Illustrated Jack Owens discography (original) (raw)
year
of release
title / label # / notes
1
1968
Goin' Up The Country
Roosevelt Holts - My Phone Keeps Ringing #
Isaiah Chattman - Found My Baby Gone @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Bye And Bye Blues @ youtube
Cornelius Bright - My Baby's Gone @ youtube
Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Four Women Blues
L.V. Conerly - Bad Luck And Trouble
Mager Johnson - Travelling Blues @ youtube
O.D. Jones & Babe Stovall - Got The Blues This Morning
Jack Owens - B & O Blues #
Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb - Dooleyville Blues
Roosevelt Holts - Nowhere To Go
Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
Cornelius Bright - Devil Got My Woman @ youtube
Jack Owens - Devil Got My Woman # @ youtube
# rec. Bentonia, September 7, 1966 by David Evans; Jack Owens, voc, g
notes (January 1968) by David Evans
Decca LK 4931 (UK 1968)
notes (January 1968) by David Evans
= Decca BLK-16563-P (Germany)
new notes (June 1975) by David Evans
= Rounder 2012 (US 1975)
shortened version of original 1968 notes by David Evans (english & italian)
Albatros VPA 8451 (It 1979) "Bad Luck And Trouble"
Rounder Records discography
Albatros Records discography
Roosevelt Holts discography
Herb Quinn discography
Babe Stovall discography
2
1971
It Must Have Been The Devil
Mississippi Country Blues by Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Can't See, Baby @ youtube
- Jack Ain't Had No Water @ youtube
- Cherry Ball °° @ youtube
- Nothin' But Notes @ youtube
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl @ youtube
- I Love My Baby °° @ youtube
- Catfish Blues @ youtube
- It Must Have Been The Devil @ youtube
- Hard Times °° @ youtube
- Ain't No Lovin', Ain't No Gettin' Along °° @ youtube
- I Won't Be Bad No More °° @ youtube
rec. September 7, 1970 in Bentonia, MS by David Evans; Jack Owens, voc, g; Benjamin "Bud" Spires, hca
°° CD only; previously unreleased cuts
notes (May 1971) by David Evans
Testament T-2222 (US 1971)
notes (May 1971) by David Evans 
Testament T-2222 (US 19??) Special Re-Release by OJL
original notes by David Evans
= Testament TCD-5016 (US 1995)
Testament Records discography
3
1979
Jack Owens: Bentonia Country Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues (2:52) @ Spotify
- Keep On Groaning (4:32) @ Spotify
- Please Give Me Your Money (1:58) @ Spotify
- Devil Got My Woman (4:38) @ Spotify
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2:43) @ Spotify
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Nr. 2 (2:47) @ Spotify
- Don't Sell My Monkey (5:38) @ Spotify
rec. August 13 & 16, 1978 in Bentonia, MS by Gianni Marcucci; Jack Owens, voc, g
photos by Gianni Marcucci
notes by Gianni Marcucci
Albatros VPA 8443 (It 1979)
Albatros Records discography
4
1979?
Way Back Yonder ...
Original Country Blues Volume 3
Flora, Canton, Bentonia, Crystal Springs, Mississippi & Bogalusa, Louisiana (1978)
- Sound Of The Yazoo river (0:55) @ Spotify
Mott Willis
- Baby Please Don't Go (2:10) @ Spotify
William Diamond
- Black Mattie (2:31) @ Spotify
- Shaggy Hound (2:35) @ Spotify
Jack Owens
- Cherry Ball Blues no. 2 (3:42) @ Spotify
Jacob Stuckey
- Devil Got My Woman (1:57) @ Spotify
Lonzo Burkes
- Train I Ride (2:36) @ Spotify
- Back Door Friend (2:31) @ Spotify
- Smokestack Lightning (2:16) @ Spotify
Roosevelt Holts
- Big Road Blues (2:30) @ Spotify
- Look-A-Here Little Woman (3:41) @ Spotify
rec. August 1978 by Gianni Marcucci
depicted on the front cover is Charley Taylor (not mentioned in credits!)
notes by Gianni Marcucci
Albatros VPA 8460
= Albatros VC4965 (It 1979)
(=) Albatros ALB 13 "Way Back Yonder... Original Country Blues Volumes 1, 2 & 3" (It 1979)
Albatros Records discography
Mott Willis discography
Do Boy Diamond discography
Roosevelt Holts discography
5
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
°° CD bonus tracks, rec. September 1991 in Senatobia, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill. voc, g
# rec.June 17, 1981 in Bentonia, MS by Ulrich Hahn; Jack Owens, 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)"
6
1991
50 Years: Mississippi Blues In Bentonia 1931 - 1981: Skip James and Jack Owens
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long Buck
- Little Cow And Little Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Don't Get On The Road
Jack Owens
- Hard Times
- Cherry Ball
- Give Me Your Money
- Devil Blues
- Leavin' Blues
Skip James rec. 1930; Jack Owens rec. 1981
Wolf WBJ-CD-009 (Austria 1991)
7
1992
Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 3
Jack Owens
- Leavin' Blues
Eugene Powell
- Blues In Texas
Son Thomas
- Walking Cane
LV Conerly
- Hard Headed Woman
Roosevelt Holts
- Big Road Blues
Arzo Youngblood
- I Don't Want No Woman
Sam Chatmon
- Talkin' Bout My Girl
Wade Walton
- Catfish Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Road Blues
Mott Willis
- Long Tall Woman
Robert Shaw
- Ma Grinder Pt 2
- Mobile & KC Blues
- The Cows
- Rock Island
Lavada Durst
- Boogie Woogie
Alex Moore
- Henry 6 Mike
Memphis Piano Red
- Mama Likes Good Whiskey
- After Hours
Mose Vinson
- Blues Jumped A Rabbit
- Four O'Clock Blues
# rec. October 21, 1981 in Dallas, TX by Ulrich Hahn; Jack Owens, voc, g
cover drawing (of Robert Shaw) by Bernd Konrad
notes by Michael Hortig
Wolf 120.921
(Austria 1992)
not identical with Wolf CD
120.918 with same title !!!
8
1992
Deep Blues
Music from the Original Soundtrack
R.L. Burnside
- Jumper On The Line °°
Junior Kimbrough
- Jr. Blues (aka "Junior, I Love You") °° @ youtube
Big Jack Johnson
- Catfish Blues °° @ youtube
- Daddy, When Is Momma Coming Home °° @ vimeo
- Big Boy Now @ youtube
Frank Frost
- Midnight Prowler @ youtube
Jessie Mae Hemphill
- You Can Talk About Me °° @ vimeo
- Shame On You
R.L. Burnside
- Long Haired Doney @ youtube
Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes
- Heartbroken Man °° @ youtube
- Ain't Gonna Worry About Tomorrow °° @ youtube
- Love Like I Wanna @ youtube
Lonnie Pitchford
- Terraplane Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day °°
Jack Owens with Bud Spires
- Devil Blues °° @ vimeo
movie directed & edited by Robert Mugge; written & narrated by Robert Palmer
°° only eight of the 15 songs on the CD appear in the movie!
CD
notes by Robert Palmer
Atlantic CD 7 82450-2 (US 1992)
CD / cassette
= Anxious 4509-91981-2 (EU 1992)
Deep Blues
A Musical Pilgrimage to The Crossroads (A Robert Mugge Film)
Movie Cast (in order of appearance) / track sequence:
@ youtube (full movie)
Robert Palmer
David A. Stewart (of "Eurythmics" fame)
Abraham Schwab (store owner)
Booker T. Laury - Memphis Blues
R.L. Burnside - Jumper On The Line
Jessie Mae's Fife and Drum Band (Jessie Mae Hemphill, bass dr; Abe Young, snare dr; Napoleon Strickland, fife) - Bouncing Ball
Jessie Mae Hemphill - You Can Talk About Me
Junior Kimbrough Band (Jr. Kimbrough, voc, g; Joe Ayers, b; Calvin Jackson, dr) - Junior, I Love You
Frank Self - Greenville, TN mayor (at Barnes' "Playboy Club")
Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes & The Playboys - Heartbroken Man
Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes & The Playboys - Ain't Gonna Worry About Tomorrow
Wade Walton - Rock Me Baby
Early Wright - WROX DJ (broadcasting Big Jack Johnson)
Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues
Big Jack Johnson - Daddy, When Is Momma Coming Home
Jack Owens with Bud Spires - The Devil (aka "Devil Blues")
Lonnie Pitchford - Johnny Stole An Apple
Lonnie Pitchford - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen
DVD bonus footage:
1 Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe and interview @ youtube
2 R.L. Burnside & David A. Stewart - Juke Joint Jam featuring Big Boss Man @ youtube
3 Booker T. Laury - Early In The Morning & Booker's Boogie @ youtube
DVD bonus audio:
1 Junior Kimbrough - Mini-Set featuring Nobody But You
2 Jelly Roll Kings (Frank Frost & Sam Carr & Big Jack Johnson) - Midnight Prowler
3 R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney
4 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes - Love Like I Wanna
5 Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues
6 Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen
7 Junior Kimbrough - Junior, I Love You (All Night Long) (alt mix)
91 min. video
RadioActive / Oil Factory Films DVD (US 1992)
Fox Lorber CentreStage DVD FLV5133 (US 2000)
Shout Factory DVD 30179 (US 2003)
9
1993
Jack Owens & Eugene Powell: The Last Giants Of Mississippi Blues
Jack Owens
- Cherry Ball
- Hard Times
- Devil
- You Leavin'
- No Lovin'
- Please Give Me Your Money
Eugene Powell
- 44 Blues
- Suitcase Full Of Troubles
- Police In Mississippi
- Born In Texas
- Good Mornin', Little Schoolgirl
- Blues In Texas
- Goin' Up The Country
- When I Leave Town
- Mississippi River
- Mean Mistreating Mama
Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Hard Times
- My Baby's Gone
- Keep On Rumblin'
- Cool Water
- Devil
rec. 1981-91
photos by Rien Wisse [not "Rien Wiaaw"], Dr. Herbert Passiak, Andrea Maria & Hannes Folterbauer
notes by Larry Hoffman
Wolf CD 120.931
10
1995
Bottleneck Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues
Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away
Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues
Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down
[Testament T-2216
announced, but not issued]
notes by David Evans
Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995)
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)
Testament Records discography
Blues From The Blue Front
A Bentonia, Mississippi Collection
(live juke-joint recordings by Jack Owens, Bud Spires, Tommy Lee West, Duck and Mookey Holmes, Cleo Pullman and Jacob Stuckey)
rec. April 1996
acc. to Peter Redvers-Lee (label owner) "Midnight Creeper Records" closed down before release ("... perhaps one day!")
11
2001
Africa And The Blues
Hausa Trader - Garaya plucked lute (Nigeria)
Glen Faulkner - One Stringed Guitar
Moise Mbongon, Maurice Djenda - Mono-idiochord zither (C.A.R)
Napoleon Strickland - Jitterbug
Jack Owens - Train Time
Limited Mfundo - Kwa chaGoma; Limited Mfunodo With Bangwe Zither (Malawi)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Othar Turner - Granny Will Your Dog Bite
Chamba - Batal Dance (Nigeria)
Dija Garamba - Nyawala Dance Song (Nigeria)
Samuel Brooks - Quittin' Time Song
Unknown Artist - Zanganyi Girl's Solo Song (Nigeria)
Big Joe Williams - Stack O'Dollars
Adamou Meigogue Garoua - Gogé One-Stringed Fiddle By Adamou Meigogue Garoua (Cameroon)
Tikar - Tikar Woman's Grinding Song
Mississippi Matilda - Hard Working Woman
Omaru Sanda - Timbrh Lamellophone Performance (Cameroon)
Robert Belfour - Poor Boy Long Way From Home
Muhamadu Sarki Banbadawa - Algeita (oboes) Court Music Of The Lamido Of Toungo (Nigeria)
Amadou Meigogue Garoua - Small Algeita By Adamou Meigogue Garoua
Napoleon Strickland - The Hounds
Baba Chale Mafala - Nyanga Panpipes
Sid Hemphill - Ten-Hole Quills "Emmaline, Take Yo' Time"
Mose Vinson - Rock'n'Roll Blues
Tikar - Tikar Raphia Lamellophone Performance (Cameroon)
Gonga Sarki Birgui, Hamadjam Sarki Siyawa - Double Bells (Nigeria)
Tikar - Tikar Mourning Song With Poly-Idiochord Stick Zither
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Desiré Basil Fouda - Ibaye Ibaye (Cameroon)
Lemmy "Special" Mabaso - 4th Avenue Blues
The Kachamba Brothers - Mafelo Twist (Malawi)
The Kachamba Brothers - Chipiloni Chanjamile
Elvis Viyuyu - Choir (Malawi)
Gombani Lange, Lucas Shishonge - Mwena Kaji Acitwa, with mbira (South Africa)
Dyula - Dyula Popular Music
Ali Farka Touré - Yer Sabou Yerkoy
companion CD to the book by Gerhard Kubik; prod. by Riki Parth
Neatwork CD AB 101
12
2003
Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook
disc: 1
- Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill
- Cherry Ball Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf
- Boogie Children - Joe Lee
- Stagolee - Lucious Curtis
- Stop All The Buses - Cecil Augusta
- Worried Life Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- The Pony Blues - Son House
- Tangle Eye Blues - Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson
- Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall
- Worried Blues - Sonny Terry
- Beggin' The Blues - Bessie Jones
- John Henry - Gabriel Brown
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- I Hate A Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton
- Roll 'Em - Pete Johnson
- Kokomo - The Memphis Jug Band
- Life Is Like That - Big Bill Broonzy
disc: 2
- I Could Hear My Name A Ringin' - Big Bill Broonzy
- Dimples In Your Jaws - Joe Lee
- Catfish Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
- Kill-It-Kid Rag - Blind Willie McTell
- You're Gonna Need My Help - Elinor Boyer
- The Army Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Blues De La Prison - Canray Fontenot
- I Been Drinnkin' - Vera Ward Hall
- I Been A Bad, Bad Girl - Ozella Jones
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Boogie Instrumental - R.L. Burnside
- Blind Lemon Blues - Lead Belly
- Sweet Patootie Blues - Albert Ammons
- The Last Time - Sam Chatmon
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Desert Blues - Hattie Ellis
- Joe Turner - Hobart Smith
- Joe Turner - Miles
- Joe Turner - Big Bill Broonzy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Hobart Smith
- How Long Blues - Sonny Terry
2 CD set
Rounder CD 1866
Rounder Records discography
13
2013
Jack Owens: Blues at home 8 @ youtube (full album)
- Hard Times (tk 1) (2:48) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Hard Times (tk 2) (2:49) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Hard Times (tk 4) (3:25) °°
- Catfish Blues (tk 1) (2:58) °°
- Catfish Blues (tk 2) (3:28) °°
- Cherry Ball (tk 1) (3:00) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Cherry Ball (tk 2) (3:48) [Albatros VPA 8460]
- Cherry Ball (tk 3) (3:50) °°
- Cherry Ball (tk 4) (6:33) °°
- Don't Sell My Monkey (tk 1) (2:22) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Don't Sell My Monkey (tk 2) (3:21) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- The Devil (tk 1) (4:44) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- The Devil (tk 2) (3:57) °°
- The Devil (tk 3) (3:49) °°
- The Devil (tk 4) (3:37) °°
- Keep On Grumbling (tk 1) (4:33) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Can't See, Baby (3:40) °°
- Keep On Grumbling (tk 2) (3:46) °°
- Keep On Grumbling (tk 3) (3:21) °°
- Give Me Your Money, Baby (tk 2) (2:02) [Albatros VPA 8443]
- Give Me Your Money, Baby (tk 3) (3:08) °°
- Ain't No Loving, Ain't No Getting Along (tk 4) (1:53) °°
rec. 1978, 1980 & 1982 in Bentonia by Gianni Marcucci
°° previously unissued
notes by Giambattista Marcucci
Mbirafon CD 108
(It 2013)
14
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)