Serpent Be Housebroken?- Wet Birds Fly At Night- Just To See You Stand That Way- Light Rain- The Letter- Foolish Pleasure- The Captain Gazell GPCD2013 |
| 10 | 2002 | ERIC VON SCHMIDT: Living On The Trail - Living On The Trail- Envy The Thief- Lost In The Woods- Thunder Heads Keep Rollin'- Carpenter's Boy (Icarus)- Lightning, They Say- Joshua Gone Barbados- Stick To Rum- Stewball- Fast Acne (Zorba the Greek)produced by Jim Rooneyfeaturing Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Jim Colegrove, Rick Danko, Amos Garrett, Garth Hudson, Geoff & Maria Muldaur, Chris Parker, Billy Rich, Jim Rooney(re)issue of 1971 recordingsthen supposed to be PoppyPP-LA080-F (1972) Tomato 2053www.tomatorecords.com |
Anthologies / Compilations / Samplerscontaining songs performed by Eric von Schmidt
| # | yearof release | title / songs performed by Eric von Schmidt / label # / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 |  Come For To SingFolksongs sung by Eric von Schmidt, Carolyn Hester, Jackie Washington, Jack Elliott, Rolf Cahn - Cotton Eye Joe - Jackie Washington- The Car Song - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Grizzly Bear - Eric von Schmidt- Rock Island Line - Rolf Cahn- The Virgin Mary- John Henry - Eric von Schmidt- Billy Barlow - Jackie Washington- Hush Little Baby- Froggie Went Courting - Rolf Cahn- Night Herding Song - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Go Tell Aunt Rhody - Carolyn Hester- The Gray Goose- How D'ye Do?- Taddle-O-Day- Haul On The Bowline - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Hambone- The Boll Weevil- My Good Old Man - Carolyn Hester & Eric von Schmidt- Candy Man - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Old Howardfrom liner notes: "This is a record of all the songs of Eric von Schmidt's book COME FOR TO SING" (Houghton Mifflin Boston 1963); "Produced and directed by Joe Berk and Eric von Schmidt"; "Artwork and Design by Eric von Schmidt" Pathways of Sound POS 1033(local label run by Boston Folk impresario Joe Berk) |
| 4 | 03/64 | the BLUES projectA compendium of the very best on the urban blues scene @ youtube (full album) - Fixin' To Die (Dave Ray)- Blow Whistle Blow (Eric von Schmidt) - My Little Woman (John Koerner)- Ginger Man (Geoff Muldaur)- Bad Dream Blues (Dave van Ronk) @ youtube- Winding Boy (Ian Buchanan) @ youtube- I'm Troubled (Danny Kalb) @ youtube- France Blues (Mark Spoelstra) - Don't You Leave Me Here (Dave van Ronk) @ youtube- Devil Got My Woman (Geoff Muldaur)- Southbound Train (John Koerner)- Downtown Blues (Geoff Muldaur)- Leavin' Here Blues (Dave Ray)- Hello Baby Blues (Danny Kalb) @ youtube- She's Gone (Mark Spoelstra)- Slappin' On My Black Cat Bone (Dave Ray) assisting musicians: Tony Glover, Fritz Richmond, John B. Sebastian, Doug Pomeroy, Bob Landy [Bob Dylan]; prod. by Jac Holzman & Paul A. Rothchildcover artwork by Eric Von Schmidtback cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson      Elektra EKL-264 (mono) (US 6/1964)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson   = Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 6/1964)(short) back cover notes plus foldout booklet by Paul Nelson   = Mode MDEKL 9459 (Fr 1964)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson     = Elektra EKL-264 (mono) (US 1966 repress)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson   = Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (late 1960s repress)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson   = Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1966 repress)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson   = Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1969 repress)back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson    = Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1970s repress)(abridged) back cover notes by Paul Nelson (no booklet)    = Edsel ED248 (UK 1987)5 CD set   (=) Elektra CD 8122795661-2 (EU 2015) "The Greenwich Village Folk Scene"(five original Elektra albums from the 1960s, including "The Blues Project") |
| 3 | 1964 | Folklore Jamboree Bill Keith and Jim Rooney - Livin' On The MountainTom Rush - Diamond JoeBonnie Dobson - Dear Companion Eric Von Schmidt - Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby Ramblin' Jack Elliott - HowdidoJesse Fuller - San Francisco BayDave Van Ronk - Ace In The Hole Bonnie Dobson - She's Like A SwallowBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - You Don't KnowDave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of MineRamblin' Jack Elliott - Roll In My Sweet Baby's ArmsPeggy Seeger - The Chickens They Are CrowingGeoff Muldaur - Sleepy Man BluesCharles River Valley Boys - Rocky Island prod. by Samuel B. Chartersnotes (January 1964) by John D. Monroe    Prestige/Folklore FL 14023 (US 1964) |
| 4 | 1/1967 | The Newport Folk Festival 1965 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Mellow Down Easy The Lilly Brothers (with Tex Logan & Don Stover)- Black Mountain Rag Son House- Sundown Blues Ishangi Dance Troupe- Washwoman Moving Star Hall Singers- Been In The Storm So Long Eric Von Schmidt (with Fritz Richmond, Mel Lyman, Geoff Muldaur & Maria d'Amato)- My Love Comes Rolling Down Bill Keith & Jim Rooney- Banjo Medley John Koerner (with Tony Glover, hca)- Duncan And Brady Maria d'Amato (with Geoff Muldaur, g)- Trick Ain't Walkin' No More Son House- Death Letter Blues Chambers Brothers- Bottle Music- I Got It Mel Lyman, hca- Rock Of Ages rec. July 24/25, 1965 in Newport, RI      Vanguard VRS 9225 (mono) (US 1/1967)     = Vanguard VSD 79225 (Stereo) // (Stereolab)= Vanguard VGX 9225 (US 1967) (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel)= Vanguard VAN M 89225 (US 1967) (8-Track Cartridge stereo)= Vanguard KICP-2122 (Jp 1991)Newport Folk Festival discographySon House discographyKoerner, Ray & Glover discography |
| 5 | 1967 | Take A Trip With MePsychedelic Hits Lightnin' Hopkins- Take A Trip With Me [Bluesville 1029/1081] Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine Blues Eric von Schmidt- Champagne Don't Hurt Me Holy Modal Rounders- Black Eyed Suzie Eric von Schmidt- Lolita- Edward Teller Eric von Schmidt- Acne Dave Van Ronk- Talkin' Cancer Blues Holy Modal Rounders- Euphoria Eric von Schmidt- Kay Is The Month Of May Tom Rush- Cocaine Holy Modal Rounders- Junko Partner cover design by Irving Riggs    Prestige 7539 (mono)= PRST 7539 (stereo) |
| 6 | 1984 | Bleecker & McDougal:The Folk Scene Of The 60s,[The Jac Holzman Years]- Blow Whistle Blow Elektra 60381 more info |
| 7 | 1988 | Blues In The Bottle Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The BottleTom Rush - Baby Please Don't GoRamblin' Jack Elliot - Pretty Boy FloydDave Van Ronk - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Eric Von Schmidt - He Was A Friend Of Mine Tracy Nelson - The House Of The Rising SunDave Van Ronk - House CarpenterHoly Modal Rounders - Junco Partner Tom Rush - Duncan & BradyGeoff Muldaur - Aberdeen Mississippi BluesTracy Nelson - Candy ManHold Modal Rounders - Fiddle In A Dram Eric Von Schmidt - Joshua Gone Barbados Dave Van Ronk - Death Letter BluesTom Rush - Barbry AllenRamblin' Jack Elliot - So Long It's Been Good To Know You _CD bonus tracks:_Dave Van Ronk - Long John Eric Von Schmidt - Down On Me Hold Modal Rounders - Sail Away LadiesTom Rush - Alabama BoundRamblin' Jack Elliot - The CuckooGeoff Muldaur - Good Gin Blues compiled by Brian Hogg   Big Beat WIK 71 (Ger)    (=) Big Beat CDWIK 71 (Ger) |
| 8 | 1992 | Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume One - This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie- Silver Dagger - Joan Baez- Tomorrow is a Long Time - Ian & Sylvia- Violets of Dawn - Eric Andersen- John Henry - Odetta- Reno, Nevada - Richard & Mimi Fariña- Four in the Morning - Jesse Colin Young- Wasn't That a Mighty Storm - Eric Von Schmidt - The Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie- Cocaine Blues - Dave Van Ronk- Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson- San Francisco Bay Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- I'll Fly Away - Carolyn Hester- Well, Well, Well - Bob Gibson, Bob Camp and Dick Rosmini- Mean Old Frisco - John Hammond- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger- Mr. Spaceman - Holy Modal Rounders- Catch the Wind - Donovan  Rhino R2 70262 |
| 9 | 1993 | Blues With A Feeling Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival disc 1 / Vanguard VCD 73133-2: - Introduction by Dick Waterman (2:05) # Son House (1965) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Preachin' Blues (3:54) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #- Death Letter (4:01) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #- Empire State Express (3:50) # [Vanguard VSD 25/6; 3VCD 208-10] Skip James (1964 blues workshop, introduction most likely by Bill Barth) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Devil Got My Woman (4:52) @ youtube Bukka White [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (5:00) Robert Pete Williams- Levee Camp Blues (5:26) °° [Vanguard VRS 9180; 3VCD193/95-2] Mississippi Fred McDowell [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Louise Louise (3:05) Rev. Robert Wilkins- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round (3:48) @ youtube Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:06) @ youtube Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Rev. Robert Wilkins- What Do You Think About Jesus (5:43) @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins (July 23, 1965 morning "Blue Guitar" workshop) [ Vanguard VCD 79715-2]- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman) (3:22) @ youtube- Come On Baby (2:13) @ youtube- Baby Please Don't Go (2:46) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube Mance Lipscomb [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Freddie (2:01) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube- So Different Blues (2:33) @ youtube- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) (2:36) @ youtube disc 2 / Vanguard VCD 73134-2: Elizabeth Cotten- Freight Train (4:02) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] Mississippi John Hurt [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Here I Am Lord, Send Me (3:54)- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:20) Jesse Fuller [Vanguard VRS-9185; 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]- San Francisco Bay Blues (2:51) °° John Lee Hooker (1964 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Blues (2:48) @ youtube Muddy Waters (1968 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- Walkin' Blues (4:31) @ youtube- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:16) @ youtube Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon- Five Long Years (2:26) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake with Pete Seeger, bj- Wrinkles (instr) (3:28) Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine (3:44) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] John Hammond- Drop Down Mama (2:50) Eric Von Schmidt- Grizzly Bear (4:55) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] John Koerner- Traveling Blues (4:49) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube The Chambers Brothers [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]- See See Rider (3:21) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube Paul Butterfield Blues Band (July 23, 1965)- Blues With A Feeling (4:12) * [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube- Look Over Yonders Wall (2:10) * @ youtube- Born In Chicago (4:08) ** [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2] @ youtube compilation prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin # rec. 1965 live at Newport Folk Festival ("Blues Workshop") in Newport, RI; Son House, voc, g* rec. July 23, 1965 at an afternoon workshop called "Blues: Origins and Offshoots" (late addition to the roster - advertisements for the concert series make no mention of the group); Paul Butterfield, voc, hca; Michael Bloomfield, g; Elvin Bishop, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr; Nick Gravenites, voc; ** Bruce Langhorne, tamb "all tracks previously unreleased except" °° 2 CD setnotes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin      Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)    (=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"  (=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two" |
| 10 | 1995 | The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 1All Kinds Of Folks - New York Town - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Railroad Bill - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Ramblin' Jack Elliott- Duncan And Brady - Tom Rush- Rag Mama - Tom Rush- Barb'ry Allen - Tom Rush- Wagoner's Lad - Peggy Seeger- Chickens They Are Crowing - Peggy Seeger- Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk- Whoa, Back, Buck! - Dave Van Ronk- Maggie Lauder - Jean Redpath- Fife Overgate - Jean Redpath- Joshua Gone Barbados - Eric Von Schmidt - She's Like A Swallow - Bonnie Dobson- Irish Exile Song - Bonnie Dobson- Long Chain - Maxine Sellers- Single Girl - Maxine Sellers- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well - Len And Judy- This Life I'm Living - Len and Judy notes by Samuel Charters  Prestige PRCD-9901-2 (US 1995)  = Big Beat CDWIKD 134 (UK 1995)Bluesville Records discographyRamblin' Jack Elliott discographyDave Van Ronk discographyBonnie Dobson discography |
| 11 | 1995 | The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 2: The New City Blues Dave Van Ronk- Cocaine Blues [Prestige INT 13056 / FL 14012]- Death Letter Blues [Prestige/Folklore FL 14001] Jesse Fuller- Red River Blues [Prestige PR 7368]- How Long Blues [Prestige PR 7368]- San Francisco Bay Blues [Prestige PR 7718] Geoff Muldaur- Sleepy Man Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004]- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues [Prestige/Folklore 14004] Tracy Nelson- Motherless Child Blues- Startin' For Chicago- Ramblin' Man by Eric Von Schmidt- Crow Jane [Prestige PR 7717]- Light Rain [Prestige PR 7384]- Kennedy Blues [Prestige PR 7384] Tom Rush- Orphan's Blues Larry & Hank- If You Don't Want Me Baby # [Prestige PR 7472]- Watchdog Blues # [Prestige PR 7472]- Four Women Blues # [Prestige PR 7472] The New Strangers- Alberta [Prestige/Folklore 14027] # Larry Johnson & Hank Adkins notes by Samuel Charters  Prestige PRCD 9902-2 (US 1995)  = Big Beat CDWIKD 135 (UK 1995)Bluesville Records discographyDave Van Ronk discographyJesse Fuller discographyLarry Johnson discographyDanny Kalb discography |
| 12 | 1996 | The Acoustic Highway Collection:The Road To Country Rock- Fair And Tender Ladies EMI CD 53302 |
| 13 | 1996 | Blues Blue, Blues White The Bluesville Years Volume Seven Dave Van Ronk- Fixin' To Die- Come Back Baby- Jesus Me The Woman At The Well- Statesboro Blues Tom Rush- Baby Please Don't Go- Alabama Bound Danny Kalb- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Geoff Muldaur- Jelly Roll Baker- Trouble Soon Be Over- Motherless Chile Blues- Everybody Ought To Make A Change Tracy Nelson- Grieving Hearted Blues- Ramblin' Man- House Of The Rising Sun- Long Old Road Eric Von Schmidt- Champagne Don't Hurt Me- Gulf Coast Blues- Light Rain- Just To See You Stand That Way The New Strangers- Ramblin' On My Mind- Keys To The Highway rec. between April 1962 and May 1963; originally released on Prestige/Bluesville albums; original sessions produced by Samuel Charters or Paul A. Rothchildnotes by Samuel Charters  Prestige PRCD 9915-2 review |
| 14 | 1997 | Blues with a feeling, part two- Grizzly Bear Vanguard CD 73134-2 (Recorded live at theNewport Folk Festival) |
| 15 | 20013-CD box | Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950-1970)- Joshua Gone Barbados Rhino R2 74264more info |
| 16 | 2003 | Roots Of The Blues disc 1 "Folk Blues": Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °° Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34) Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °° disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues": Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtubeEddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12) disc 3 "Urban Blues": Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01) compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr °° previously unreleased tracks 3-CD Setnotes by Ed Ward       Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003) |
(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings
| # | yearof release | artist / title / songs featuring Eric von Schmidt / label # / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 | Geoff Muldaur:Sleepy Man Blues(Eric von Schmidt on mandolin and harmonica throughout) Prestige/Folklore 14004= Prestige 7727reissued on Big Beat WIK 78 [UK]partly reissued 1996on Compilation "The Bluesville Years"Prestige PRCD-9915-2 |
| 2 | 1993 | Joan Baez:Rare, Live And Classic- Low Down Chariot [Baez & von Schmidt] Vanguard VCD 125/127(3 disk compilation) |
| 3 | 1995 | Davis Coen:Cryin' The Blues- How Long Blues- Trouble In Mind [Coen, g/v & von Schmidt, harmonica] EvS also wrote liner notes Davis Coen homepage review |
| 4 | 1996 | Washboard Slim and the Blue Lights harmonica and backing vocals on "No More Bada Boom Bada Bing" more info |
| 5 | 1998 | Nancy Griffith: Other Voices Too: A Trip Back to Bountiful  Elektra 62235-2 more info |
Thanks to: Scott Alexander, Mark Sironi
Other artist's Covers of Eric von Schmidt songs
| # | yearof release | Artist:Record Title- featured Eric von Schmidt song / label # / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1965 | Jackie DeShannon:In The Wind- Baby Let Me Follow You Down Imperial LP 12296 |
| 2 | 1966 | Tom Rush:Take A Little Walk- Joshua Gone Barbados- Turn Your Money Green Elektra EKL-308 more infolyrics |
| 3 | 1967 | Bob Dylan:The Basement Tapes Outtakes Woodstock, New York- Joshua Gone Barbadosbootleg more info |
| 4 | 1970 | Tom Rush:Classic Rush- Joshua Gone Barbados Elektra EKS-74062 more infolyrics |
| 5 | 1970 | Geoff & Maria Muldaur:Pottery Pie- Catch It Reprise RS 6350= Carthage CGLP 4428 (1987)more info |
| 6 | 1973 | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band:Better Days- Rule The Road Bearsville 2119 more info |
| 7 | 1977 | Rosalie Sorrels:Moments Of Happiness- See You Stand That Way Philo 1033 |
| 8 | 1978 | Hans Theesink:Slow And Easy- Joshua Gone Barbados  Autogram ALLP-230 more info |
| 9 | 1980 | Howard Bursen:Cider In The Kitchen- Joshua Gone Barbados Folk Legacy FSI-074 more info |
| 10 | 1984 | Gove Scrivenor:Shady Gove- Make My Love Come Rollin' Down Flying Fish FF-048 more info |
| 11 | 1989 | Brendan Croker & the 5 o'Clock Shadows:Boat Trips In The Bay- Joshua Gone Barbados Silvertone CD ND74571 more info |
| 12 | 1990 | Buick 6:Cypress Grove- Joshua Gone Barbados Taxim CD TX 1003-2 TA more info |
| 13 | 1994 | Greg Kihn:Mutiny- Joshua Gone Barbados Clean Cuts CD 714 more info |
| 14 | 1994 | Dave van Ronk: To All My Friends In Far Flung Places- Joshua Gone Barbados Gazell GPCD 2011/12 Dave van Ronk discography |
| 15 | 1995 | Martin Simpson:Special Agent- Joshua Gone Barbados Fledgling Records FLED 3005 more info |
| 16 | 1996 | Greg Kihn:Horrorshow- Kay Is The Month Of May  Clean Cuts CD 716 more info |
| 17 | 1996 | Peter Keane:Walkin' Around- Blow Whistle Blow Flying Fish CD 652 more info |
| 18 | 1998 | Gove Scrivenor:Solid Gove- Make My Love Come Rollin' Down Flying Fish CD 672 more info |
| 19 | 1998 | Jerry Jeff Walker:Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits- Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby Tried & True CD 5551 more info |
| 20 | 1999 | Chris Smither:Drive You Home Again- Rattlesnake Preacher Hightone HCD 8098 more info |
| 21 | 1999 | Johnny Cash:Johnny 99- Joshua Gone Barbados Koch Records CD 7980 more info |
| 22 | 1999 | Tom Rush:The Best Of: No Regrets- Joshua Gone Barbados Legacy CD 65860 more info |
| 23 | 2000 | Brendan Croker:Not Just A Hillbilly... More Like A Best of ...- Joshua Gone Barbados Essential ESMCD826 more info |
| 24 | 2000 | Ramblin' Jack ElliottBallad of Ramblin' Jack(Soundtrack)- Acne (duet with Bob Dylan) Vanguard CD 157079575-2more info on soundtrackmore info on movie |
| 25 | 2000EP | Jon Langford and Sally TimmsSongs of False Hope and High Values- Joshua Gone Barbados Bloodshot EP BS 072more info |
| 26 | 2000 | Mother Vineyard's Jugband- Joshua Gone Barbados more info / download |
| 27 | 2000 | Geoff MuldaurPassword- Light Rain Hightone HCD 8125more info |
Eric von Schmidt - Biography
by Craig Harris, All-Music Guide
at CDNOW
Album Review
"Baby Let Me Lay It On You"
by Nick Crews, Dirty Linen
at CDNOW
Performance Review
"Eric von Schmidt, Roy Book Binder & Paul Geremia
at Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa, FL, February 29, 1996"
by Nick Crews, Dirty Linen
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Other artists' record covers illustrated by Eric von Schmidt
Van Ronk Sings .- Folkways FA 2383 (1961)
"Uncle Remus Stories" Pathways of Sound POS 1028 (1961)
Uncle Remus tales by Joel Chandler Harris being read by Morris Mitchell. Includes an insert for making puppets to go along with the story-telling. Cover was designed by Eric von Schmidt, who also co-designed the puppets with Foy Van Dolsen
James Baldwin Interview LP.- Credo 1 (1962)
"Stuart Little" Pathways of Sound POS 1036 (196?)
Julie Harris reads from classic E.B. White children's tale
The Sound Of Folk Music Vol. 2.- Vanguard SRV-140SD (1964)
Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons.- Elektra EKS-7296 (1965)
Cisco Houston Sings The Songs Of Woody Guthrie.- Vanguard VSD-2131
The Babysitter's Menagerie.- Vanguard VSD 79288
The Babysitters.- Vanguard SRV 73002
The Legendary Cisco Houston "I Ain't Got No Home".- Vanguard SRV 73006
The Reverend Gary Davis at Newport.- Vanguard VMD-73008 (1967)
The Blue Velvet Band: Sweet Moments With ...
(Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, Jim Rooney, Richard Greene).- Warner Bros. 1802 (1969)
V.A.: The Greatest Songs Of Woody Guthrie.- Vanguard VSD 35/36 (1972)
Max Morath Plays The Best Of Scott Joplin.- Vanguard VSD 39/40 (1972)
The Joan Baez Ballad Book.- Vanguard VSD-41/42 (1972)
Geoff & Maria Muldaur: Sweet Potatoes.- Reprise MS-2073 (1972); more info
George Fyer Plays The Essential George Gershwin.- Vanguard VSD 61/62 (1974)
The Joan Baez Lovesong Album.- Vanguard VSD-79/80 (1976)
The Joan Baez Country Music Album.- Vanguard CVSD-105/6 (1979)
The Essential Pete Seeger.- Vanguard VSD 97/98
The Essential Pete Seeger Vol. 2.- Vanguard 73112 (1987)
V.A.: Great Bluesmen Newport.- Vanguard VSD 77/78
Max Morath: The World Of Scott Joplin, Vol. 2.- Vanguard 351
Mitch Greenhill (And His Friends): Shepherd Of The Highways.- Prestige 7438
Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer: The Bramble & The Rose.- Philo 1055 (1978)
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith: Storm Coming.- Bay Records Bay 215 (1979)
John Renbourn Group: Live In America.- Flying Fish 70103 (1982)
John Kruth: Midnight Snack.- Hopewell Records HW06 (1987)
John Renbourn's Ship Of Fools.- Flying Fish FF-466 (1988)
The Art Of Richard Dyer-Bennet.- Vanguard OVC-6007 (1991)
Paul Geremia: Gamblin' Woman Blues. Shamrock 1016-1 (1992)
Paul Geremia: Self Portrait In Blues.- Shamrock 1024-2 (1994)
Mary Flower: Blues Jubilee.- Resounding Records RRCD 408 (1994)
Washboard Slim and the Blue Lights (1996)
Paul Geremia: Live From Uncle Sam's Backyard.- Red House RHR 101 (1997)
The Coochie-Coochie Band (Carl Fospero): Baby Blues.- Joonbug Records
Chris Smither: Live As I'll Ever Be.- High Tone Records HCD8120 (2000)
Mark Spoelstra: Out Of My Hands.- Origin Jazz Library OJL 2001 (2002)
Eric von Schmidt record covers on other artists' record covers
Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home.- CBS 62515
Eric von Schmidt - Bob Dylan - links: 1, 2
Book written by Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney
von Schmidt, Eric and Jim Rooney: Baby Let Me Follow You Down:
The Illustrated History Of The Cambridge Folk Years.
Garden City, New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday & Co. 1979 (2nd edition 1994: Univ. of Massachusetts Press; ISBN: 0-87023-925-2
[order]
Books written / illustrated by Eric von Schmidt [in print] [out of print]
Joan Baez Songbook
Reyerson Music Publishers, 1964
Richard Farina: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
Random House, 1966
Cover of Sing Out Magazine April - May 1967 Vol 17, No.2
"Singing The Fishing"
Noel The Joan Baez Christmas Songbook
Ryerson Music Publishers, 1967
Richard Farina: A Long Time Coming And A Long Time Gone
Random House, 1969
Paul Geremia rendered as Jack of Hearts for a promotional deck of cards
from Red House Records (Source: Sing Out! Vol. 42 #4)
T-Shirt for John Kruth to promote his 1987 CD "Midnight Snack"
Eric von Schmidt's reflections on Jack O'Leary 1918 - 1982 American Ceramist
Eric von Schmidt contributed to the booklet included in the reissue of
Anthology Of American Folk Music
edited by Harry Smith
ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC won the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes and Best Historical Album !!!
Paul Andrew Hutton (ed.): The Custer Reader
University of Nebraska Press, 1992
America's most famously unfortunate soldier has been the subject of scores of books, but 'The Custer Reader' is unique as a substantial source of classic writings about and by him. Here is George Armstrong Custer as seen by himself, his contemporaries, and leading scholars. Those steeped in Custeriana will discover new insights in these pieces, some published for the first time, some difficult of access, assembled for easy reference. Those led by Custer's legend to make a fuller acquaintance will find here a reliable and complete introduction to his controversial personality and career and their transmogrification into myth. Combining first-person narratives, scholarly articles, photographic essays - as well as original selections by Robert M. Utley, Brian Dippie, Gregory J. W. Urwin, and Eric von Schmidt. 'The Custer Reader' contains four sections, each introduced by Paul Andrew Hutton. Jay Monaghan, Brian Dippie, Charles King, and Chief Joseph White Bull are among those who illuminate Custer's Civil War years; his role in the Indian wars, particularly the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and the evolution of the Custer myth.
Eric von Schmidt painting "Here Fell Custer"
(picture sadly missing ;-)
Inside is a great article by Eric von Schmidt on the Sitting Bull's village at the time of the battle. A bonus for the article is a shot of an Eric von Schmidt painting. Another painting of the fight is used as the cover for the National Park brochure, which is also reproduced in the article
Eric von Schmidt's
wax bas relief "Alamo", 1985
more info
" ... "The Storming of the Alamo," a 10- by 23-foot epic painting of the historic scene by Eric von Schmidt. It's considered the most accurate ever produced. Well-known historians have acclaimed it. Kevin R. Young, president of the Alamo Battlefield Association, was quoted in an article about the painting in the Express-News on December 23, 1996 as saying that the painting was his favorite depiction of the Alamo battle. He said that "all the elements that you always read about, you see them. And there are little fine details and touches." (Frank Jennings)
Eric von Schmidt
designed the monument on Sleepy John Estes' grave
(Elam Baptist Church 3543, Durhamville Rd. Ripley, Tn. [not Brownsville!])
(Blues Access Fall '98, p. 106)
Sunday, June 11 2000
Eric von Schmidt
honored with
ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
| Stellar Lineup of Acoustic Music Legends for Cambridge Folk Pioneer at Club Passim on 6/11 Eric von Schmidt to be Honored with ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and Musical Salute by Folk Greats: Tom Rush, Maria Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Chris Smither, Geoff Muldaur, Peter Wolf, Jim Rooney and Surprise Guests in Folk Event of the Year ASCAP member Eric von Schmidt, a pioneering figure in the folk music explosion of the late '50s and early '60s, will be presented with The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in Folk Music. The Award will be presented to von Schmidt at a special afternoon reception at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 11. In a salute to von Schmidt, who served as friend and mentor to many of the leading folk and blues artists who emerged from the Cambridge folk scene, a number of these performers will gather at Club Passim to perform songs written or popularized by von Schmidt. Among those participating in what promises to be an historic folk music event are Bill Keith, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Jim Rooney, Tom Rush, Chris Smither, Peter Wolf, as well as surprise guests. Eric von Schmidt, who also befriended and inspired Bob Dylan and Joan Baez early in their careers, is the writer of such songs as "My Love Come Rolling Down," "Light Rain," and the frequently recorded "Joshua Gone Barbados." He also popularized many once-forgotten traditional songs that are now folk and blues standards, including: "He Was a Friend of Mine," "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm," "Grizzly Bear" and "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down." von Schmidt is also a noted painter, muralist and illustrator whose art has adorned countless album covers as well as children's books and printed music collections. In addition, von Schmidt is the co-author, with Jim Rooney, of the definitive history of the Cambridge folk years, Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, (published by University of Massachussets Press). Club Passim, the center of the New England folk scene, is the successor to the legendary Club 47, where the careers of von Schmidt, Baez, Kweskin, Rush and many others were launched into success. Previous recipients of The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award include: Guy Clark (country), Red Norvo (jazz), Rufus Thomas (R&B), George Rochberg (concert music), Ella Jenkins (children's music), Buddy Baker (Film & TV music) and Dave Van Ronk (folk). The ASCAP Foundation has, for more than twenty-five years, been a resource for the music community through the myriad programs it funds and/or administers, including scholarships, grants, awards, commissions, classroom and summer camp music education programs, and senior community service. The ASCAP Foundation was established in 1975 and is a publicly supported charitable organization exempt from federal taxation under IRC § 501 (c) (3). |
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| A Few of the The World's Hippest Geezers Return to Harvard Square to CelebrateEric von Schmidt'sA.S.C.A.P. Lifetime Achievement Award Intro and Photos by Chris Yeager |
Interview with Caitlin von Schmidt (Eric's daughter)
"I was there the night Dylan went electric and the only thing I remember is my sister and me sitting in the back of the van eating all of the marshmallow things out of a box of Lucky Charms"
MP3 soundclip of Caitlin von Schmidt's "To the Ocean" (from 1990 CD "Fish")
at San Jacinto Records
RA soundclip of Caitlin von Schmidt's "Waiting For Rain"
(from 1997 soundtrack CD "Glad I'm A Girl")
Harold von Schmidt (Eric's father)
"Harold von Schmidt (1893-1982) grew up in the West a generation after Remington and Russell, but had a close kinship with them and the old West throughout his painting career. A native Californian, von Schmidt was orphaned at age 5 and reared by his grandfather who had been a Forty-niner. His grandfather's stories together with his own experiences as a construction worker, lumberjack and cowhand gave him an authentic insight into the earlier era. He became a leading magazine illustrator with his work appearing mainly in The Saturday Evening Post for 20 years. Founder of the Famous Artists School in Westport."
http://www.cashi.com/webbios.htm (meanwhile out of function!)
Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Detail of front cover of Philo 1052
thanks to Fritz Schuler (Golden Ring Music) for additional info