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D.C.   B E N D E R; source: Front cover of Sunnyland KS 102
source: Front cover of Sunnyland KS 102

D.C. Bender
real name: Dick C. Bendy
b. June 19, 1924 in Urbana, San Jacinto County, Texas
d. August 11, 1982 in Houston, Harris County, Texas

discography
D.C.   B E N D E R; source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 34 ('courtesy Ivory Semien'); photographer: Benny Joseph; click to enlarge!
source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 34
("courtesy Ivory Semien"); photographer: Benny Joseph

#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
11949D. C. Washington

- Rebob Boogie (A)   @ youtube
- Happy Home Blues (B) #   @ youtube

rec. June 10, 1949 in Houston, TX; D.C. Bender, voc, g


Gold Star 661

# Highway 51 H-101 (1967)

# Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1012 (2005)

21953BIG SON TILLIS - D. C. BENDER

- Rocks Is My Pillow (A)   @ youtube
- Zetela Blues (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; hca


Elko 821

Elko Records discography

31953BIG SON TILLIS / LILLIAN L. TILLIS & D. C. BENDER

- When I Get In This House Woman (A)   @ youtube
- Ten Long Years (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; Lillian Tillis, voc; D.C. Bender, g


Elko 822

Elko Records discography

41953D. C. BENDER - BIG SON TILLIS

- Dayton Stomp (A)
- My Baby Wrote Me A Letter (B) #

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g, # voc


Elko 823

Elko Records discography

   

- Tillis Stomp
- Big Son's Blues
- Buaty Street \\
- I'm Going Upstairs * []   @ youtube
- I Got A Letter # *
- Cold Blues * []   @ youtube
- Texas Blues
- Tillis Boogie //
- Lonesome Road #

rec. 1953 in Los Angeles, CA; Big Son Tillis, voc, g; # Lillian Tillis, voc; D.C. Bender, g, [] voc; // p; \\ washb

Elko unissued

# P-Vine PLP 2-704
* Krazy Kat KK 7434

Elko Records discography

51964CALVIN JOHNSON

- Lein On Your Body [sic] (-1)   @ youtube
- Unsatisfied Mind (-2)   @ youtube

rec. March 1964 in Houston, TX; Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; b; dr


New World 2002

61965MABEL FRANKLIN

- Let's Do The Wiggle (-1)   @ youtube
- Dream I Had Last Night (-2)   @ youtube

rec. 1965 in Houston, TX; Mabel Franklin, voc; D.C. Bender, g; C.W. Thornton, dr


Ritzy 1002

71967MABLE FRANKLIN

- Lucille Leave My Man Alone (LH4255) #   @ youtube
- Unhappy Woman (LH4256) *   @ youtube

rec. July 1967 in Houston, TX; Mabel Franklin, voc; # Bolo Goodwill, p; D.C. Bender, g; * Big H. Williams, g; # Oscar Adams, b; Ivory Lee Semien, dr


Ivory I-132

81967BIG H WILLIAMS

- Almost Gone (LH4298)   @ youtube
- Somebody's Daughter (LH4299)   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Houston, TX; Big H. Williams, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; Earl Gilliam, org; Ivory Lee Semien, dr


Ivory I-133

91967D. C. BENDER

- Boogie Children (LH4361)   @ youtube
- Woke Up This Morning (LH4362)   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Houston, TX; D.C. Bender, voc, g; Earl Gilliam, org; Big H. Williams, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr


Ivory I-134

   

- D.C.'s Freeze-up   @ youtube

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; D.C. Bender, g; Big H. Williams, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102

   

- Wiggle Wiggle (false start)   @ youtube
- Wiggle Wiggle   @ youtube

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; Mabel Franklin, voc; D.C. Bender, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102

   

- Come Back Baby Blues   @ youtube
- H's Sunshine (You Are My Sunshine)   @ youtube

rec. July 16, 1967 in Houston, TX by Mike Leadbitter; Big H. Williams, voc, g; D.C. Bender, g; Ivory Lee Semien, dr

originally unissued

Sunnyland KS 102


LP / CD compilations
101967Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s   Volume Two

Dennis McMillon
- Goin' Back Home
Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Lost Woman Blues
Thunder Smith
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
Jesse James
- Forgive Me Blues
- Corinna's Boogie
Gus Jinkins
- You Told Me [Flash 115]
J.B. Lenoir
- I'm In Korea

Robert Nighthawk
- The Moon Is Rising
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble

D.C. Washington
- Happy Home Blues [Gold Star 661]
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
- Too Many Women Blues
Stickhorse Hammond
- Too Late Baby
- Highway 51


prod. by Ted Griffiths & Trev Huyton

notes by Chris Roby

Highway 51 H-101
BU43

Highway 51 Records discography

111968?Story Of The Blues - New Traditional Guitar -3

Smokey Hogg
- Change Your Ways [Macy's 5008]
- Crawdad [Fidelity 2006]
- Baby, Baby [Macy's 5008]
- Goin' Back Home [Bullet 285]
John Lee Hooker
- I'm Mad
- Everybody's Blues
- Helpless Blues
- Goin' Mad Blues

Dickie Thompson
- Jailhouse Blues
- Gambler's Blues

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- Dayton Stomp [Elko 823]
- When I Get In This House Woman [Elko 822]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- My Baby Write Me A Letter [Elko 823]
- Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
- Zetela Blues [Elko 821]


Negro Art M-12-SB-368 (Fr 1968?)

Negro Art Records discography

121974Gulf Coast Blues   @ youtube

track sequence according to labels:
D.C. Bender
- D.C.'s Freeze-up [originally unissued]   @ youtube
Rockin' Sidney
- Boogie In The Mud
Blue Scotty
- True Love Blues

Big Houston Williams
- H's Sunshine [originally unissued] #   @ youtube
Blue Scotty
- Old Happy Days Blues

Silas Hogan
- Let Me Be Your Hatchett []
- Born In Texas []

Big Houston Williams
- Come Back Baby [originally unissued] #   @ youtube
Vincent Frank
- Opelousas Special

Mabel Franklin
- Wiggle Wiggle (false start) [originally unissued] #   @ youtube
- Wiggle Wiggle [originally unissued] #   @ youtube

Blue Scotty [advertised but not included]
- Scotty's Lonesome Blues


track sequence according to notes:
- Rockin' Sidney - Hard Working Man' Blues
- Blue Scotty - Shame, Shame On You
- Big Houston Williams - Come Back Baby Blues
- Blue Scotty - Scotty's Lonesome Blues
- Vincent Frank - Opelousas Special
- Mabel Franklin - Wiggle, Wiggle (false start)
- Mabel Franklin - Wiggle, Wiggle
- Blue Scotty - Blues Party

- D.C. Bender - D.C.'s Freeze-Up
- Rockin' Sidney - Boogie in the Mud
- Blue Scotty - True Love Blues
- Big Houston Williams - H's Sunshine
- Blue Scotty - Old Happy Days Blues
- Silas Hogan - Let Me Be Your Hatchett
- Silas Hogan - Born in Texas

prod. by Mike Leadbitter (except [] prod. by Lloyd Reynaud); # with D.C. Bender


Sunnyland KS 102
BU104

Sunnyland Records discography

131976Mr. Fulbright's Blues

Jimmy Nolen [actually Jimmy Wilson]
- Strangest Blues
- I Used To Love A Woman
Phillip Walker
- Louisiana Walk
- I Want You For Myself
- Playing In The Park
- Hello My Darling
Mac Willis
- Pretty Woman

- Howling Woman
Smokey Hogg
- Blue And Lonesome Blues
- Misery In My Life
Elmon Mickle
- Flat Foot Sam
- I Got To Get Some Money
Jesse Fuller
- Listen Here Mr. Fireman
- San Francisco Bay Blues



Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- Zetela Blues [Elko 821]
- Rock Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued]
Unknown Artist A
- Hard Luck Blues
- Lonesome Road °°
Jesse Thomas
- Another Fool Like Me

George Smith
- West Helena Blues
Unknown Artist B
- Come Back Baby
Unknown Artist C
- Strange Ol' Feeling
J.D. Nicholson
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
Jimmy Nolen
- Let's Try It Again
Willie Egans
- It's A Shame
- Willie's Boogie


°° omitted from P-Vine PCD-2008 supposedly due to lack of space!

2 LP set

P-Vine Special PLP 2-704 (Jp 1976)


(=) P-Vine PCD-2008 (Jp 1988)

notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley

(=) Diving Duck DD 4314 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 1"

notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley

(=) Diving Duck DD 4315 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 2"


(=) Wolf CD 120.614 (Austria 1994),
(=) Wolf CD 120.615, 120616 (Austria 1998)
"Elko Blues Vols. 1, 2 & 3"

Elko Records discography

141986Texas Country Blues   1948-1953

Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues   @ Spotify
- Lost Woman   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag   @ youtube
- Howling Wolf Blues   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- I Don't Live Here No More   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- Rhythm Blues   @ youtube

Rattlesnake Cooper
- I Treated You Wrong   @ youtube
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]   @ youtube
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me Baby [previously unissued]   @ youtube

Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued]   @ youtube
Frankie Lee Sims
- Cross Country Blues [Blue Bonnet 147]   @ youtube


remastered by John R.T. Davis

notes (July 1986) by Chris Bentley

Krazy Kat KK7434 (UK 1986)

Krazy Kat Records discography

151993Saturday Night at the Pleasure Spot
The little labels of Texas and Louisiana series

- You Are My Sunshine - Big H. Williams [Sunnyland KS 102] #
- Come Back Baby - Big H. Williams [Sunnyland KS 102] #
- Going To Chicago - Lowell Fulson
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Stop Light - Jimmy Reed
- My Old Time Used To Be - T-Bone Walker
- Things That I Used To Do - Pete Mayes
- Down On Bending Knees - Johnny Copeland

- The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Nobody Loves Me - Albert Collins
- If Blues Was Money - Albert Collins
- Blues, Blues, Blues - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Wonder If You Know How It Is - Juke Boy Bonner


# with D.C. Bender


Home Cooking / Collectables COL-5273


= Prime Masters (2007)

161994Blues As Big As Texas   Vol. 2

- Ain't Got Much - Low Down Brown
- Life's Highway - Big Walter
- Can't Sleep Tonight - Guitar Slim
- Can't Sleep Tonight - Henry Moore
- Good As Old Time Religion - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Cry Sometimes - Kilroy King

- Dream I Had Last Night - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Picking My Baby's Bones - Henry Hayes
- Now I Know - Albert Rideaux
- Empty House Of So Many Tears - Clarence Green
- What Fool Is That Knocking - Big Walter

- Let's Do The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- Drowning On Dry Land - Eastwood Review
- I'm A Stepper - Joe "Papoose" Fritz

- Boogie Chillen - D.C Bender [Ivory I-134]


# with D.C. Bender


Home Cooking / Collectables COL-5284

171994In The Alley: The Story of Ivory Records
The little labels of Texas and Louisiana series

Collectables COL-5507 / Prime Masters "In The Alley" track sequence:
- Almost Gone - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Somebody's Daughter - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Louisiana - Lonnie Mitchell
- War Is Starting Again - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Do What You Did Yesterday - Helen Wilson
- Betty - Elliot Wilson
- Sadie Hawkins Day - Elliot Wilson
- You Don't Love Me No More - King Ivory
- Rockin' In The Coconut Top - King Ivory

- Woke Up This Morning - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- Boogie Children - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- Just You and I - Earl Gilliam
- Roosevelt In The Ally - Roosevelt Hopes
- Vincent's Blues - Vincent Franks
- Tighten Up Zydico - Vincent Franks


Prime Masters "Almost Gone" track sequence:
- Almost Gone - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133]
- Betty - Elliot Wilson
- Boogie Children - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134] #
- Do What You Did Yesterday - Helen Wilson
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- In The Coconut Top - King Ivory
- Just You and I - Earl Gilliam
- Louisiana Slow Drag - Lonnie Mitchell
- Roosevelt In The Alley - Roosevelt Hopes
- Sadie Hawkins Day - Elliot Wilson

- Somebody's Daughter - Big H. Williams [Ivory 133] #
- Tighten Up Zydico - Vincent Franks
- Vincent's Blues - Vincent Franks
- War Is Starting Again - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Woke Up This Morning - D.C. Bender [Ivory I-134]
- You Don't Love Me No More - King Ivory
# with D.C. Bender


Home Cooking / Collectables COL-5507


= Prime Masters (2007) "In The Alley"


= Prime Masters (2007) "Almost Gone"

181997Stompin' Vol. 23

Austin Wright - Keep Me On Your Mind In '59
Mckinley Mitchell - Rock Everybody Rock
Rich Mcqueen - Who's That Under My Bed
Joe Mccoy - Hey Hey Loretta
John Bullard - Mary Lou
Jay Holiday - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Frank Linkenberg - Ball Of Fire

Calvin Johnson - Unsatisfied Mind [New World 2002] #

Jesse Allen - Love Me Baby
Johnny (Rockhouse) Green - Little Eva
Artie Wilson - Tarzan
Georgia Lane - Get It
Lorenzo Holden & Orchestra - Whipped Cream
Bill Heyman - I Want My Baby
Joe Mccoy - Too Much Going On
Chico Chism - Hot Tamales And Bar-B-Que


# with D.C. Bender


Stompin STOMP 123

Stompin' Records discography

191998Elko Blues Vol. 2

Jesse Thomas
- Another Fool Like Me
Mac Willis
- Howling Woman - Pretty Woman

D.C. Bender
- Zetela [Elko 821]
- Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
- Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
Big Son Tillis and D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued, Krazy Kat KK 7434]
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued, Krazy Kat KK 7434]
Clifton Chenier
- Nobody Loves Me
- Rockin' Hop
- It's A Shame
- Willie's Boogie
- Hard Luck Blues
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Lonesome Road
George 'Harmonica' Smith
- West Helena Blues [J&M 45-001-A]
- All Last Night [Lapel 103]
- Go Ahead On [J&M 45-002-B]
Hollywood Flames
- Strange Old Feeling
James Hill
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
Jesse Belvin, The Cliques
- Come Back

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Wolf CD 120.615 (Austria 1998)

Elko Records discography

202002Beware of the Texas Blues   Volume 2

- Ain't Got Much - Lowdown Brown
- Clarence Green - Clarence Green
- Cold, Cold Feet - Pete Mayes
- Picking My Baby's Bones - Henry Hayes Orchestra
- Goodbye All You Blues - Kilroy Kings
- Goin Down Slow - James Bolden
- School Day Blues - Johnny Winter

- Let's Do The Wiggle - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #
- I Cried - Joe Medwick
- Now I Know - Albert Rideaux
- What Fool Is That Knocking - Big Walter
- Cry Sometime - Kilroy King
- Deep Blue - James Bolden
- Henry Hayes - Henry Hayes Orchestra

- Dream I Had Last Night - Mabel Franklin [Ritzy 1002] #

# with D.C. Bender


Blue Moon CDBM085

21200?Stompin' Vol. 9

Roy Brown - Rockin' All The Time
Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out
Mary Coleman - I'll Make Him Mine
Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome

Mabel Franklin - Lucille, Leave My Man Alone [Ivory 132] #
Mabel Franklin - Unhappy Woman [Ivory 132] #
Guitar Frank - Wild Track
Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up
Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love
Georgia Lane - Get It!
Louis & Frosty - Train Time
Joe McCoy - Dizzy Little Girl
Joe McCoy - Hey, Hey Loretta
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Lizzie Lou
Willie Mitchell Orch. - Wasting My Time
Screaming Joe Neal - Don't Quit Me Baby Screaming Joe Neal - She's My Baby
The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt
Bird Rollins - Just Let Me Be
Jamie Van Loan - What's Your Name, Little Girl?
Van Walker - The Crawl
Young Jessie - Make Me Feel A Little Good


# with D.C. Bender


Stompin' CD ST 309

Stompin' Records discography

222005Down Home Blues Classics - Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman<
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues

Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love

D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues [Gold Star 661]
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days
Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues

Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues [Elko 821]
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]

Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby
Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1012

Boulevard Vintage discography

232007'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues
Good Time Rhythm & Blues   1943-1956

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards

- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson


disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim


disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore


disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796 (UK 2007)

242012Hollywood Blues - Classic West Coast Blues

disc 1
- Far East Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Soldier Boy Houston Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Pretty Woman - Mac Willis
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes

- When I Get In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- Model T Boogie - James Tisdom
- Hurry Hurry Baby - Sidney Maiden
- Rampart Street Blues Part 1 - Charles Lacy
- Shakin' The Boogie - Beverly Scott
- T.P. Railer - Black Diamond
- Black Snake Blues - John Hogg
- Skin And Bone - Little Son Willis
- New Orleans Blues Take 1 - James ‘Little' Houston
- Little Machine - Ira Taylor
- T-N-T Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Leavin' Korea - Soldier Boy Houston
- Hollywood Blues - Soldier Boy Houston

- I'm Going Upstairs - Big Son Tillis
- Alla Blues - R. Green and Turner
- Last Affair Blues - .James Tisdom
- Night Working Woman - Ernest McClay
- I'm Drinking My Last Drink - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Southern California Blues - Beverly Scott
- Tricky Woman Blues - Slim Green
- Old Hen - Soldier Boy Houston

disc 2
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green and Turner
- Last Pair Of Shoes - Charles Lacy
- Lonesome Blues - Black Diamond
- Trailway Bus Station - Soldier Boy Houston
- At The Station Crying - Soldier Boy Houston
- Worryin' Blues - John Hogg
- Swimming Pool Blues - Sonny Boy Johnson

- I Got A Letter - Big Son Tillis
- Harlem Blues - Little Son Willis
- Brownskin Woman - Beverly Scott
- Rampart Street Blues Part 2 - Charles Lacy
- Everything I Do Is Wrong - Sidney Maiden
- Desert Blues - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Penitentiary Blues Part 1 - Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues Part 2 - Smokey Hogg
- Operator Blues - Little Son Willis
- New Orleans Blues Take 2 - James ‘Little' Houston
- Throw This Poor Dog A Bone - James Tisdom
- Baby I Love You - Slim Green
- Walking And Crying Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Big Timing Woman - Ernest McClay
- Howling Wolf - Mac Willis
- Come And Go With Me - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Little Girl Blues - Beverly Scott
- Old Hen - .Soldier Boy Houston
- Hollywood Blues (fragment) - Soldier Boy Houston


compiled by Neil Slaven

2 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 4219 (UK 2012)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Chris Bentley: Calvin Johnson (Chris's Curiosities).- Blues & Rhythm 55 (September 1990), p. 18
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 35
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 24-25, 155, 266, 536, 578
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 314
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 127
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 43
- Bo Svensson: Een man en zijn merk - De 'Black-Cat-Bone'-man over zijn label.- Block # 98 (1996), pp. 23-26
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis, Mike Gann, Patrick Banino, Xyros Tweevijf, Stephen Convey, Gerrit Robs, Billy Earheart and Mathias Westerlund for additional info / scans

 

D.C. Bender, poss. Hop Wilson, Mabel Franklin, unknown woman, unknown man, poss. Lee Semien (half in picture); Houston 1967; source: Back cover of Krazy Kat KK 7434 ('Courtesy Bez Turner and Juke Blues')
left to right: D.C. Bender, poss. Hop Wilson, Mabel Franklin, unknown woman,
unknown man, poss. Lee Semien (half in picture); Houston 1967
source: Back cover of Krazy Kat KK 7434 ("Courtesy Bez Turner and Juke Blues")

 

D.C. Bender; photographer: Joseph Lomax
D.C. Bender
photographer: Joseph Lomax

 

D.C.   B E N D E R; source: Black Arts promo handbill; source: 1992 Black Arts [Patrick Banino's label] promo photo (originally a studio portrait; photographer: Benny Joseph); click to enlarge!
D.C. Bender
source: 1992 Black Arts [Patrick Banino's label] promo handbill
(originally a studio portrait; photographer: Benny Joseph)

 

 

 

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