Illustrated Walter 'Furry' Lewis discography (original) (raw)
year
of release
title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible
even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1
7/1927
Furry Lewis
- Rock Island Blues (C-754/5) @ youtube
- Everybody's Blues (C-748/9) # @ youtube
rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; # Charles Johnson, mand; # unknown, sp
Vocalion 1111 (US July 28, 1927)
The Chicago Defender ad July 1927; source: Blues & Rhythm 194 (November 2004), p. 13 ("courtesy Guido van Rijn")
2
8/1927
Furry Lewis
- Jellyroll (C-761/2/3) @ youtube
- Mr. Furry's Blues (C-750/1) # @ youtube
rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; # Charles Johnson, mand
Vocalion 1115 (US 8/1927)
The Chicago Defender ad August 1927; source: https://sundayblues.org/?p=227
3
1927
Furry Lewis / Blind Joe Amos
Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan (C-752/3) # @ youtube
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues (C-1009-1) * @ youtube
# rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; Charles Johnson, md
* rec. June 30, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g
Vocalion 1116
The Chicago Defender ad April/June 1928; source: Blues & Rhythm 194 (November 2004), p. 13 ("courtesy Guido van Rijn")
- The Panic's On (C-764/5)
rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g
Vocalion unissued
4
2/1928
Furry Lewis
- Good Looking Girl Blues (C-1246/47) @ youtube
- Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee (C-1244/45) # @ youtube
rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Vocalion 1132 (US February 2, 1928)
# Brunswick 80092
The Chicago Defender ad Febuary, 1928; source: http://www.staggerlee.com/pgs/history5.php
5
1928
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues (C1250/51) @ youtube
- Big Chief Blues (C-1252/53) @ youtube
rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc, g
The Chicago Defender ad 1928; source: https://sundayblues.org/?s=ragtime
- Casey Jones Blues (C 12656/7)
rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Vocalion unissued
6
1928
Furry Lewis
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues (C-1258/59) @ youtube
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues (C-1248/49) @ youtube
rec. October 9, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Vocalion 1134
7
1928
Furry Lewis
- Judge Harsh Blues (445433-2) (3:01) @ youtube @ Spotify
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (42425-2) (3:09) @ youtube @ Spotify
rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Victor V38506
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (45425-1) (3:13) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Judge Harsh Blues (45433-1) (3:05) * @ Spotify
rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Victor unissued
# * Yazoo 1050
# RCA "X" LVA-3032
# RCA NL 89276
8
1928
Furry Lewis
- Mistreatin' Mamma (45428-2) @ youtube
- Furry's Blues (45424-1) @ youtube
rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Victor V38519
9
1928
Furry Lewis
- Cannon-Ball Blues (45430-2) (3:06) @ youtube
- Dry Land Blues (45429-2) (3:03-3:05) @ youtube
originally unissued takes from same session:
- Cannon Ball Blues (45430-1) (3:15) [Blues Images no 8]
- Dry Land Blues (45429-1) (3:06-3:11) [Orbis BLU NC 061]
rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
"[On] Cannonball, the easiest distinctions are that the instrumental chorus is the sixth on take -1 (Blues Images BIM108) and the fourth on take -2 (Frog DGF22). On -1 the last line of the vocal is 'I would not have this low-down race to run', on -2 it is 'I would not have this race to run.'"
"[...] the two takes of Dry Land Blues can be told apart by the first line. On Blues Images BIM108, this is 'I looked through muddy water and spy dry land,' on Frog DGF22, 'I looked through muddy water, baby, I can see dry land.' There may be some doubt about which take is which numerically, but if Max [Hoeffner] is right that the Blues Images take is the take on 'X' and its derivatives (and I am sure he is), then this is the one traditionally known as -1 and Frog in fact uses the originally issued take which we 'know' from the file card is -2 despite saying it uses -1. This may be no more than a typo somewhere, or alternatively the typo may be 'X's'. We may never know for sure, but pending actual evidence that will be the way they will be listed in B&GR."
(Howard Rye at facebook)
Victor 23345
Victor 23345 (vinyl test)
Victor file cards scanned by Michael Brooks working at Sony when Roger Misiewicz and Helge Thygesen asked him to scan some of the cards
10
1928
Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones–Part 1 (45431-2) @ youtube
- Kassie Jones–Part 2 (45432-1) @ youtube
rec. August 28, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Victor 21664
11
1929
Furry Lewis
- John Henry—Part I (The Steel Driving Man) (M-181- ) (2:54) @ youtube
- John Henry—Part II (The Steel Driving Man) (M-182- ) (3:19) @ Spotify
rec. September 22, 1929 at Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Vocalion 1474
12
1929
Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues (M-185- ) @ youtube
- Creeper's Blues (M-186- ) @ youtube
rec. September 22, 1929 at Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Vocalion 1547
13
1947
Listen To Our Story
A Panorama of American Ballads (on spine: ... of American Folk Balladry)
Buell Kazee
- Lady Gay [80089 A]
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- The Derby Ram [80089 B] [on some copies (in error) "Railroad Bill" by Will Bennett] 1)
Dick Reinhart
- The Girl I Left Behind Me [80090 A]
Doc Boggs
- Pretty Polly [80090 B]
Uncle Dave Macon
- The Death Of John Henry [80091 A]
- Rock About, My Saro Jane [80091 B]
Reverend Edward Clayburn
- True Religion [80092 A = Vocalion 1121 "Then We'll Need That True Religion"]
Furry Lewis
- Stackerlee [80092 B = Vocalion 1132 "Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee"]
compiled by Alan Lomax with the support of Decca's Dave Kapp
- Tony Russell: "Some copies of Brunswick 80089 erroneously replace matrix AL-127 with matrix K-127, Railroad Bill by Will Bennett (see B&GR), though preserving the Lunsford label."
set of four 10 inch 78 rpm
Brunswick album B-1024 (American Folk Music series) (US 1947)
including:
Brunswick 80089 - 80092
10 inch LP
= Brunswick BL-59001 (US 10/1950)
Billboard October 17, 1950
LP / CD compilations
14
1952
Anthology Of American Folk Music
Volume One: Ballads
LP 1:
- Henry Lee - Dick Justice
- Fatal Flower Garden - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
- Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
- Old Lady and the Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
- The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
- The Waggoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
- King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
- Old Shoes And Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford
- A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter & Preston Young
- Peg and Awl - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Ommie Wise - G. B. Grayson
- My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
LP 2:
- Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
- Charles Guiteau - Kelly Harrell
- John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
- Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Wiliamson Brothers & Curry
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- White House Blues - Charlie Poole w/ North Carolina Ramblers
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt [OKeh 8560]
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William & Versey Smith
- Engine 143 - The Carter Family
- Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
- Down On Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - The Masked Marvel
- Got the Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
edited by Harry Smith
2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 117 W. 46 St., N.Y.C."
Folkways FP-251 (US 1952)
2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 701 7th Ave., N.Y.C."
= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1960)
2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 701 Seventh Ave., N.Y.C."
= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1967)
box set of 3 double CDs
notes by Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger, Neil V. Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Greil Marcus & Pete Reiniger
(=) Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40090 (US 1997) containing Folkways FA 2951, FA 2952 & FA 2953
2 LP set
= Doxy DOY625 (It 2009)
= Mississippi MRP-070 (US 2014)
= Death Is Not The End DEATH010 (cassette) (UK 2016)
15
1953
Kings of the blues
backgrounds of jazz vol. 3
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Morning She Was Gone
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Dry Land Blues ("tk 1", actually tk 2!)
Frank Stokes
- Down Town Blues
- T'ain't Nobody's Business
Ishman Bracey
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mamma Blues
10 inch LP
notes by Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
RCA "X" LVA-3032 (US 1953)
16
1959
Furry Lewis
- Longing Blues @ youtube
- John Henry @ youtube
- I Will Turn Your Money Green @ youtube
- Early Recording Career (FL talking) @ youtube
- Pearlee Blues @ youtube
- Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube
- I'm Going To Brownsville * @ youtube
- The Medicine Shows (FL talking) @ youtube
- Casey Jones @ youtube
- East St. Louis Blues @ youtube
rec. October 3, 1959 in Memphis, TN by Samuel Charters; Furry Lewis, voc, g
* rec. February 18, 1959 in Memphis, TN by Samuel Charters; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Cover photo by A.R. Danberg (later Ann Charters)
Catalog number FS 3823 on cover, FA 3823 on labels and booklet
notes by Samuel B. Charters
Folkways FA/FS 3823 (US 1959)
notes condensed from original notes by Sam Charters
= XTRA 1116 (UK 1971)
XTRA Records discography
17
1960
The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources
LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads
LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones °°
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues
Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway
compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."
RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)
Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection
2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters
same front cover as RF-202(X)
(1964), but with more reddish lettering
notes captioned "RBF RECORDS
album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"
RBF RF-202 (1960)
(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)
RBF discography
18
1961
Furry Lewis: Back On My Feet Again
- John Henry @ youtube
- When My Baby Left Me @ youtube
- Shake 'Em On Down @ youtube
- Big Chief Blues @ youtube
- Old Blue @ youtube
- I'm Going To Brownsville @ youtube
- Back On My Feet Again @ youtube
- White Lightnin' @ youtube
- Roberta @ youtube
- St. Louis Blues @ youtube
rec. April 3 & 4, 1961 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Prestige/Bluesville 1036 & Prestige 7810 photo by Samuel B. Charters
Fantasy DLP F-24703 cover photos by Jim Marshall
PRT-7810 (197?)PRST 7810 (1973)
Fantasy DLP F-24703 gatefold notes by Pete Welding
Fantasy DLP F-24703 back cover
notes by Samuel B. Charters
Bluesville BV 1036 (US 1961)
notes by Samuel B. Charters
= Prestige PRST 7810 (US 1973 - same covers)
= Prestige PRT-7810 (US 197? - same covers)
notes by Samuel B. Charters
Stateside/EMI MSL 6068
(New Zealand 19??)
Bluesville Records discography
notes by Pete Welding
(=) Fantasy DLP F-24703
"Shake 'Em On Down"
(along with BV 1037
"Done Changed My Mind")
= Ace CDCH 486 (UK 1993)
= P-Vine PCD-1967 [?]
19
1961
Furry Lewis: Done Changed My Mind
- Baby You Don't Want Me @ youtube
- Done Changed My Mind @ youtube
- Goin' to Kansas City @ youtube
- Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube
- Casey Jones @ youtube
- This Time Tomorrow @ youtube
- I Will Turn Your Money Green @ youtube
- Frankie and Johnnie @ youtube
- Longing Blues @ youtube
- Long Tall Gal Blues @ youtube
rec. May 1961 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Prestige/Bluesville 1037 & Ace CH 260 photo by Samuel B. Charters
Fantasy DLP F-24703 cover photos by Jim Marshall
Fantasy DLP F-24703 gatefold notes by Pete Welding
Fantasy DLP F-24703 back cover
notes by Samuel B. Charters
Bluesville BV 1037 (US 1961)
Bluesville Records discography
= Ace CH 260 (UK 1988)
notes by Pete Welding
(=) Fantasy DLP F-24703
"Shake 'Em On Down"
(along with BV 1036
"Shake 'Em On Down")
= Fantasy FCD-24703-2 (US 1992)
= Ace CDCH 486 (UK 1993)
20
1962
Alexis Korner presents
Kings Of The Blues Vol. 3
Joe Williams
- Ain't Seen No Whiskey # @ youtube
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky
Sleepy John Estes
- Working Man Blues
Furry Lewis
- Cannonball Blues
this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams", but rather "Jackson Joe Williams"!
Big Joe Williams discographyArthur "Big Boy" Crudup discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
notes by Alexis Korner
(RCA RCX 204)
20a
1964
The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources
LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920] @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822] @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]
LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued] @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625]
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued] @ youtube
compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."
"All original recordings are included in their entirety" (RBF notes), while the previously unissued tracks (Charters' "field recordings") all seem to be cut short, "some without the courtesy of a proper fadeout, some of the cuts occur mid-stanza" (Charles Radcliffe review in Blues Unlimited 30, pp. 20-21)
2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters
originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)
later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)
2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters
= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)
DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters
= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)
= Fontana 982.099
2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters
= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)
RBF discography
XTRA Records discography
21
1965
Music Down Home
An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.
When life is big...
- Take This Hammer - Lead Belly (1:38)
- Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (1:18)
- Children's Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:47)
- Complaint Call - Enoch Brown (0:44)
- Water On The Wheel - Annie Dodson (0:47)
- Railroad 1 - Rich Amerson (1:26)
- Move Members Move - Rosie Hibler and Family (1:57)
Go pray ye
- Go Pray Ye - Annie Dodson (2:32)
- The Day Is Past - Dorothy Melton (1:56)
- Prayer Song - Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward (2:37)
- King David - Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman (4:30)
- Rockin' Jerusalem - Fisk Jubilee Singers (2:13)
- Just Got Over At Last - Little Brother Montgomery (2:23)
When life is young
- Mama's Goin' To Buy Him A Little Lap Dog - Vera Hall Ward (0:48)
- Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard and Brother Rabbit - Rich Amerson (1:59)
- I'm Goin' Up North Satisfied - Children of East York School (1:25)
Work songs
- Railroad 2 - Rich Amerson (1:53)
- Lost John - Sonny Terry (3:08)
- Lost John - Prison Farm Work Group (4:55)
Blues
- I'm Goin' To Pack Up My Things And Back Down That Sunny Road I'm Goin' - Mozelle Moore (3:13)
- Careless Love - Brownie McGhee (3:18)
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Snooks Eaglin (2:54)
- You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues - Victoria Spivey (4:36)
- I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man - Big Bill Broonzy (2:20)
- Mule Ridin', Talking Blues - Big Bill Broonzy (3:43)
- Black Woman - Rich Amerson (4:55)
Instrumental sounds
- Old John Booker - You Call That Gone - Gus Cannon (1:45)
- John Henry - Furry Lewis (4:48)
- Take Your Fingers Off It - Gus Cannon, Charlie Burse, and Will Shade (2:53)
- 44 Blues - Willie Thomas and Butch Cage (4:11)
- Sonny's Jump - Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (3:08)
Two songs of Alabama
- Birmingham Jail - Lead Belly (2:30)
- I'm So Glad - Montgomery Gospel Trio (2:34)
ed. by Charles Edward Smith
cover design by Ronald Clyne; illustration by Philip Evergood
review at record-fiend.blogspot.de
DLP notes
by Charles Edward Smith
Folkways FA 2691
custom CD from
www.folkways.si.edu
22
1966
Blues Rediscoveries
compiled and edited by Samuel Charters
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Avalon Blues
Bukka White
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues
Blind Gary Davis
- Oh Lord Search My Heart
- You Got To Go Down
Peg Leg Howell
- Doin' Wrong
Furry Lewis
- Jelly Roll
- Sweet Papa Moan
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
edited by Samuel Charters
front cover photo by Ann Charters
notes by Samuel Charters
RBF 11 (US 1966)
RBF discography
23
1967
The Blues
Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters@ youtube (full album)
J.D. Short
- Introduction @ youtube
Memphis Willie B.
- Alone In The Evening Blues (instr) @ youtube @ Spotify
J.D. Short
- Slidin' Delta @ youtube @ Spotify
Pink Anderson (with son "Little Pink")
- Old Cotton Fields Of Home @ youtube @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- John Henry # @ youtube @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues (instr) @ youtube @ Spotify
Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking @ youtube @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground @ youtube @ Spotify
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like A Mountain Jack @ youtube @ Spotify
- When I First Started Hoboing @ youtube @ Spotify
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify
rec. in the summer of 1962 by Samuel Barclay Charters with Ann Charters, technical assistant. "The Blues" was finished early in 1963, and was premiered at the University of Chicago Folk Festival in January, 1963.
# rec. summer 1962 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
photography by Ann Charters
notes by Samuel Charters
Asch A-101 (US 1967)
= Folkways FA AS101
notes by Samuel Charters
= Blue Angel BA20011 (Germany 1978/79?) (Zweitausendeins)
CDr
notes by Samuel Charters
= Smithsonian Folkways FW-ASCH101-CCD (US 2007)
J.D. Short discography
Memphis Willie B. discography
Pink Anderson discography
Baby Tate discography
Gus Cannon discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
24
1967
Vintage Country Blues Vol. 2
Casey Bill Weldon
- Gonna Take My Time
- Somebody Changed The Lock
Furry Lewis
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
Poor Boy Lofton
- Dirty Mistreater
- Rainey Day Blues
Walter Davis
- I Think You Need A Shot
Walter Roland
- Red Cross Blues No. 2
Sonny Scott
- No Good Biddie
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow
- Flea On Me
- Pussy Cat Blues
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Nighthawk
- C.N.A.
Down With The Game D 201
Down With The Game discography
25
1968
The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival
@ youtube (full album)
Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died
rec. July 20, 1968 at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park in Memphis, TN [third annual festival]; Furry Lewis, voc, g; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)
front cover photography by Margaret Tucker, back cover photos supplied by Randall Lyon, Lydia Saltzman and Blues Unlimited
notes by Mike Vernon
Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)
notes by Mike Vernon
Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)
notes by Mike Vernon
= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)
notes by Mike Vernon
= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)
= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)
(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)
Blue Horizon Records discography
Nathan Beauregard discography
Bukka White discography
Robert Wilkins discography
Joe Callicott discography
26
1968
They Sang The Blues 1927 - 1934
Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- Quill Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Pinewood Tom (Joshua White)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues
Historical ASC-22
= ASC-5829-22
Historical Records discography
27
1968
10 Years In Memphis 1927-1937
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes - What's The Matter Blues
Frank Stokes - Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson - Happy Blues [OKeh 8590]
Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues [OKeh 8590]
Kansas Joe - Pile Drivin' Blues
George Torey - Married Woman Blues
George Torey - Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon - Poor Boy
Allen Shaw - Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins - [Victor 23369]
Robert Wilkins - Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
Big Boy Cleveland - Goin' To Leave You Blues
notes by Don Kent 390 East 8th Street New York, New York 10009
back cover has side 1 and side 2 tracks interchanged!
Belzona L-1002 (US 1968)
notes by Don Kent 390 East 8th Street New York, N.Y. 10009
= Yazoo L-1002 (US 1968)
notes by Don Kent 54 King Street New York, N.Y. 10014
= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
notes by Don Kent 245 Waverley Place New York, N.Y. 10014
= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
notes by Steve Calt [!]
= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)
Yazoo Records discography
28
1968
Frank Stokes' Dream 1927-1931
Tom Dickson
- Labor Blues
Frank Stokes
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Take Me Back
Pearl Dickson
- Twelve Pound Daddy
Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Noah Lewis
- Devil In The Woodpile
Will Weldon
- Turpentine Blues
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Judge Harsh Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- 'Frisco Town
- I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Noah's Blues
Frank Stokes
- Last Go Round
notes by Fritz Peterson
Yazoo L 1008
= Yazoo CD 1008 YAZ
[1992?]
Yazoo Records discography
29
1969
Mississippi Delta Blues - Vol. 1
Napoleon Strickland
- Oh Baby
Do Boy Diamond
- Long Haired Doney
- Going Away Blues
Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell
- Three O'Clock In The Morning
Walter Miller
- Stuttgart, Ark
Tom Turner
- Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home
Furry Lewis
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Robert Diggs
- Drink, Drink, Drink
Dewey Corley
- Fishing In The Dark
Teddy Williams
- Down Home Blues
Houston Stackhouse
- Canned Heat
Peck Curtis
- The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson
rec. 1967 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell
inner gatefold of Arhoolie 1041
Do Boy Diamond discography Dewey Corley discography
Johnny Woods discography Fred McDowell discography
Walter Miller discography
notes (adapted from
"Blow my Blues away")
by George Mitchell
Arhoolie 1041
(=) Arhoolie CD 401 (1994)
Arhoolie Records discography
30
1969
presenting the country blues
Furry Lewis
- Grand Central Station [actually "Judge Harsh Blues"] @ Spotify
- Let's Shake Hand In Hand @ Spotify
- Waiting For A Train @ youtube @ Spotify
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart @ youtube @ Spotify
- Big Chief Blues @ Spotify
- Casey Jones @ Spotify
- Take Your Time Rag @ Spotify
- John Henry @ Spotify
- Skinny Woman @ Spotify
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean @ Spotify
- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down @ Spotify
rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g; prod. by Mike Vernon
notes (July 1969)
by Paul Oliver
Blue Horizon 7-63228 (UK 1969)
notes by Paul Oliver
= Blue Horizon BM 4605 (US 1972)
"Blues Masters Vol. 5"
(=) Sony / Blue Horizon CD 88697041792 (2007)
31
1969
Furry Lewis: On The Road Again
with Bukka White and Gus Cannon
- On The Road Again (Lewis with Corley) °°
- My Wife Is Getting Old (White with Lewis)
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues (Lewis) °°
- Lela (Cannon with Lewis)
- Oh Babe (Lewis) °°
- I've Got A Bird To Whistle (Lewis with Firk) °° @ youtube
- Give Me an Old Lady (White with Firk)
- Furry's Worried Blues (Lewis) °°
- Gibson Hill (White)
°° re-released on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1599
Genes GCD 9911 bonus track:
- Goin' Back (To Memphis, TN) (Cannon)
Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1599 track sequence:
- On The Road Again [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Oh! Babe! [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- I've Got A Bird To Whistle [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Furry's Worried Blues [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Judge Boushe [Genes GCD 9911]
- East St. Louis Blues [Genes GCD 9911]
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean [Genes GCD 9911]
- St. Louis Blues [Genes GCD 9911]
- If You Follow Me Babe [Genes GCD 9911]
- Natural Born Eastman [Genes GCD 9911]
rec. October 7 & 10, 1969 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g; Bukka White, voc, g; Gus Cannon, voc, banjo; Dewey Corley, kazoo, bass can; B. Sam Firk (Michael Stewart), g; prod. by Gene Rosenthal
Adelphi AD 1007S front cover photo by Joel Slotnikoff
Adelphi AD 1007S back cover photos by G.L. Moore
Genes GCD 9918 front cover photo by Jim Marshall
Genes GCD 9918 additional photos by Gene Rosenthal
Backwards Sam Firk (Michael Stewart) discography
notes by Michael A. Stewart
Adelphi AD 1007S (US 1969)
notes by Michael A.
Stewart & Denise Tapp
= Genes GCD 9918 (US 1999)
Adelphi Records discography
Fat Possum/Amazon Music
CD/LP FP1599 (US 2017)
"Worried Blues"
32
1969
Memphis Swamp Jam
Booker White
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Columbus, Miss. Blues
- Sad Day Blues
Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp
Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long
Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising
- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground
gatefold DLP
notes by Pete Welding
Blue Thumb BTS 6000
= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)
(=) Arhoolie 1084 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1"
and Arhoolie 1085 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2"
(=) Arhoolie CD 385
(=) Arhoolie CD 386 "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vols. 1 & 2"
33
1969
The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939
Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule
front cover design by Marina Bokelman
notes by Dave [sic] Evans
Origin Jazz Library OJL-21
OJL Records discography
34
1969
Memphis Blues
Johnson Boys
- Prater Blues
Frank Stokes
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - part 1
Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window
Ollie Rupert
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle
William & Versey Smith
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
Furry Lewis
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Whatcha Doin'?
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- You Got Me Rollin'
Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Shoot 'Em
Roots RL 323 (Austria 1969)
= Roots/Saydisc RL 323 (UK 1969) [differing from Roots RL-323 only by sticker on front cover top left!]
= autogram/Roots RL 323 (Germany)
Roots Records discography
35
1970
Furry Lewis in Memphis
Matchbox SDR 190 / Roots SL 505 track sequence:
- St. Louis Blues (St. Louis And Memphis Moan)
- Furry Lewis' Blues (Memphis Guitar Blues)
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones (Railroad Rambling Blues)
- Going To Brownsville (Brownsville Roll And Tumble Blues)
- Skinny Woman (Furry's Woman Blues)
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (One Kind Favor)
- John Henry (The Ballad Of John Henry)
- Furry Lewis Rag (Frank Stokes' Blues - Furry's Steptime Dance)
- Careless Love (Love, Oh Careless Love)
- My Blue Heaven
- Old Dog Blue (Jim Jackson's Old Dog Blues)
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Highway 61
- Toast (Furry's Poem)
song titles in brackets = alternative titles on Roots SL 505 labels
front and back covers of the Matchbox and Roots releases are identical
unissued tracks from same session:
- Glory Hallelujah
- Nearer My God To Thee
- Turkey In The Straw
Autogram ALLP 265 track sequence:
- Lewis [sic] Blues
- Furry Lewis' Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones
- Going To Brownsville- Skinny Woman (omitted)
- See That May [sic] Grave Is Kept Claen [sic]
- John Henry
- Furry Lewis Rag
- Careless Love
- My Blue Heaven
- Old Dog Blues [sic]
- Spanish Flang Dang- Highway 61 (omitted)- Toast (omitted)
Autogram ALCD-5805 track sequence:@ youtube
- East St. Louis Blues
- Furry Lewis' Blues- When I Lay My Burden Down (omitted)
- Kassie Jones
- Going To Brownsville
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- John Henry
- Furry Lewis Rag
- Careless Love Blues
- My Blue Heaven
- Old Dog Blue
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Highway 61
- Toast
rec. September 6, 1968 at 247 South Fourth Street (Furry Lewis' home) in Memphis, TN by Karl Gert zur Heide; Furry Lewis, voc, g
notes by Karl Gert zur Heide
Matchbox SDR 190 (UK 1970)
notes by Karl Gert zur Heide
= Roots SL 505 (Continental Europe 1970)
= Autogram ALLP 265 (Germany 1994) "at home in Memphis" 1968
(most of the) notes by Karl Gert zur Heide
= Autogram ALCD-5805 (Germany 2010) "at home in Memphis" 1968
Matchbox Records discography
Roots Records discography
36
1970
Stars Of The 1969-1970 Memphis Country Blues Festival
Furry Lewis
- Judge Boyshoy [sic] Blues * [actually "Judge Harsh Blues" aka "Grand Central Station"] [Blue Horizon 7-63228]
- John Henry * [Blue Horizon 7-63228]
Joe Callicott
- Hoist Your Window \\ [Blue Horizon 7-63227]
- On My Last Go Round \\ [Blue Horizon 7-63227]
Champion Jack Dupree
- Right Now § [Decca SKL 4871]
Champion Jack Dupree
- Troubles § ° [Decca SKL 4871]
Bukka White
- Big Boat Blues // [actually "Drifting Blues"] [Blue Horizon 7-63229]
- Old Man Tom // [Blue Horizon 7-63229]
Fred McDowell
- Diving Duck Blues # [Transatlantic TRA 194]
- I Don't Need No Healer [actually "Heater"] # [Transatlantic TRA 194]
* rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN by Mike Vernon; Furry Lewis, voc, g
\\ rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN by Mike Vernon; Joe Callicott, voc, g
§ rec. April 4 & 5, 1967 in London, UK by Mike Vernon; Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p; Albert Hall, tp; Rx Morris, Bob Efford, ts; Harry Klein, bs; Mickey Baker, g, tamb, ° voc; John Baldwin, b; Ronnie Verrell, dr
// rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN by Mike Vernon; Bukka White, voc, g
# rec. March 8, 1969 in London, UK by the National Blues Federation; Fred McDowell, voc, g
Sire SES 97015 (US 1970)
Mississippi Joe Callicott discography
Champion Jack Dupree discography
Bukka White discography
Mississippi Fred McDowell discography
37
1970
Memphis Blues (1927-1939) Vol. 2
Memphis Minnie
- Squat It
Kansas Joe McCoy
- Someday I'll Be In The Clay
Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway 61 Blues - No. 2
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- Mad Dog Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
- Hard Scufflin' Blues
- Renewed Love Blues
Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
- Sweet Mama
Furry Lewis
- Good Looking Girl Blues
Will Batts
- Country Woman
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Somebody's Got To Go
The Three Stripped Gears
- 1931 Depression Blues
compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth
Roots RL 329 (Austria)
Roots/Saydisc RL 329 (UK)
= autogram/Roots RL 329 (Germany)
Roots Records discography
38
1970
Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936
Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound
Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You
Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart
Yazoo L 1021 (US 1970)
= Yazoo CD 1021 YAZ (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discography
39
1970
Kings Of Memphis Town (1927-1930)
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Furry's Blues
- Kassie Jones - pt. 1
- Kassie Jones - pt. 2
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- Hunting Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Divin' Duck Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Expressman Blues
Lonnie McIntorsh
- Sleep On Mother, Sleep On
- The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah
Roots RL 333 (Austria 1970)
Roots Records discography
40
1970
Fred McDowell / Furry Lewis:
When I Lay My Burden Down
Fred McDowell (rec. Febr., 1969)
- If You See My Baby
- John Henry
- Louise
- 61 Highway
- Big Fat Mama
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Dankin's Farm
Furry Lewis (rec. Nov., 1968)
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Every Day Of The Week
- Grieve My Mind
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Beale Street Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down
notes by Ernest F. Dyson
Biograph BLP 12017
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.047 (UK 1988)
Biograph Records discography
41
1970
How Blue Can We Get?
Volume I: White
Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out
Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind
Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo
Duster Bennett - What A Dream
Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights)
Chicken Shack - Evelyn
Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot
Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd
Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried
Chicken Shack - The Way It Is
Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2)
Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony
Volume II: Black
Elmore James - Hand In Hand
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues
Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones [Blue Horizon 7-63228]
Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow)
George Smith - No Time For Jive
Johnny Young - Deal The Cards
Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman
Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues
Mississippi Joe Callicott - On My Last Go Round
Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie
gatefold DLP
Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)
gatefold DLP
= Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
Blue Horizon Records discography
42
1971
Furry Lewis live at the Gaslight at the Au Go Go
- Introduction
- Paer Lee [sic!]
- My Dog Got The Measles
- Nero [sic!] My God To Thee
- The Accident
- East St. Louis
- Waiting For A Train
- When I Lay My Burdon [Eric?] Down
- Introduction For Ward Schaffer
- Move To Kansas City
- Pallet On The Floor
- Brownsville
- Furry's Blues
- The President
- John Henry
- Turn Your Money Green
- K.C. Jones
rec. 1971 at the Gaslight, New York City
notes by Michael Cuscuna
Ampex A-10140
notes by Michael Cuscuna
= Collector's Issue C-5525
43
1971
The Memphis Blues Again Vol. 1
Nathan Beauregard
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Lonesome To Myself
Sam Clark & Dewey Corley and Richard Harney
- Sunnyland Train Blues
Earl Bell & Marshall "Memphis Sonny Boy" Jones
- Catfish Blues
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk and Dewey Corley
- You Ain't Too Old
Mose Vinson & Backwards Sam Firk
- Bullfrog Blues
Sweet Charlene Peeples & Mose Vinson
- Tin Pan Alley
- Scood Up Be Doop Day
Furry Lewis
- Natural Born Eastman No. 2
Furry Lewis & Willie Morris and Dewey Corley
- New Turn Your Money Green
Joe Dobbins & Backwards Sam Firk
- Basin Street Blues
- Sweet Patricia
Gus Cannon
- Mule Gallop
Dewey Corley & Willie Morris and Furry Lewis
- Dewey's Walkin' Blues
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
- Step It Up And Go
rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN and June 1970 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; prod. by Gene Rosenthal
Adelphi AD 1009 cover drawing by Dick Bangham
notes by Stephan Michaelson and Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls and Michael Stewart
Adelphi AD 1009 (US 1971)
notes by Stephan Michaelson
= Echo Music 801 (UK 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 1" "Memphis Blues"
Adelphi Records discography
44
1971
Blues 1920-40
LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues
Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman
LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm
Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me
LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway
CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)
Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°
CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°
compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation
°° CD has seven additional tracks!
3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet
RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)
3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet
= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)
2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui
= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"
2 CD set
= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"
45
1971
Furry Lewis: Beale Street Blues (Barclay) / Fourth And Beale (Blue Star)
House of the Blues Vol. 2
- Going To Brownsville @ youtube
- John Henry @ youtube
- Casey Jones @ youtube
- St. Louis Blues @ youtube
- Judge Boushe Blues @ youtube
- Just A Little Fun @ youtube
- Going Back To Gary @ youtube
- When The Saints Go Marchin' Home @ youtube
- A Dog Named Blue @ youtube
Lucky Seven / Fontana CD bonus tracks:
- Baby That's All Right
- Lay My Burden Down
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Furry's Rag (Take Your Time, Baby)
- Water Tank
- God Be with Us 'Till We Meet Again
rec. March 5, 1969 at Furry Lewis' house near Fourth and Beale streets in Memphis, TN by Terry Manning
"Furry performed with his guitar, in bed, leg off. Recorded with two Sony C-37 condensor microphones and a Crown CX-800 recording machine, utilising Scotch 202 low noise tape, and transferred directly to disc."
Barclay XBLY 920.352 T photos by Carol Manning
front cover artwork of Blue Star 80602 by Jean Vern from a photograph by Carol Manning
front cover artwork of Lucky Seven CD by Fred Carlson
Barclay XBLY 920.352 T (Fr 1971)
= Blue Star 80602 (1974)
= Barclay 21666
= King GXF-18 (Jp 1975)
Verve CD 519 726-2 (Fr 1993)
= Lucky Seven CD 9202 (1995)
= Fontana CD 982241 (2006)
= Sunnyside SSC 3050
= Maison De Blues SSC 3050
46
1971
Don Nix: In God We Trust
- In God We Trust @ youtube
- Golden Mansions @ youtube
- I'll Fly Away @ youtube
- He Never Lived A Day Without Jesus @ youtube
- Nero [sic] My God To Thee
- Amos Burke @ youtube
- Long Way To Nowhere
- Iuka (poem read by Furry Lewis at 4:20) @ youtube
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- I've Tried (Trucker's Lament)
recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Don Nix, voc, g; Barry Beckett, keyb; Jay Spell, fiddle; Eddie Hinton, el g; Eddie Hinton, Larry Raspberry, rhythm g; Eddie Hinton, Furry Lewis, slide g; David Hood, b; Roger Hawkins, dr; Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, backgr voc; prod. & arr. by Don Nix
photography: Jim McCrary, Jimmy Chappell
Shelter SHE 8902
= Nippon BT-5357 (Jp 1979)
47
1971
Beale Street Mess-Around
Revival 1004 and Barclay 920414 track sequence:
Dewey Corley
- Just A Dream I Had On My Mind * [Fat Possum 1059-2] @ youtube
- Tri-State-Bus [sic] * [Arhoolie CD 401 / Fat Possum 1059-2]
- Back To The Country * [Fat Possum 1059-2] @ youtube
- I'm Going Home # °° [Fat Possum 1059-2] @ youtube
- Four O'Clock In The Morning * [Fat Possum 1059-2]
# + Walter Miller, g
* + Johnny Woods, hca; Earl Bell, g
Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around °°
Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Muscle Shoal Blues °° @ youtube
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues °°
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen °°
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round °°
Will Shade
- I Can't Stand It [nowhere else released!]
Rounder 2006 track sequence:
Will Shade & Abe McNeil
- Beale Street Mess-Around °°
Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Muscle Shoals [sic] Blues °°
Charlie Burse
- Tippin' Round °°
Furry Lewis
- Perolee [sic] [nowhere else released!] @ youtube
Will Shade
- Dirty Dozen °°
Furry Lewis
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues [Revival RVS 1008 "Worried Blues"]
Will Shade & Catherine Porter
- Let Me Ride With You Tonight [Fat Possum 1051-2 "I Wanna Ride ..."] @ youtube
Walter Miller & Dewey Corley
- I'm Going Home °°
Will Shade & Charlie Burse
- Kansas City Blues °° [Fat Possum 7-1079 "K.C. Blues"]
Will Shade
- Newport News [Revival RVS 1008]
Earl Bell
- Jump On Down [nowhere else released!]
Furry Lewis
- U.S. Waltz (aka "Spanish Flang Dang") [this rendition nowhere else released!] @ youtube
Will Shade
- I'll Get A Break [nowhere else released!] @ youtube
Charlie Burse, Furry Lewis, Will Shade
- Eleven Light City [nowhere else released!] @ youtube
Furry Lewis
- Hello, Judge [Revival RVS 1008 / Fat Possum 7-1098 "Good Morning Judge"]
rec. 1963, 1967, and 1968 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell and Roger Brown
°° tracks on both LPs (Revival/Barclay and Rounder)
notes by "Bengt Olssen" (Bengt Olsson)
Revival RVS 1004 (UK 1971)
notes by "Bengt Olssen" (Bengt Olsson) [translated into French]
= Barclay 920.414 (Fr) "Blues from Memphis"
notes by Roger S. Brown
(=) Rounder 2006 (US 1975)
= Dargil/Rounder 2006 (Portugal 1975)
Revival Records discography
Rounder Records discography
Dewey Corley discography
Earl Bell discography
Walter Miller discography
48
197?
Old Original Tennessee Blues
Furry Lewis
- Good Morning, Baby
- Hello, Judge
- Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
- Brownsville Blues
- Glory, Hallelujah
Sleepy John Estes (rec. Memphis, 1967)
- Floating Bridge
- Mr. Pat
- Rats In My Kitchen
- Special Agent
Will Shade
- Newport News
- I'll get A Break
rec. 1963 & 1967 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell
Revival RVS 1008 (UK)
Revival Records discography
49
1971
Don Nix: Living By The Days
- The Shape I'm In (5:40) @ youtube
- Olena (4:20) @ youtube
- narration by Furry Lewis @ youtube
- I Saw The Light (3:53) @ youtube
- She Don't Want A Lover (She Just Need A Friend) (4:19) @ youtube
- Living By The Days (3:12) @ youtube
- Going Back To Iuka (4:18) @ youtube
- Three Angels (3:43) @ youtube
- Mary Louise (2:46)
- My Train's Done Come And Gone (5:00) @ youtube
Elektra EKS 74101 (US)
= Elektra KA 2096 (UK)
= East West CD AMCY-
2609 (Jp 1998)
= Real Gone Music CD
RGM-0135 (US 2013)
50
1972
Furry Lewis & Bukka White at home with friends resp. Furry & Bukka (1968)
ASP 1 track sequence:
Bukka White
- Please, Ma'm
- Little Woman's Bed
- Hambone Blues
- Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Grey-Haired Woman #
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49 #
Furry Lewis
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- Mama's Fish
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones
- A Message From Furry
Collector's Issue C-5524 track sequence:
Furry Lewis
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- Mama's Fish / When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones
Bukka White
- Please, Ma'm
- Little Woman's Bed
- Hambone Blues / Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Grey-Haired Woman #
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49 #
Arcola ACD 1001 track sequence:
Bukka White
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49 #
- Grey-Haired Woman #
- Little Woman's Bed
- Tip And Eight Boogie
- Talking
- Hambone Blues
- I'm Drifting
- Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Please, Ma'm
- Talking
Furry Lewis
- Going Away Blues
- John Henry
- Talking
- Skinny Woman
- Talking
- Old Dog Blue
- Talking
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Talking
- Farewell to Thee
- Mama's Fish *
- When I Lay My Burden Down *
- Kassie Jones and a Message *
* rec. July 3, 1968 at Furry's apartment in Memphis, TN by Bob West; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Furry Lewis tracks rec. July 5, 1968 at Furry's apartment in Memphis, TN by Bob West; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Bukka White tracks rec. July 5 at Furry Lewis' apartment in Memphis, TN by Bob West; Bukka White, voc, g
# rec. July 6, 1968 at Albino Red's in Memphis, TN by Bob West; Bukka White, voc, g
prod. by Bob Graf and Bob West
Collector's Issue C-5524 has only 4 Bukka White tracks and 5 Furry Lewis tracks !!! combines two tracks [3 & 4] on each album side, making it look as if there'd be only 4 Bukka White tracks and 5 Furry Lewis tracks
notes by Mike Duffy
ASP 1 (US 1972)
= Collector's Issue C-5524 (Austria 198?)
(=) Arcola ACD 1001 (+ additional 30 minutes)
51
1972
Bukka White sings Sic 'em Dogs on Me 1927 to 1939
Elizabeth Johnson
- Be My Kid Blues (1928)
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928)
Mae Glover
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None (1929)
Washington (Barrelhouse) White
- Po' Boy (1939)
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me (1939)
Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930)
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928)
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928)
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931)
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done (1935)
- Teasin' Brown Blues (1935)
Willie Baker
- Weak Minded Blues (1929)
- Rag Baby (1929)
Long "Cleve" Reed & The Downhome Boys
- Mama You Don't Know How (1927)
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues (1927)
Mississipi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues (1928)
Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues-Part 1 (1929)
Charley Patton
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (1929)
notes by Bernard Klatzko
Herwin H 201
Herwin Records discography
52
1972
The Alabama State Troupers Road Show
featuring Don Nix, Jeanie Greene, Furry Lewis and The Mt. Zion Band & Choir
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- Brownsville
- I'm Black
- A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird @ youtube
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Don Nix, voc)
- Amos Burke (Don Nix, voc)
- Mighty Time (Jeanie Greene, voc)
- Jesus On The Mainline (Brenda Patterson, voc)
- Mary Louise (Don Nix, voc)
- Yes, I Do Understand (Jeanie Greene, voc)
- Opening (Don Nix, Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, Wayne Perkins, voc)
- Living In The Country (Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, Wayne Perkins, voc)
- Joa-Bim (Jeanie Greene, voc)
- Dixie (Jeanie Greene, voc)
- Heavy Makes You Happy (Marianne Watkins, Carolyn Watkins, Mary Anderson, Brenda Patterson, voc)
- Iuka (Don Nix, voc)
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Rap
- Asphalt Outlaw Hero (Don Nix, voc)
- Olena (Don Nix, voc)
- My Father's House (Jeanie Greene, voc)
- Going Down (Don Nix, voc)
rec. October 15, 1971 at Long Beach Civic Auditorium, Long Beach, CA, and October 17, 1971 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA
two record set
Elektra EKS-75022
53
1972
Blues For Your Pocket
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [XTRA 1098]
Son House - New Pony Blues [Transatlantic TRA 223]
Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues [XTRA 1116]
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway [XTRA 1111]
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [XTRA 1004]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [XTRA 1035]
Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie Piano Styles [XTRA 1085]
Little Brother Montgomery - Lonesome Mama [XTRA 1115]
Sticks McGhee - Drink Of Wine Mop Mop [XTRA 1110]
J.D. Short - So Much Wine [XTRA 1080]
James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues [XTRA 1105]
Fred McDowell - Mojo Hand [Transatlantic TRA 194]
compiled by Mike Leadbitter
notes by Mike Leadbitter
Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)
= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"
XTRA Records discography
54
1972
2 LP
Blues Selection
LP 1:
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (6:25)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Howling Wolf (3:50)
Furry Lewis - Goin' To Kansas City (2:50)
Rev. Gary Davis - I'll Fly Away (4:32)
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman (3:24)
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:43)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:54)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree's Blues (5:50)
Tom Rush - Duncan And Brady (3:35)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues (4:10)
LP 2:
Holy Modal Rounders - Blues In The Bottle (3:25)
Jimmy Whitherspoon - Every Day (2:36)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Too Many Drivers (3:30)
Furry Lewis - I'm Going To Brownsville (3:27)
Rev. Gary Davis - When I Die I'll Live Again (3:28)
Memphis Slim - Fast And Free (1:56)
John Lee Hooker - Driftin' And Driftin' (4:02)
Jesse Fuller - Red River Blues (3:25)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Freight Train (2:40)
Tom Rush - Drop Down Mama (4:05)
Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine (3:29)
Holy Modal Rounders - Euphoria (1:30)
gatefold DLP
Bellaphon/Fantasy BJS 4071 (Germany 1972)
= Bellaphon/Fantasy BBS 2502
55
197?
Furry Lewis: the Early Years
Original 1927-9 Recordings
28th May 1927
- Rock Island Blues
- Everybody's Blues
- Jellyroll
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
October 1927
- Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee
- Big Chief Blues
28th August 1928
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dryland Blues
- Kassie Jones pt. 1&2
- Judge Harsh Blues
22nd September 1929
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
"mastering: John Hassell; our thanks to Pete Brown"
Spokane SPL 1004 (UK 197?)
Spokane Records discography
56
1979
La Ballata Afro-Americana
Afro-American Ballads La Ballade Afro-Américaine
- Dying Crapshoot Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 1) - Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 2) - Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones (Southern Casey Jones) - Jesse James
- Boll Weevil - Leadbelly
- Bettie And Dupree (Dupree Blues) - Willie Walker
- Brady And Duncan (Bill Brady) - Leadbelly
- Ella Speed - Leadbelly
- John Henry - Willie Turner
- John Henry - Furry Lewis
- Titanic (Titanic Blues) - Hi Henry Brown
- Delia (Little Delia) - Blind Willie McTell
- Frankie And Albert (Frankie) - Mississippi John Hurt
- Stackolee (Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee) - Furry Lewis
notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni
Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979)
= Albatros VC 4934 (cassette)
Albatros Records discography
57
1973
The Fabulous Furry Lewis
American Blues Heritage Series ... Volume 3
- Good Mornin' Blues
- Take Your Time, Baby
- Judge Boushe
- Take Me Back, Baby
- B-L-A-C-K @ youtube
- Every Day In The Week
- Sara Lee [= Pearlee]
- Kansas City
- My Baby Don't Want Me
- Glory Glory Hallelujah
rec. March 6, 1973 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
notes by Harry E. Godwin
Southland SLP-3
Southland Records discography
58
1973
Fillin' In Blues
Rare Country Blues: 1928-1930
- Hesitation Blues - Jim Jackson 1930
- John Henry - part 2 - Furry Lewis 1929
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- The Rooster Crowing Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 1929
- Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- Insurance Man Blues - Washboard Walter 1930
- It's Tight Like That - Slim Bartin And Eddie Mapp 1929
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies - El Watson 1928
Obscure Barrelhouse Piano: 1928-1930
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1928
- Struttin' The Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1929
- Corinne Corinna Blues - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins 1930
- Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards 1930
- Bust Blues - Ishman Bracey 1930
- Louisiana Bound - Charley Taylor 1930
- Too Damp To Be Wet - Charley Taylor 1930
- Where My Shoes At? - Charley Taylor 1930
notes by Bernard Klatzko
Herwin H-205 (US 1973)
Herwin Records discography
59
1973
Don Nix: Hobos, Heroes and Street Corner Clowns
- She's A Friend Of Mine @ Spotify
- The Train Don't Stop Here No More @ Spotify
- Black Cat Moan @ youtube @ Spotify
- Rainy Night In Paris (Memphis Reject) @ youtube @ Spotify
- When I Lay My Burden Down [incl. studio chat!] # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Sweet Sweet Surrender @ youtube @ Spotify
- We Gotta Move (Keep On Rolling) @ youtube @ Spotify
- Miss Eleana @ Spotify
- I Need You @ Spotify
- Look What The Years Have Done @ Spotify
# Furry Lewis, voc
Stax/Enterprise ENS-1032 (US 1973)
= P-Vine PCD-5175 (Jp 1997)
60
1974
Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues
Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues
Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues
Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere
Robert Wilkins
- National Stonewall Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog
Albatros VPA 8187 (It 1974)
= Albatros VC 0775 (cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
Albatros Records discograpy
61
1975
Furry Lewis: In His Prime 1927-1928
- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mamma
- Cannonball Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (alt tk)
- Jellyroll
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Kassis Jones Part 1
- Kassis Jones Part 2
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues (alt tk)
notes by Stephen Calt
Yazoo L-1050 (US 1975)
= Yazoo 1050 (cassette) (US 1988)
= Yazoo CD 1050 YAZ (US 1991)
180 g repro
= Yazoo LP 1050
Yazoo Records discography
61a
1975
Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around
A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music
Ephram Carter and his Fife & Drum Band
- Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around
Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell
- Do Remember Me
Babe Stovall
- The Ship Is At The Landing
Annie Lee & Oscar Crawford
- You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me
Rev. Rubin Lacey
- Talk About A Child That Do Love Jesus
Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson
- Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down
Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean & Shirley Marie Johnson
- You Got To Give An Account
Katie Mae Young
- By The Grace Of My Lord, I've Come A Long Way
Eddie Lee 'Mustright' Jones
- My Sun Don't Never Go Down
Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson
- Climbing High Mountains
Chester Davis and Congregation; Compton Jones & Group; Furry Lewis
- Glory, Glory Hallelujah
Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell
- A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right
Pattie Rosemon
- I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
Babe Stovall
- When The Circle Be Unbroken
Napoleon Strickland
- Motherless Children
Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell
- I Shall Not Be Moved
rec. by David Evans
"Among my more treasured possessions is a general survey of black rural religious singing, which he produced several years before the disc under consideration. It is called Sorrow Come Pass Me Around, and in terms of superb it is completely off the scale. If nobody has had the foresight to re-issue that LP, and you happen to see it in some expensive second-hand vinyl catalogue, do not pause to worry about how you are going to raise the asking price. Once you have the disc home and on your turntable, all qualms about the bank you so rashly decided to stick up, will be utterly dissipated."
notes (November 1974, 12-pp. brochure) by David Evans
Advent 2805 (US 1975)
= P-Vine PCD-2104 (Jp 1991)
16-pp. booklet by David Evans
= Dust-To-Digital LP PT-3001 (US 2013)
32-pp. booklet by David Evans
= Dust-To-Digital CD DTD-3001 (US 2013)
Advent Records discography
Babe Stovall discography
Rube Lacey discography
62
1976
Blues In The Twenties
Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown
Furry Lewis - Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas - Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr - How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out
Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues
Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods - Last Chance Blues
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith - Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1
notes by Toyo Nakamura
MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)
63
1976
Jumping On The Hill
The Beale Street Sheiks
- Jumping On The Hill
Memphis Jug Band
- My Love Is Cold
Furry Lewis
- Cannon Ball Blues
Kaiser Clifton
- She'll Be Back Some Day
The Delta Boys
- Don't You Want To Know?
Jim Jackson
- Old Dog Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Little Green Slippers
Too Tight Henry
- Squinch Owl Moan
Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Fishin' In The Dark
Little Buddy Doyle
- She's Got Good Dry Goods
Kaiser Clifton
- Teach Me Right From Wrong
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
Jim Jackson
- Santa Fe Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Jug Band Quartette
Too Tight Henry
- The Way I Do
notes (unsigned) by Chris Smith
Policy Wheel PW 459-1 (UK 1976)
Policy Wheel Records discography
65
1979
Tennessee: The Folk Heritage
Volume 1: The Delta
Beale Street Originals - Mr. Crump Don't 'Low
Grandma Dixie Davis - Memphis Blues
Sonny Blake Combo - One Room Country Shack
Roosevelt Sykes - Backyard Blues
Sam Clark Combo - Jammin The Blues
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - Keep Me With A Mind
Memphis Slim - Memphis On The Mississippi
Furry Lewis - My Baby Don't Want Me # [Southland SLP-3]
Joe Dobbins - Good Morning Blues
Dewey Corley Combo - Dewey's Blues #
Memphis Minnie Lawler - Nothin' In Ramblin'
Choir Of The Lambert Church Of God In Christ, Memphis - I Love The Lord
# rec. March 6, 1973 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
produced, compiled & edited by Harry E. Godwin; cover painting by Stephen Longstreet
notes by Harry E. Godwin
Tennessee Folklore Society TFS-102 (US 1979)
66
1979
The Memphis Development Foundation Presents
Beale Street Saturday Night
Sid Selvidge
- Walkin' Down Beale Street
Fred Ford
- Hernando Horn
Grandma Dixie Davis
- Beale Street Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Big Fat Mama / Liquor Store
Prince Gabe
- Ol' Beale Street Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Teenie Hodges
- Rock Me Baby
Alex [Teal]
- Rock Me Baby
Thomas Pinkston
- "Ben Griffin Was Killed In The Monarch ..." (narration)
Johnny Woods
- Frisco Blow
Mud Boy & the Neutrons
- On The Road Again
Thomas Pinkston
- "W. C. Handy Told Me 50 Years Ago ..." (narration)
Furry Lewis
- Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
Grandma Dixie Davis
- Roll On, Mississippi
rec. October 1, 1978 at "The Tennessee Waltz", Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN; prod. by James Luther Dickinson; mixed at Sam Phillips Recording Studio & Ardent Sudios
cover photograph by William Eggleston
notes by Stanley Booth
Orpheum O-101 (US 1979)
= Omnivore OVLP 119 (2015)
67
1982
Furry Lewis 1927 - 1929
The Remaining Titles
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Dry Land Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues
- John Henry Pt. 1
- John Henry Pt. 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Wolf WSE 101 (Austria 1982)
68
1983
The Blues Classics
Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan
MCA VIM-20/2 (Jp 1983)
69
1983
Rebirth of Beale St.
Lou Rawls
- Birth Of The Blues
- Rebirth Of Beale Street
Handy's Orchestra
- Memphis Blues
- St. Louis Blues
Charlie Williamsons Beale St. Frolic Orchestra
- Midnight Frolic Drag
Furry Lewis
- Judge Harsh Blues
Illinois Central Glee Club
So Glad Trouble
Memphis Jug Band
- Fourth Street Mass Around
BB King
- Three O'Clock Blues
Sunset Travelers
- Yes, Yes, I've Done My Duty
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Mystery Train
Elvis Presley
- Mystery Train
- That's All Right
b>Rufus Thomas
- Walking The Dog
Lou Rawls
- Birth Of The Blues
- Rebirth Of Beale Street
rec. at Shoe Productions, Memphis, Tennessee; prod. by Ron Tate & Wayne Crook
notes by Ron Tate
A commemorative album owned by The City of Memphis, Richard C. Hackett, Mayor, not for sale (limited edition of 1000)
70
1984
Memphis Blues (1928 - 1930)
(Jazz Tribune No. 51)
Frank Stokes
- How Long?
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Right Now Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 1
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 2
- This Mornin' She Was Gone
Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones Part 1
- Dry Land Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Rolling Stone Part 1
- Rolling Stone Part 2
- I Do Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Sun Brimmer Blues
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Peaches In The Springtime
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
Minnie Wallac
- Dirty Butter
- The Old Folks Started It
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
- You Wouldn't, Would You Papa?
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Big Railroad Blues
- Feather Bed
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
Memphis Minnie
- I'm Going back home
- I Never Told A Lie
Joe McCoy and Joe Johnson
- Don't Want No woman
Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin
DLP
RCA NL 89276
= BMG/RCA CD 74321264092 (1995)
71
1985
Tennessee Legends
Sleepy John Estes
- Floating Bridge
- Special Agent
- Mr. Pat
- Rats In My Kitchen
Furry Lewis
- Brownsville Blues
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Fare-Thee-Well Blues
Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Will Shade & Furry Lewis
- The Train
Gus Cannon
- Boll Weevil Blues
Will Shade
- Wine-Headed Man
Furry Lewis & Will Shade
- Furry Lewis Rag
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Beale Street Shuffle
Jennie Mae Clayton & Will Shade
- What Must I Do?
Will Shade
- Jump And Jive
rec. 1962-63 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell & Roger Brown
notes by Roger S. Brown
Southland SLP-14 (US 1985)
Southland Records discography
72
1988
Giants Of Country Blues Guitar 1967-81
Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Eagle Bird °° @ youtube
- Shame, Shame °° @ youtube
Son House
- Baby Please Don't Dog Me 'Round @ youtube
Sam Chatmon
- Stoop Down Baby @ youtube
- Baby Please Come Back To Me @ youtube
- Stop And Listen @ youtube
Eugene Powell
- 44 Blues @ youtube
- Suitcase Full Of Troubles @ youtube
- Texas - Santa Fe @ youtube
Furry Lewis
- Going To Brownsville # @ youtube
Jack Owens
- Hard Times @ youtube
- Cherry Ball @ youtube
- Give Me Your Money @ youtube
- Devil Blues @ youtube
Mager Johnson / Carey 'Ditty' Mason
- Traveling Man Blues @ youtube
Mott Willis
- Traveling Man Blues @ youtube
- Someday Blues @ youtube
- Bad Night Blues @ youtube
°° rec. September 1991 in Senatobia, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill. voc, g (on CD only)
# rec. May 4, 1980 in Memphis, TN by Michael Hortig; Furry Lewis, voc, g
Wolf LP 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig
Wolf CD 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig and Hannes Folterbauer
notes by Daniel Gugolz
original edition with false photo caption, repress: caption corrected ("Mott Willis" instead of "Jack Owens")
Wolf 120.911 (Austria 1988)
notes by Daniel Gugolz & Hannes Folterbauer
(=) Wolf CD 120.911 (Austria 19??) "Giants Of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1 (1967-1991)"
73
1988
**DXCV1 Down Home Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol. 1: The Blues
- Baby Please (unknown)
- Roll Me Over Slow (Alex Teal, Chopping Wood)
- Old Hucklebuck (Johnny Woods, Lee Baker)
- I'm Black (Furry Lewis)
- Jes' Like A Monkey (Johnny Woods)
- Holy Spirit (Hammy Nixon, Sleepy John Estes, Bobby Ray Watson, Ry Cooder (mandolin), Lee Baker, James Luther Dickinson)
- Dozens (Thomas Pinkston)
- Ol' Man Mose (Johnny Woods, Verlina Woods, Bobby Ray Watson, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait, James Luther Dickinson)
- Same Man All The Time (Thomas Pinkston)
- Policy Talk (Thomas Pinkston)
- Blind Man In The Tear Gas (Sleepy John Estes, Ry Cooder, James Luther Dickinson)
- Not Now (Furry Lewis)
- Blue Moon (Johnny Woods)
rec. and comp. by James Luther Dickinson
Fan Club FC 044 (Fr 1988) [New Rose subsidiary]
(=) Fan Club FC064cd (Fr 1990) "Delta Experimental Projects Compilation Vol 1 & 2"
74
1988
Bluesville Vol. 1 "Folk Blues"
Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me @ youtube
Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat @ youtube
Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61 @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog @ youtube
compiled by Ray Topping
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
75
1990
The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956)
LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand
LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
compiled by Johnny Parth
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver
RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver
Vol. 1: 1927-1930
Vol. 2: 1927-1936
Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set
= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
76
1991
Furry Lewis: 1927 - 1929
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order
- Everybody's Blues
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Sweet Papa Moan
- Rock Island Blues
- Jelly Roll
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Big Chief Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (tk 1)
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (tk 2)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones, Pt. 1
- Kassie Jones, Pt. 2
- Judge Harsh Blues (tk 1)
- Judge Harsh Blues (tk 2)
- John Henry - 1
- John Henry - 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
notes by Chris Smith
Document DOCD-5004 (Austria 1991)
77
1992
Canned Heat Blues
Masters of Memphis Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones, part 1
- Kassie Jones, part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues
RCA / BMG CD 61047-2 (Bluebird Heritage series)
78
1994
Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1
Sam Chatmon
- Forgive Me Too
Big Sam Clark
- I Fell in Love With This Woman
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Pony Blues
Earl Bell
- Travelin' Blues
Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long
- Yellow Yam Blues
Bukka White
- Bed Springs Blues
Furry Lewis
- Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story
Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Happy
Houston Stackhouse
- Crying Won't Help You
Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- Me And The Devil Blues
notes by Steve LaVere
Memphis Archives CD 7008 (US 1994)
79
1994
Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 2
Memphis Piano Red
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain
Skip James
- Crow Jane
Little Red Holmes
- Peach Tree Blues
Joe Dobbins
- Satchel Blues
Bukka White
- Uncle Sam Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues
Johnny Shines
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm
Joe Willie Wilkins
- Hard Headed Woman
Roland Boy Blue Hayes
- Cold Chills
Charlie Booker with Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- New Moonrise Blues
Big Daddy Rucker with T-Bone Terrell & His Band
- Sweet Little Angel
prod. by Steve LaVere
notes by Steve LaVere
Memphis Archives CD 7009 (US 1994)
79a
1995
Furry Lewis & Frank Stokes: Beale Street Blues
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (3:10)
- Judge Harsh Blues (2:59)
- Mistreatin' Mamma (3:05)
- Kassie Jones - Part 1 (3:04)
- Kassie Jones - Part 2 (3:01)
- Cannon-Ball Blues (3:11)
- Furry's Blues (3:12)
- Dry Land Blues (tk 2) (3:04)
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues (3:19)
- Nehi Mamma Blues (3:08)
- I Got Mine (3:03)
- Stomp That Thing (3:20)
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part 2 (3:18)
- How Long (3:14)
- Bunker Hill Blues (3:02)
- Right Now Blues (3:12)
- Frank Stokes Dream (3:04)
- Memphis Rounders Blues (2:57)
remastered by John R.T. Davies
Orbis BLU NC 061
79b
1995
The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3
"Beale Street Get-Down"
Furry Lewis
- John Henry [Bluesville 1036]
- When My Baby Left Me [Bluesville 1036]
- Shake 'Em On Down [Bluesville 1036]
- Back On My Feet Again [Bluesville 1036]
- Goin' To Kansas City [Bluesville 1037]
- Casey Jones [Bluesville 1037]
- I Will Turn Your Money Green [Bluesville 1037]
Memphis Willie B.
- Brownsville Blues [Bluesville 1034]
- Country Girl Blues [Bluesville 1034]
- The Stuff Is Here [Bluesville 1034]
- Every Day I Have The Blues [Bluesville 1034]
- I Have Found Somebody New [Bluesville 1048]
- Dying Mother Blues [Bluesville 1048]
- Mailman Blues [Bluesville 1034]
Memphis Slim
- Steady Rolling Blues
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Three-In-One Boogie
- Letter Home
- Two Of A Kind
Prestige PRCD-9907-2 (US 1995)
Bluesville Records discography
80
199?
Memphis Sessions (1956 - 1961)
Will Shade (1956)
- I Can't Stand It
Furry Lewis (1959)
- Slide guitar instrumental [Warm Up] [RBF 202]
- You Can Leave [Me] Baby [RBF 202]
Gus Cannon
- I Met Mr. Toad #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Dirty Mother For You #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #
- The Woman I'm Lovin' #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Salty Water #
- He's Knocking On My Door #
Gus Cannon
- Show Me The Way To Go Home #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- He's Gone #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Shanghai Blues #
Gus Cannon
- Walk Right In (No. 1) #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Nobody Loves Me #
Will Shade
- You Send Me John (No. 2) #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- I'm Goin Down To Lucy Maes #
Charles Hicks (voc, g)
- Lucille #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Haunted House Blues #
Will Shade
- Dirty, Dirty Dozen #
Mary Mitchell (with Will Shade, g)
- I'm Drifting #
Little Laura Dukes (with Gus Cannon, bj & Will Shade, g; tub b)
- Laura Blues #
# rec. July 18 / 19, 1961 at a private party in Memphis, Tenn. by Don Hill
Wolf 120.920 (Austria 199?)
81
1997
The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1
- Judge Harsh
3 CD set
Columbia 488992-2
82
1998
Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 2
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues (tk 2) #
- Cannon Ball Blues (tk 2) #
- Kassie Jones - Part 1
- Kassie Jones - Part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Ishman Bracy
- Leavin' Town Blues (Pt. 1)
- Brown Mama Blues (Pt. 1)
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1
- Rolling Stone - Part 2
- Jail House Blues
- I Do Blues
# remastered by John RT Davis from the best known file copy of Victor 23345 at EMI Hayes, UK
Frog CD DGF22 (UK 1998)
83
2000
Furry Lewis with Lee Baker, Jr.: Take Your Time
- Judge Boushay Blues °°
- Take Your Time Rag @ youtube
- East St. Louis Blues °°
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean °°
- St. Louis Blues °°
- If You Follow Me Babe °°
- Glory Hallelujah
- Natural Born Eastman (= Kassie Jones) °°
- Bugle Waltz
- How Long?
- John Henry
°° re-released on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1599
Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1599 track sequence:
- On The Road Again [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Oh! Babe! [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- I've Got A Bird To Whistle [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Furry's Worried Blues [Adelphi AD 1007S]
- Judge Boushe [Genes GCD 9911]
- East St. Louis Blues [Genes GCD 9911]
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean [Genes GCD 9911]
- St. Louis Blues [Genes GCD 9911]
- If You Follow Me Babe [Genes GCD 9911]
- Natural Born Eastman [Genes GCD 9911]
rec. October 1969 in Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g; Lee Baker, Jr., g
cover photos by Jim Marshall; session photos by G.L. Moore
notes by Jim Dickinson, Dave MacKenzie & Denise Tapp
Genes GCD 9911 (US 1999)
Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1599 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"
Adelphi/Genes discography
84
1999
Furry Lewis: Blues Magician
- Baby That's All Right
- M For Memphis / Worried Blues
- Lay My Burden Down
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Furry's Rag (Take Your Time Baby)
- Furry Talking
- Water Tank
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- The Bugle Song
- How Furry's Doin'
- Fourth & Beale (F&T Rag)
- God Be With Us 'Til We Meet Again
Lucky Seven CD 9206
85
200?
Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1
Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Back Water Rising
Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Otha Turner with The Como Drum Band
- Otha's Piece
Napoleon Strickland with The Como Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wobble
Fred McDowell
- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
- A Dark Cloud Rising
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues [previously unreleased]
- Walking Blues
- Judge Bushay Blues
R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones [= John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground / Lonesome Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp
Furry Lewis tracks rec. June 1969
Includes all of Arhoolie LP 1085, part of 1084 and several previously unissued cuts. LPs 1084 & 1085 were once available as "Swamp Blues", a double LP originally released on Blue Thumb
Arhoolie CD 385 (US 200?)
86
2001
The Roots Of Johnny Cash
- Wabash Cannonball - The Carter Family
- Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly
- Great Speckled Bird - Roy Acuff
- I'm So Lonesome - Ted Daffan
- Frankie And Johnny - Jimmie Rodgers
- Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family
- Wreck Of The Old '97 - Vernon Dalhart
- Nine Pound Hammer - Monroe Brothers
- I Love You Because - Leon Payne
- Time Changes Everything - Bob Wills
- Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall
- Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
- Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Orange Blossom Special - The Rouse Brothers
- Kassie Jones part 1 - Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones part 2 - Furry Lewis
- Diamonds In The Rough - The Carter Family
- Dark As A Dungeon - Merle Travis
- On A Monday - Leadbelly
Catfish KATCD191 (UK 2001)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
87
2001
Furry Lewis, Bukka White & Friends: Party! At Home
Bukka White
- Hello, Central, Give Me 49
- Grey-Haired Woman
- Little Woman's Bed
- Tip And Eight Boogie
- Talking
- Hambone Blues
- I'm Drifting
- Bukka's Goodtime Swing
- Please, Ma'm
- Talking
Furry Lewis
- Going Away Blues
- John Henry
- Talking
- Skinny Woman
- Talking
- Old Dog Blue
- Talking
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Talking
- Farewell to Thee
- Mama's Fish
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Kassie Jones and a Message
rec. 1968 in Memphis, TN
ASP1 (1972)
Arcola ACD 1001 (US 2001)
Bukka White discography
88
2001
Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - 9Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers
7 CD album
Revenant RVN-CD-212 (US 2001)
89
2002
Country Blues - the essential
CD 1:
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
CD 2:
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson
Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)
90
2003
Furry Lewis: Furry's Blues
- Casey Jones Part 1
- Casey Jones Part 2
- Rock Island Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Cannonball Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Jellyroll
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Everybody's Blues
Going for a Song CD
91
2003
Furry Lewis: Good Morning Judge
- Good Morning Judge [Revival 1008, "Hello Judge"]
- Worried Blues [Revival 1008, "Old Original Furry Lewis Blues"]
- Blues Around My Bed # [Southland SLP 14, "Mistreatin' Woman"]
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues * [previously unissued]
- Don't You Wish Your Mama [previously unissued]
- Furry Lewis Rag # [] [Southland SLP 14]
- Roll And Tumble Blues # [Southland SLP 14, "Brownsville Blues"]
- Old Hobo [previously unissued]
- Farewell, I'm Growing Old [previously unissued]
- Furry Lewis's Careless Love [Arhoolie 1041, "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"]
# rec. summer 1962 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell; Furry Lewis, voc, (5-str) g
all others rec. August 1967 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell; Furry Lewis, voc, g
* Furry Lewis, voc, g; Dewey Corley, washtub bass
[] Furry Lewis, voc, g; Will Shade, oil can bass
notes by Matthew Johnson
Fat Possum CD 80374
92
2003
Furry Lewis: King Of The Blues, Vol. 3
93
2003
The Very Best Of Furry Lewis
Heroes Of The Blues
- If You Follow Me Babe
- Long Tall Gal Blues
- Natural Born Eastman
- Judge Harsh Blues
- Judge Boushé
- Take Your Time
- St. Louis Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- John Henry
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Baby That's All Right
- Shake 'Em On Down
- I'm Going To Brownsville
- Baby You Don't Want Me
- Furry's Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
Shout! Factory CD DK 30248 (US 2003)
94
2003
Jim Dickinson Field Recordings: Delta Experimental Project Vol. 3
Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
- My Babe
Mose Vinson
- Old Blue Jumped A Rabbit
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Broke & Hungry
Alec Teal & Butter Biscuit
- Roll Me Over Slow
Johnny Woods
- So Many Cold Mornings
Furry Lewis
- Turkey In The Straw
Sleepy John Estes
- Floating Bridge
Johnny Woods
- Lonesome Feelin'
Mose Vinson
- Barrel House Blues
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Sleepy John Estes & Hammy Nixon
- Race That You Don't Run
Tate County Singers
- Jesus Is On The Mainline
Birdman BMR 047 (US 2003)
95
2004
I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three
CD One:
Snooks Eaglin
- Yours Truly @ Spotify
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie @ Spotify
- My Babe @ Spotify
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey @ Spotify
- Careless Love @ Spotify
- Rock Island Line @ Spotify
- C.C. Rider @ Spotify
- I'm Looking For A Woman @ Spotify
- Hello Dolly @ Spotify
- Lonesome Road @ Spotify
Babe Stovall
- Good Morning Blues @ Spotify
- Candy Man @ Spotify
- Fo' Day Blues @ Spotify
- Gonna Move To Kansas City @ Spotify
Johnny Moment
- Keep Our Business To Yourself @ Spotify
- You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else @ Spotify
Will Shade
- I Got The Blues So Bad @ youtube @ Spotify
- I Can't Stand It @ youtube @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me @ Spotify
Earl Bell
- Travellin' Man @ Spotify
- Terraplane Blues @ Spotify
Moose Williams
- Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window @ Spotify
CD Two:
Willie Mabon
- Somebody's Got To Pay @ Spotify
Big Walter Horton
- West Side Blues @ Spotify
- Tin Pan Alley @ Spotify
- This Is It @ Spotify
Sunnyland Slim
- Prison Bound @ Spotify
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Hot Potatoes @ Spotify
- One Room Country Shack @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues @ Spotify
Johnny Young
- You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot @ Spotify
Washboard Sam
- Mama Don't Allow @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams
- Rootin' Groundhog @ Spotify
- Southern Blues @ Spotify
- King's Highway Blues @ Spotify
Champion Jack Dupree
- Improvisations and Interview 1 @ Spotify
- Drive 'em Down Special @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 2 @ Spotify
- I Feel Like A Millionaire @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 3 @ Spotify
- Barrelhouse Woman @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 4 @ Spotify
Snooks Eaglin tracks rec. June 2, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
Babe Stovall tracks rec. June 2, 1964 at the Art Gallery, St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA
Johnny Moment, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Earl Bell, and Moose Williams rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN
Furry Lewis track rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN; Furry Lewis, voc, g
CD 2 tracks rec. May 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL
except
Big Joe Williams tracks rec. May 18, 1961 at Willie Dixon's home in Chicago,IL
Champion Jack Dupree tracks rec. January 26, 1964 at Sveriges Radio, Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden
2 CD set
notes writer's name not given, most likely Leif Gäverth
Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004)
95a
2005
The Alabama State Troupers Live For A Moment
featuring Don Nix, Jeanie Greene and Furry Lewis
and The Mt. Zion Band & Choir
The Alabama State Troupers
- I Been A Long Time Gone (2:34)
- Oh What A Mighty Time (5:34)
- I Saw The Light (3:21)
- Jesus On The Mainline (3:44)
- Mary Louise (3:08)
- The Lord Be Right (2:16)
- Christian Cowboy (2:49)
- Living In The Country (2:30) @ youtube
- My Train Done Come & Gone (5:02) @ youtube
- Oh Yes I Do Understand (3:19)
- Let The Children Know (2:35)
- Going To Make You Happy (3:31)
Furry Lewis (bonus tracks)
- Furry's Blues (3:01)
- Baby Make Me Stay / The Gypsy Told Me (9:40)
- Right Hand Road (4:18)
- Careless Love (2:33)
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic (1:22)
- When I Lay My Burden Down (hidden track; 2:30) @ youtube
rec. live (Furry Lewis tracks in Seattle?); digitally mastered by Michael Worthington using ProTools at Rocking Horse Recording Studios, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
AIM 1086 CD (Australia 2005)
96
2006
The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival
with Bukka White: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
disc 1:
Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died
# rec. at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, Saturday, July 20th, 1968; Furry Lewis, voc, g; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)
disc 2:
Bukka White
- Bed Spring Blues #
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues #
- Drifting Blues #
- (Brand New) Decoration Day #
- Baby Please Don't Go #
- Give Me An Old, Old Lady #
- Got Sick And Tired #
- World Boogie #
- School Learning #
- Old Man Tom #
- Gibson Town #
- Drifting Blues * [master version without reverb]
- Old Man Tom * [complete master version without reverb]
reissue (remastered) of 1968 Sire SES 97003 / Blue Horizon 7-63210 "The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival" and Blue Horizon 7-63229 "Memphis Hot Shots"
2 CD set
Blue Horizon CD 82876851232
97
2007
Furry Lewis & Mississippi Joe Callicott:
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
disc 1:
Furry Lewis
- Judge Harsh Blues ["Grand Central Station" on vinyl]
- Let's Shake Hand In Hand
- Waiting For A Train
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Big Chief Blue
- Casey Jones
- Take Your Time Rag
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down
- Furry's Monday Woman Blues [in orig. notes: "Furry's Blues, take 1"] °° @ Spotify
- Furry Lewis Blues [in orig. notes: "Furry's Blues, take 2"] °° @ Spotify
°° previously unreleased
rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Walter 'Furry' Lewis, voc, g; prod by Mike Vernon
disc 2:
Mississippi Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Dough Roller Blues
- War Time Blues
- Joe's Troubled Blues *
- On My Last Go Round
- Hoist Your Window And Let Your Curtain Down
- Married Woman Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
- Frankie And Albert (tk 1) * °°
- Frankie And Albert (tk 2) * °°
- Leavin' Town Blues °°
- Going Away Blues * °°
- Worried Now In A Tennessee Town [in orig. notes: "Memphis, Tennessee Blues"] °°
- Lost My Money In Jim Kinnane's [in orig. notes: "Lost My Money in Gym Kanan"] °°
- Worried Blues °°
- You Don't Know My Mind (alt tk) °°
°° previously unreleased
rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Joe Callicott, voc, g; * Bill Barth, g & Bukka White, whistling; prod. by Mike Vernon
reissue of Blue Horizon 7-63228 and Blue Horizon 7-63227
2 CD set
notes (Sept. 2006) by Mike Vernon
Sony / Blue Horizon CD 88697041792
98
2010
Been Here All My Days
- Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Ziegler
- Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell
- What Makes Grandma Love Grandpa - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis
- Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Search Me Lord - James Shorter
- Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant
- Country Blues - Joe Callicott
- Rabbit On A Log - Lonzie Thomas
- Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal
- Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis
- Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson
"selections from the George Mitchell archive"
Mississippi MR-064 (US 2010)
99
2010
Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 8
2011 Calendar with free CD
January to December artwork:
- Sissy Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Dentist Chair Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Hattie McDaniel and Charlie Jackson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull and Long Cleve Reed (The Down Home Boys)
- I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Mississippi Sheiks
- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues - Ma Rainey
- Ko Ko Mo Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Jabo Williams
- Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus? - Reverend J. M. Gates
bonus tracks (artwork doesn't exist for these songs):
- Tom Rushen Blues - Charley Patton
- Cannon Ball Blues (alt tk, previously unissued) - Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
- Lonesome Home Blues (test, previously unissued) - Tommy Johnson
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go - Rabbits Foot Williams
- Mistreatin' Mama - Rabbits Foot Williams
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (rel. 2010, for 2011)
Blues Images CD BIM-108 (US 2010) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (for 2011)
Blues Images calendar discography
100
2011
Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9
2012 Calendar with free CD
CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart
Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope
restored by Richard Nevins
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)
Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)
Blues Images calendar discography
101
2012
The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) - Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka) White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies
disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home
prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman
54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors
Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)
Yazoo Records discography
102
9/2013
Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 11
2014 Calendar with free CD
CD and Calendar contents:
Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues (Vocalion 1230)
Furry Lewis - Good Looking Girl Blues (Vocalion 1132)
Charley Patton - Mean Black Cat (Paramount 12943)
The Mississippi Sheiks - Crackin' Them Things (Okeh 8810)
Blind Blake - Miss Emma Liza (Paramount 13115)
Luella Miller - Rattlesnake Groan (Vocalion 1081)
Reverend E.W. Clayborn - Your Enemies Cannot Harm You, But Watch Your Close Friends (Vocalion 1082)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Long, Lonesome Blues (Paramount 12354)
Washboard Walter - She's A Long, Tall, Disconnected Mama (Paramount 12991)
Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues (Columbia 14527)
Papa Charlie Jackson - Let's Get Along (Paramount 12358)
Mother McCollum - Jesus Is My Air-O-Plan (Vocalion 1616)
_Supplementary CD tracks:
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - He's The Joy Of My Salvation (Decca 7113)
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - God Is Worried At Your Wicked Ways (Decca 7113)
Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues (Brunswick 7200)
George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues (Paramount 12769)
George Carter - Weeping Willow (Paramount 12769)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Fourteenth Street Blues (Paramount 12584)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Coal River Blues (Paramount 12584)
Washboard Walter - Overall Cheater Blues (Paramount 12991)
Tenderfoot Edwards - When You Dream Of Muddy Water (Paramount 12952)
Tenderfoot Edwards Paramount - Up On The Hill Blues (Paramount 12952)
Blind Blake - Dissatisfied Blues (Paramount 13115)
Charley Patton - Magnolia Blues (Paramount 12943)
restored by Richard Nevins
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (rel. 2013, for 2014)
Blues Images CD BIM-111 (US 2013) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (for 2014)
Blues Images calendar discography
103
11/2013
Peabody Blues
Furry Lewis
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Walter Vinson
- You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 1
- You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 2
- Overtime Blues
Charlie McCoy
- It Ain't No Good - Part 1
- It Ain't No Good - Part 2
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
- The Dirty Dozen
- Wilkins Street Stomp
Jenny Pope
- Whiskey Drinking Blues
- Doggin' Me Around Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 1
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 2
Jed Davenport
- How Long How Long Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
Joe Williams
- I Want It Awful Bad
- Mr. Devil Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues
Nehi NEH01 (UK 11/2013)
104
2014
The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3
disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)
disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)
front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl
Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
105
10/2021
24 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 19
2021 Calendar with free CD
CD and Calendar contents:
- Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
- John Henry - Henry Thomas
- Jellyroll - Furry Lewis
- John The Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
- Lemon's Cannon Ball Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey
- Hot Papa Blues No. 2 - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Back Door Slam Blues - Blind Blake
- You Can't Give It Away - Memphis Minnie
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Homeless Blues - Bessie Smith
- I Declare My Mother Ought To Live Right - Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham
Supplementary CD tracks:
- Wuffin' Blues - Washboard Walter
- I Don't Care What You Do - Black Byrd and Washboard Walter
- The Boll Weevil - Lead Belly
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Lead Belly
- Skip To My Lou - Lead Belly
- Take This Hammer - Lead Belly
- Good Morning Blues - Lead Belly
- Ain't Gonna Let You Worry My Life No More - Lead Belly
- Pretty Papa - Lead Belly
- Stewball - Lead Belly
- Grey Goose - Lead Belly
- The Alligator Pond Went Dry - Victoria Spivey
restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 19 (rel. 10/2021, for 2022)
Blues Images CD BIM-119 (US 2021) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 19 (for 2022)
Blues Images calendar discography
Additional information appreciated !!!